As December 2020 draws to a close, it has actually been a solid end to the year for Google Stadia, with numerous high-profile game launches, the official branching out to Apple’s mobile OS, plus plenty more twists and turns.
About Stadia ‘Save State’: This is our overview/compilation of all the updates, upgrades, and potential pitfalls for Google’s game streaming platform over the…
Earlier this month, Google announced that the carousel at the top of Photos would add more memories and designs. Google Photos is now using that to serve your Year in Review and generate a 2020 photo book.
Once available, “Year in Review” will appear first in the…
LG signs massive ~$10 billion deal to make batteries in Indonesia
December 31, 2020
LG has signed a massive agreement to reportedly invest close to $10 billion in Indonesia to make batteries in the country.
Indonesia is one of the world’s biggest nickel producers, but it has also recently put a ban on exporting nickel ore in order to encourage the…
Tesla (TSLA) gets stock price boost on strong delivery expectations
December 31, 2020
Tesla’s stock price (TSLA) is pushing higher on people trying to figure out if it can hit its delivery target with only a few days left in the quarter.
One analyst is raising the expectations.
As we have been reporting over the last few weeks, Tesla aims to deliver a record number of vehicles this quarter to achieve 500,000 deliveries in 2020 — a long-time goal for the automaker.
In order to…
To ring in the December holiday season, Google is running a series of Doodles celebrating the many holidays happening globally, including New Year’s Eve.
Today’s global Google Doodle, notably labeled as being “Day 1” of the “December Holidays” series, features…
Update: Canon patent applications show pistol-grip-style mirrorless camera with pan/tilt and zoom functionality
December 31, 2020
Editor’s Note: (Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 1:13 PM): The original version of this article stated these were patents for a DJI Osmo Pro-style gimbal. This coverage was based on the limited information we found at the time. The article has been re-written after poring…
This is How Lightroom Mobile Works on the Zeiss ZX1
December 30, 2020
Announced in 2018, we’re finally starting to get a look at the $6,000 Zeiss ZX1. The camera is designed to be a photo capture, edit, and share device, and as such runs Lightroom Mobile right on the rear LCD.
Outside of making edits to photos taken with your Apple or Android smartphone, to this point it’s been less common for photographers to use Lightroom Mobile as the main editing platform…
Camera Rentals in 2020: Canon Grows More Popular, Sony and Nikon Dip
December 30, 2020
While not necessarily indicative of how well a brand is doing in terms of sales, the annual LensRentals Top Rented Photo and Video Products report is at least telling of what’s popular or what has the public eye. This year, it was Canon yet again.
While actual sales…
How to Turn Any Camera into a Webcam, No App Required
December 30, 2020
This past year has seen pretty much every major camera manufacturer release software that allows for a set of cameras to work as a webcam for your computer. But what if your camera isn’t supported? Luckily, there is a cheap, easy solution to that.
Canon, Nikon, Sony…
The immense potential and challenges of multimodal AI
December 30, 2020
Unlike most AI systems, humans understand the meaning of text, videos, audio, and images together in context. For example, given text and an image that seem innocuous when considered apart (e.g., “Look how many people love you” and a picture of a barren desert), people recognize that these elements take on potentially hurtful connotations when they’re paired or juxtaposed.
While systems…
