A camera collector recently discovered photos on a roll of film shot with a vintage Leica camera. The images, which seem to show a couple’s travels through Europe, are estimated to have been shot around 70 years ago, and they’ve sparked a worldwide hunt for information about the couple and the locations.
Nearly 7 years ago, Irish camera collector William Fagan purchased a Leica III camera that…
Regarding Photographs: Reading Photos I
December 15, 2020
This is the third essay in this series, and it begins a smaller sequence of notes running over the ways we as viewers make sense of pictures. We spend, I think, too much time thinking about what happens before and during the making of a picture, but not enough on what…
AIStorm raises $16 million for low-powered AI edge computing chips
December 15, 2020
AIStorm, an AI startup developing chipsets that can directly process data from devices, has raised $16 million. The company says the funding will enable it to scale manufacturing to deploy its hardware for devices like handsets, notebooks, smart speakers, remote controls…
Google Photos Can Now Turn Your Shots Into 3D Cinematic Images
December 15, 2020
Google Photos is rolling out a new feature it is calling Memories, which lets viewers “relive the moments” from photos uploaded to the platform by transforming them into 3D cinematic images.
According to a blog post, using machine learning, Google Photos predicts an image’s depth and produces a 3D representation of the scene, even if the original image doesn’t contain any depth…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G appears on TENAA, confirms most rumored specs
December 15, 2020
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G is expected to arrive on December 24, blurring the lines between midrange and flagship. Rumors were claiming the phone will have a Snapdragon 865 chipset, four cameras with one of them bringing along a periscope lens, and plenty of storage options.
The…
Apple iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max get ProRAW with iOS 14.3
December 15, 2020
Apple has released iOS 14.3 that enables the ProRAW feature on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. What that does is give you all the standard RAW data with the photos, while also retaining the information generated by the phone’s processing…
Huawei nova 8, 8 Pro, and Enjoy 20 SE specs tipped
December 15, 2020
Huawei is set to introduce the nova 8 and nova 8 Pro smartphones on December 23. While no official specs have been teased yet an image shared by reveals the specifications of the nova 8 duo.
The nova 8 Pro will be powered by the Kirin 985 SoC and support dual-mode 5G. It will pack a 120Hz curved screen and feature a quad camera on the back comprising a 64MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, and two 2MP…
Meet the realmeow, Realme's official mascot and Chief Trend Officer
December 15, 2020
Today’s announcement from Realme isn’t about a product but more about the vision of future products. The company has just announced its official mascot, who is also Realme’s so-called Chief Trend Officer.
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Working with Realme’s design…
Oppo A15s price leaked ahead of launch
December 15, 2020
A few days ago, we saw a leaked banner that revealed the design and a few specs of the Oppo A15s. Now another poster has surfaced, telling us the A15s will cost INR11,490 ($155/€130) in India.
The poster doesn’t include any new details but corroborates specs from the…
Xiaomi Redmi K40 surfaces in a set of live images
December 15, 2020
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the Redmi K40, but we now get a set of live shots allegedly showing the phone in a design concealing case. The source says it’s the vanilla K40 but the design will probably be shared among the lineup anyway.
The case gives us a peak at the front panel and the camera bits, strategically hiding the finish of the rear and the…
