A French tourist was arrested last year in Iran for flying a drone and taking aerial photos near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. He has been sentenced to eight years in prison under espionage charges.
Arrested for Drone Photography
Benjamin Brière, 36, was arrested in May of 2020 while on vacation in Iran. He was flying a drone in order to take photos of the area when he was taken into…
How to Combine Photos with Unreal Engine for Creative Composites
January 26, 2022
Mixing photography with digital backgrounds is becoming easier and more approachable. In this in-depth and over one hour video, Serge Ramelli breaks down how to use the free Unreal Engine to build a background from scratch and use it to create new composite photographic…
Motorola Frontier design and specs leak
January 26, 2022
Last month we heard about an upcoming Motorola flagship set to debut Samsung’s 200MP ISOCELL HP1 camera sensor and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus chipset and we finally have our first look at the device. The folks over at have obtained an official looking image of the Motorola…
Apple opens up 'Shot on iPhone' macro challenge
January 26, 2022
Apple has opened a new ‘Shot on iPhone’ macro challenge for its iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max users – you know, the company’s only phones with Macro mode.
To enter you’d need to own one of those, capture a macro image and post it on Instagram, Twitter, or Weibo with the #ShotoniPhone and #iPhonemacrochallenge hashtags, while noting which device you’ve used for…
Realme GT2 Pro gets ever closer to its international release
January 26, 2022
Realme’s upcoming global version of the GT2 Pro has been very very busy lately, getting certified by NBTC in Thailand, listed by Google Play console, and benchmarked on Geekbench. All of these moves reveal the fact that its international launch is right around the…
OnePlus Nord CE2 5G's launch date tipped
January 26, 2022
Last week, we heard that OnePlus is planning to launch the Nord CE2 5G (previously called Nord 2 CE) in February, and that information is now corroborated by reliable tipster Max Jambor, who says the smartphone will arrive on February 11.
Jambor also shared an image showing…
Samsung officially confirms Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9
January 26, 2022
Samsung already revealed its new flagships are coming next month, and just yesterday a leak suggested the date is February 9. Today, the Korean company officially confirmed that date.
Samsung says we should expect “the most noteworthy S series ever created”, which is a nod towards the S Pen slot that the Galaxy S22 Ultra will gain.
The event will be livestreamed so all fans can witness the…
Realme unveiled its first tablet dubbed Realme Pad last September with Android 11. And while Realme didn’t make any promises about the version updates then, a company employee recently said that Realme Pad won’t receive Android 12, disappointing all who purchased…
Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket global rollout officially starts
January 26, 2022
Today Huawei officially announced the start of the global availability of its recent flagship smartphones. The first phase of the P50 Pro and the P50 Pocket’s will hit marketers across Asia Pacific, The Middle East & Africa, Europe, and South America.
P50 Pocket
The…
Watch the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 series global launch here
January 26, 2022
Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 11 series is finally ready to go official internationally and you can tune in to the big event via the YouTube stream below. It starts at 12 noon UTC time and we’re expecting at least three phones – a vanilla Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11S and a Note 11 Pro.
Based on rumors the global Redmi Note 11 will bring an AMOLED display instead of the IPS LCD seen on the…
