Month: June 2024
I’m a camera expert and here’s how the iPhone 16 could raise Apple’s pro-photography game
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is Apple’s most advanced phone to date and there are many reasons why it’s one of the best phones in the world at the moment. Unfortunately, I don’t think the camera is one of those reasons. On paper, when compared to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra,…
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The year so far in AR/VR: the 5 biggest announcements and what’s coming next
We’re six months into 2024, and in the first half of the year we’ve been treated to a whirlwind of augmented and virtual reality tech goodness. The star of the show was the Apple Vision Pro launch, but we’ve also seen Meta open up its Horizon OS to its former…
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Cheapest smartphone with thermal and IR night vision sensors goes on sale for less than $300 — Ulefone Armor 25T Pro promises to be a superb rugged handset and we’ve called in one for a review
Chinese tech firm Ulefone, best known for rugged devices like the Armor 8 Pro, has launched its latest offering, the Armor 25T Pro, a 5G smartphone featuring both thermal imaging and night vision capabilities. The ThermoVue thermal imaging sensor offers a resolution of up to 160 x 120 pixels and…
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The biggest trailers of the week: June 23rd to June 29th
I’m stuck in a weird spot when it comes to movies and TV, these days. On one hand, the constant churn of remakes, reboots, franchise movies, and sequels often feels like it comes at the expense of original storytelling. But on the other, I am unabashedly looking forward to Beetlejuice…
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Our favorite video editing software just released a superb free video camera app for Android — Blackmagic Camera transforms your smartphone into a pro digital film camera
Blackmagic Design, best known for the excellent DaVinci Resolve – a comprehensive video editing and color grading suite used by professionals – has released the Blackmagic Camera app for Android, extending professional digital film tools to Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel users. This free app (which frankly we’d pay for)…
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Uber and Lyft are now required to pay Massachusetts drivers $32 an hour
Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. That’s thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting their…
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