Nokia’s history in the smartphone industry is rich, and occasionally the company takes a look back at older hardware to inspire new devices. At one point, a reboot of the famed Nokia N95 was on the table with Android and some killer media features, but it never came to light. Here’s a look at what would have been.
In a video revisiting the original N95, Michael Fisher aka MrMobile showed off…
Joe Biden hits the ground running with a climate-crisis framework
November 10, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the US election on Saturday, and their climate change priorities have already been published on the Biden-Harris Transition website.
Biden’s ready to go
We excerpt the…
The cost of a OnePlus smartphone has been steadily rising for years now, but in 2020, the company has more options on the market than ever before, and with that, more affordable prices, too. The OnePlus Nord N10 5G is the company’s latest push into budget territory, but is…
3 questions with the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment lead
November 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais has led the Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team as part of Army Futures Command since its inception a few years ago, and already the STE has made great strides in bringing state-of-the-art training to the force.
Defense News spoke with Gervais just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference, which took place virtually…
How to get the old Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive icons back on Android, iPhone, and Chrome
November 10, 2020
Over the past few weeks, Google has been replacing the logos and icons of some of its most beloved services, and the public reaction has been… mixed. Some people don’t care, while others absolutely hate the new icons. If you fall into the latter group, here’s how to…
GM releases tiniest of teasers for Chevy Bolt EUV electric car with power flow screen
November 10, 2020
GM has released the tiniest of teasers for its upcoming Chevy Bolt EUV electric car — the much-anticipated follow-up to the Bolt EV.
Earlier this year, GM had an ‘EV Day’ during which we learned a lot more about their plans, including that it would finally launch a…
Object, person, and pet recognition is one of Google Photos’ best features. Google is now inviting Android users to help improve the service’s machine learning technology through a built-in crowdsourcing tool.
There is a new “Help improve Google Photos” button at the very bottom of the “Search” tab after the various query filters. Featuring the Crowdsource logo, this feature is…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced that it is joining Tesla in Austin, Texas for a new tunnel project.
It is already starting to hire.
The Boring Company is already involved in several tunnel and ‘Loop’ projects in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and in Maryland.
A…
US Army floats the option of fielding high-altitude balloons
November 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is now carving out a path to field high-altitude balloons to provide an additional but less expensive layer of communications, connectivity, range extension and surveillance capabilities, adding resiliency to the service’s existing architecture…
Apple Reveals Its Design Philosophy Behind the iPhone Camera
November 9, 2020
Since the Pro Max marks the first time in a while that Apple changed the size of its camera sensor, PetaPixel spoke to two Apple executives who outlined the company’s vision and design philosophy behind camera development.
In an interview with Apple’s Product Line Manager, iPhone Francesca Sweet and Vice President, Camera Software Engineering Jon McCormack, both made clear that the company…
