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Cyrusher XF800 review: I’ve got a lot to say about this full-suspension fat tire e-bike

December 16, 2020
The Cyrusher XF800 electric bicycle is big. It is bold. It is crushing. Err, make that Cyrushing. Basically, this fat tire e-bike is a lot of things and we’re going to talk about all them. Cyrusher is an Asian import e-bike brand, and to answer your first question: The name is apparently a portmanteau of “cycling” and “rusher”. Hey, I didn’t choose the name. I’m just reviewing the…
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Official-looking Galaxy S21 render shows off a mostly familiar design

December 16, 2020
Ahead of its January launch, the first official-looking press render of the Galaxy S21 has apparently made its way online. Courtesy of Evan Blass, here’s the front of the Galaxy S21. We’ve already seen several leaks of the Galaxy S21 to date, but today’s render gives us a very clear look at the phone’s front panel, which, so far, has been one of the few things we haven’t seen in…
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70-Year-Old Photos Found on Ancient Leica Film Roll Spark Global Hunt

December 15, 2020
A camera collector recently discovered photos on a roll of film shot with a vintage Leica camera. The images, which seem to show a couple’s travels through Europe, are estimated to have been shot around 70 years ago, and they’ve sparked a worldwide hunt for information about the couple and the locations. Nearly 7 years ago, Irish camera collector William Fagan purchased a Leica III camera that…
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Regarding Photographs: Reading Photos I

December 15, 2020
This is the third essay in this series, and it begins a smaller sequence of notes running over the ways we as viewers make sense of pictures. We spend, I think, too much time thinking about what happens before and during the making of a picture, but not enough on what…
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Google Photos Can Now Turn Your Shots Into 3D Cinematic Images

December 15, 2020
Google Photos is rolling out a new feature it is calling Memories, which lets viewers “relive the moments” from photos uploaded to the platform by transforming them into 3D cinematic images. According to a blog post, using machine learning, Google Photos predicts an image’s depth and produces a 3D representation of the scene, even if the original image doesn’t contain any depth…
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