The past few years of smartphone design have seen bezels continue to shrink and, with that, a battle to minimize the space taken up by the front-facing camera. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 may take things a step farther, too, with Samsung going for its first under-display selfie camera on this device.
A report from Korean-outlet ETNews claims that Samsung is preparing to adopt an under-display…
Chroma Cameras' 679 camera system turns medium format modular
November 20, 2020
Chroma Cameras has unveiled a modular medium format camera for shooting 120 film. The new 679 camera system allows customers to custom build a camera for their specific needs.
Speaking to Kosmo Foto, Chroma Cameras founder Steve Lloyd says, ‘The Chroma 679 is a brand…
Tokina unveils 23mm and 33mm F1.4 atx-m series lenses for Fujifilm X-mount camera systems
November 20, 2020
Tokina has announced the release of two new prime lenses for Fujifilm X-mount camera systems: the atx-m 23mm F1.4 and the atx-m 33mm F1.4.
The 23mm F1.4 and 33mm F1.4 feature 35mm and 50mm full-frame equivalent focal lengths, respectively, and both feature near-silent…
DIY Camera Uses Machine Learning to Audibly Tell You What it Sees
November 20, 2020
Adafruit Industries has created a machine learning camera built with the Raspberry Pi that can identify objects extremely quickly and audibly tell you what it sees. The group has listed all the necessary parts you need to build the device at home.
The camera is based on Adafruit’s BrainCraft HAT add-on for the Raspberry Pi 4, and uses TensorFlow Lite object recognition software to be able to…
iOS 14.2.1 rolls out with fixes for iPhone 12 family
November 20, 2020
Apple is rolling out a new version of iOS today, but this one is unlike most. Usually a new iteration of the software goes out to all supported devices, but this time around we have an exception.
iOS 14.2.1 is only headed to the members of the newly released iPhone 12…
iPhone 12 Pro Max video teardown shows what sensor shift image stabilization is all about
November 20, 2020
This year the iPhone 12 Pro Max doesn’t differ from the Pro in just size (with the usual implications regarding screen area and battery capacity). Apple’s also tweaked the camera setup, bringing to the market its first sensor shift image stabilization system for…
ZTE Blade 20 Pro 5G surfaces with a Snapdragon 765G chipset
November 20, 2020
ZTE participated at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference where it demoed some of its latest technologies. An interesting surprise that surfaced from the depth of the Chinese social media is a smartphone called ZTE Blade 20 Pro 5G – it isn’t officially announced yet, but is scheduled to arrive in ten days, November 30.
The phone, also spotted at the Guangzhou Mobile Exhibition, will…
Stadia game streaming is coming to iOS via a web app
November 20, 2020
Stadia turns one today. (Happy birthday!) To mark the occasion, Google is making a couple of notable announcements. The first is that “public iOS testing” will start “several weeks from now.” The company will be using a progressive web application, which is no…
Huawei has made a PC powered by its own silicon as well, a HiSilicon-designed ARM CPU
November 20, 2020
Apple is not the only company working on computers powered by in-house silicon – Huawei is too. This is part of a larger project in China to wean itself off Western technology reliance.
Details and photos of the MateStation B515 have surfaced, a desktop computer that will…
When iOS 14 came out in September, Google was one of the first third-party developers to come out with a home screen widget for one of its iPhone and iPad apps. It’s now rolling out new ones for Gmail, Drive and Fit.
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Some of the new widgets look more useful than others. For instance, the one that comes with Google Fit looks great. Not only does it let you see the progress you’re…
