Besides organizing and making your library searchable, Google Photos often generates videos, albums, and other fun works. Google is now creating 3D “Cinematic photos,” while more collage designs and Memories are rolling out.
With Cinematic photos, Google uses “machine learning to predict an image’s depth and produce a 3D representation of the scene—even if the original image doesn’t…
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…
Google acquires CloudReady OS that turns old PCs into Chromebooks w/ plans to make official offering
December 16, 2020
Neverware lets you turn old PCs and Macs into Chromebook-esque devices through its CloudReady OS. While primarily aimed at schools and enterprises, a free “Home” edition for everyone is available. Google has now acquired Neverware and CloudReady with plans to integrate…
EGEB: US solar installations expected to jump 43% in 2020
December 16, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The US solar industry surged in 2020 despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ExxonMobil’s investors pressure the oil giant to cut emissions, and it underwhelmingly responded.
Plans have been submitted for North Carolina’s first offshore wind farm.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your…
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…
Last month, Google announced that Photos would drop free unlimited backups as part of cross-service changes to storage that also impacts Docs/Sheets/Slides. This means that more people will be paying for cloud space, and Google One is now getting a significant price cut on…
Herbert Diess, the head of the Volkswagen group, forced a vote of confidence over his leadership at Volkswagen after facing some pushbacks due to his more aggressive stance on electric vehicles.
Now Volkswagen’s board confirmed that it is backing him and his team over the aggressive electrification plan.
Diess came to Volkswagen from BMW in 2015 amid the Dieselgate scandal and started a…
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…
You didn’t ask to learn about bellows extension factors, but we’re going to cover it with the most absurd camera that you may ever see!
Built from over two sheets of plywood, scraps of 2x6s, old drywall screws, and the cheapest 610mm lens that I could find on eBay…
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 happens when someone actually looks at it. For most of us, for most pictures, surely this is the most interesting time?
How do we…
