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191 of the World’s Earliest Photos by Henry Fox Talbot Are Up for Sale

A rare collection of some of the world’s earliest photographs is coming up for sale. Sotheby’s will be selling nearly 200 photos by 19th-century photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot at auction in New York next month. The sale, titled “50 Masterworks to Celebrate 50 Years of Sotheby’s Photographs,” celebrates the auction house’s Golden Jubilee and will be held in both New York…
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NASA is Gearing Up to Fly a Camera Drone Above Mars

NASA is targetting early April for the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, a drone that will mark the organization’s first attempt at a powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet where it will hover over the surface and capture aerial images.
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Voice-Activated Backpack Aids the Visually Impaired with AI Cameras

Artificial intelligence developer Jagadish K. Mahendran and his team at the University of Georgia have designed an AI-powered, voice-activated, camera system that can help the visually impaired navigate common challenges such as traffic signs, hanging obstacles, and crosswalks. The system is all housed within a small backpack that contains most of the computing unit, which in this case was a…
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Nokia 3.2 is receiving Android 11 update

The Nokia 3.2 announced in 2019 with Android 9 Pie picked up the Android 10 update last April and is now receiving Android 11. The build comes with version number 3.140 and brings the March security patch in addition to the usual Android 11 goodies such as chat bubbles and one-time permissions. Nokia 3.2 Android 11 update As a part of the Wave 1 of the rollout, the update will be released in the…
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Watch the Realme 8 series announcement live here

The time has finally come for the Realme 8 series to be introduced. The online event for the brand’s first phone with a 108 MP is scheduled for 19:30 IST (that’s 14:00 GMT/UTC) and will be live-streamed on YouTube. We’ve embedded the video below, so we can all watch…
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Realme 8 Pro unveiled with 108 MP main camera, 50W dart charging, Realme 8 tags along

Realme puts the number 7 in its rear view mirror and introduces the realme 8 and 8 Pro. However, just because something is behind you, it doesn’t mean it’s gone. In fact, looking at the specs the 7-series may haunt the 8-series as the two have a lot of similarities. The new phones are not without their upgrades, of course. But before we dive in, we should note that there seems to be a…
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