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Set of World’s Earliest Photos by Fox Talbot Sells for Staggering $1.96M

In a sale celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sotheby’s photography auctions, a set of nearly 200 early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbott quadrupled its pre-auction high estimate and achieved a new auction record for the artist: $1,956,000. Talbott, who is considered by some to be the father of photography, was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the…
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Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New for April 23: Skate City]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 180 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service. New for April 23: Skate City gets an all-new endless mode. You can learn more about and download all the new games by heading to the Arcade tab in the App Store, then swipe down to the…
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St George’s Day celebrated with dedicated Google Doodle

To help you celebrate St George’s Day, Google’s latest Doodle features the eponymous dragon slayer in an illustrated tapestry. UK and Ireland have a number of patron saints, all with their own dedicated day. St George’s Day is England’s turn to celebrate the myth…
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Shield TV may soon adopt latest Android TV homescreen w/ top-row ‘recommendation’ ads

The Nvidia Shield TV has long been one of the best Android TV devices and after Google revamped the platform’s homescreen to include “recommendations” it was one of the only products spared. Now, though, it seems like the Shield TV is about to get updated with the latest Android TV homescreen with the Discover tab and, unfortunately, the top-row ads. Recapping briefly, Google updated the…
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Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
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Tesla publicly shares data logs of vehicle involved in crash that led owner to protest at auto show

In what could be a first, Tesla has reportedly publicly released the data logs from a customer’s vehicle involved in a crash that led the owner to protest at Tesla’s booth at the Shanghai Motor Show. Earlier this week, we reported on a Tesla owner protesting at the automaker’s booth at the Shanghai Motor show. She jumped on a display car to claim that Tesla’s “brakes are not…
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