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Comment: Google Now, Glass, & Wear — The future we lost by making watches miniature phones

August 11, 2021
Tomorrow will hopefully mark the beginning of the Apple Watch getting a serious competitor in the form of Samsung hardware running Google software. The wearable space is in serious need of competition, but it’s unfortunate how the two competing efforts are fundamentally the same. That similarity has deep ramifications for how we will experience technology for the foreseeable future. The great…
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Nintendo will showcase more indies on August 11

August 10, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Nintendo announced today that it will host another Indie World showcase at 9 a.m. Pacific tomorrow, August 11. The 20-minute show will give Nintendo a chance to highlight some of the biggest indie…
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Krafton shares close 9% down after PUBG maker’s IPO

August 10, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Krafton raised $3.75 billion in on public offering, but the maker of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) saw its share price close 9% down in the first day of trading Tuesday. The South Korean company tried to go out with a valuation that was too high, and investors balked, analysts told Reuters. The company debuted…
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Radioactive Lenses and Everything About Them

August 10, 2021
There’s a lot of misinformation about radioactive lenses – from scare stories about growing an extra arm and getting cancer, all the way to saying that radioactive lenses are entirely harmless. The truth is somewhere between the two extremes and requires careful…
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Use ‘The Two-Minute Rule’ To Create More Interesting Photos

August 10, 2021
Click. Press the playback button. Look at photo. “Mehhhh.” We’ve all had it happen — the photo on the back of our camera does not match the vision or intent we had when we clicked the shutter button. To help myself in these situations, I follow “the two-minute rule” to create more interesting photos. I’ll get to how I use those two minutes… in a minute. But first, what are…
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Xiaomi Launches the Mix 4 with its First Under-Display Selfie Camera

August 10, 2021
Xiaomi has announced the Mix 4, the latest in its Mix series that generally has highlighted cutting-edge technology and sleek design. The latest has an impressive array of main cameras but also features the company’s first commercial launch of an under-display front-facing camera. Xiaomi’s Camera Under Panel (CUP) is similar to the one that was launched by ZTE and also the prototype that was…
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