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Epic Games claims Google considered locking down sideloading on Android during Fortnite feud

August 20, 2021
As Epic Games continues its legal battles with Google and Apple, court documents are revealing a lot of interesting details regarding conversations behind the scenes. Today, an unredacted document sees a claim from Epic Games that, at one point, Google had apparently considered locking down Android’s ability to sideload apps in response to the Fortnite feud. Epic Games today re-filed its…
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Chrome for Android tests confusing New Tab Page revamp, here’s how to get the old design back

August 20, 2021
While Chrome has been visually refreshed over the years, Google has kept the core user experience intact to avoid “disorienting” users. Over the past few weeks, however, Chrome for Android has been testing a redesigned New Tab page that changes quite a few things for the worse, but fortunately you can get back the old version. Usually, new features added to Chrome do not change the…
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Nikon Z fc added to studio test scene

August 20, 2021
Nikon recently announced the Z fc, its newest APS-C offering with a design reminiscent of the company’s film cameras like the FM2. While we’re working on our full review, we thought we’d present our studio test scene results here for your perusal. Below is…
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Quake ‘revitalized edition’ is imminent as game appears on ESRB rating site

August 19, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  The Quakecon fan event starts today, and shockingly, it looks like Bethesda and id Software plan to reveal some news about the classic shooter. The Entertainment Software Rating Board in the United States has listed an M rating for Quake on its website this morning. In addition to warnings about “blood and gore”…
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Racial Justice Through the Lens of Science, Poetry, and Photography

August 19, 2021
Racial bias is well documented in photography—consider, for example, photographers’ inability to capture and expose darker skin tones with film. Within the emulsion of film, the chemicals that recapitulate light, is inherent social bias. There’s a distinct prejudice within the algorithms of our digital imaging technologies. Mainstream media are bereft of, or misrepresent, people of color.
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