It’s been easy to dismiss folding phones as the stuff of science fiction, even after they became a reality two years ago. They were too expensive, too large, too compromised to make sense for most. Some flips instantly flopped. But in 2021, a folding phone appears to have just killed off Samsung’s long-running Galaxy Note — and I’m starting to wonder if they’ll destroy the flagship…
Eastward hits the Nintendo Switch on September 16
August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
Chucklefish revealed that Eastward is coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 16 as a timed exclusive. The studio made the announcement during today’s Indie World show.
The adventure-action…
Samsung Unveils New Smartphones, Keeps Status Quo on Cameras
August 11, 2021
Samsung digs phones that fold or flip open, and that’s exactly what headlined the company’s latest Unpacked event that officially revealed the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. Foldables may soon become as ubiquitous as true wireless earbuds are for listening to music…
Making a DIY Camera Flash by Reusing a Disposable Camera’s
August 11, 2021
Recently I bought a film camera from the 1970s, the Canon A-1. Considering that the camera is almost three times older than me, it was no surprise that there are a few issues with it.
The first camera I got jammed before I even loaded in my first roll, and the replacement camera had a battery drainage issue (which took an almost complete disassembly to fix).
But anyway, that isn’t the point of…
Finnish company Bonfoton has launched the BonfotonUP, a new device that allows users to project a camera obscura image right-side-up in contrast to how the visual phenomenon — projected onto walls — is traditionally formed upside-down.
Camera obscura, which means…
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
For the better part of a year, OpenAI’s GPT-3 has remained among the largest AI language models ever created, if not the largest of its kind. Via an API, people have used it to automatically…
AI datasets are prone to mismanagement, study finds
August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
Public datasets like Duke University’s DukeMTMC are often used to train, test, and fine-tune machine learning algorithms that make their way into production, sometimes with controversial results. It’s an open secret that biases in these datasets could negatively impact the predictions made by an algorithm, for…
Filmstock was founded on the principle of making it easier for enthusiasts to find and purchase rare film cameras and film stocks from shops around the United States. It allows users to customize searches, track specific items, and be alerted as soon as they are stocked.
Darkroom for iOS and Mac gets overhauled image loading/generation, UI improvements, more
August 11, 2021
Popular iOS and Mac photo and video editor Darkroom is out today with a nice update that includes lots of performance upgrades and bug fixes. Headlining the release is a number of improvements to image loading and generation, the ability to set a default format for loading…
We’ve heard reports now about a bunch of iPhone 13 camera improvements, and assuming that they turn out to be true, I think Apple is going to be selling one to me.
I’ve often said that my iPhone is my least-important Apple device. If I had to rank my iDevices by how much they matter to me, my MacBook Pro would top the list, followed by iPad, then iPhone …
That in large part reflects my…
