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When it comes to photography, I’m obsessed with framing and symmetry. I always strive to nail the composition straight from the camera, but it never hurts to have some extra pixels in case I need to do some cropping. That’s why there’s a special place in my heart for cameras with large sensors – like Sony’s 42-megapixel A7R III. If you’re familiar with the conundrum I’m describing, you’d be glad know that eBay currently has a stellar 42-percent discount on the A7R III....

The phone market is filled to the brim with great devices these days. You have the iPhone 11 range, the Google Pixel 4, and, sitting nicely alongside this pair, the Samsung Galaxy S10 collection. Now, it can be really difficult to decide which of these phones to buy, but something’s happened that’s made it a whole lot easier: at least $200 off every single device in the Samsung Galaxy S10 range....

When I travel, I snap a lot of pictures with my phone. But, I am not a big fan of phones’ video capabilities. I’ve always wanted a handy device that can shoot high-quality videos and truncate any shakiness of my hands. Recently, I found out that a lot of my journalist friends use gimbals with built-in video recording capabilities to shoot at events. So, I began searching for a nice product, and voila!...

The world sucks. You know it, I know it, and your dentist even knows it. That’s why it’s so important we all start spending a lot more time in virtual reality (VR). There, things don’t need to suck. Well, what a stroke of luck that the Samsung Odyssey+ VR headset is on offer then! A $200 reduction type of offer. The sort of offer that makes it a 40 percent discount....

On May 27, Memorial Day will roll round again. Some people will use the US holiday for somber reflection, others will party in honor of the approaching Summer, and the rest? Well, they can save a whole load of money because retailers are discounting all kinds of products, woooo! Honestly, I’m not entirely sure why Memorial Day has turned into a shopping event, but here we are. If you don’t like it, you can ignore it....

Chicago’s second e-scooter trial concluded last week, with the city seeing a 22% drop in ridership compared to last year’s four-month trial. In total, 640,000 trips were provided between 12 August and 12 December by Bird, Lime , and Spin, the three firms participating in the trial. During the initial four-month pilot that ran from 15 June to 15 October last year, riders took 821,000 trips in an area a quarter the size and with a quarter of the devices provided in the 2020 pilot, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)....

China’s researchers are looking into the problem of building a giant spaceship to advance the nation’s scientific, military, and economic endeavors. And by giant, we’re talking GIANT. According to Live Science, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) is proposing a craft that would be nearly a mile long. Up front: This project is at the inception stage. The NNSFC has proposed a feasibility study. If granted, it would receive a little over $2 million and have five years to determine whether such an idea is even plausible....

For anyone who’s ever looked at a piece of tech and wondered exactly how that miraculous device worked, Arduino should be right up your alley. It’s the open-source electronics platform with a community of innovators who show you exactly how to craft amazing tech creations out of simple boards, circuits and other assorted digital odds and ends. In fact, there are literally hundreds of super-cool Arduino projects that even a newbie can complete with a tiny bit of training....

Earwax, or as it is known scientifically, cerumen, is a naturally forming substance that helps protect and lubricate our ears, keeping out harmful things like dirt and dust. Without it, our ears would be itchy and dry. Generally speaking, our ears do not need extra cleaning, thanks to the anti-bacterial properties of the cerumen. However, on those occasions when a cleaning might be warranted due to extra earwax build-up, put away the swabs (or even worse, the bobby pins!...

At first blush, Orion sounds like Bethesda’s own offering in the cloud gaming arena — but it’s not. According to the company, its purpose is to reduce the amount of bandwidth a game requires and reduce latency. To do this, a company licensing a game engine would have to license Orion as well and incorporate it into the engine. Bethesda claims it can, “achieve dramatic latency reductions of up to 20% per frame as well as up to a 40% reduction in required bandwidth....

This means the app is currently in a closed beta— so you can’t sign up to try it just yet —with more users to be included in the coming weeks. After launching in March last year, the iOS-only app became a sensation because it had an invite system to make people feel special and a new style of real-time audio interaction with no recording features. But since then, every company on the planet has launched some form of live audio product across platforms....

These are the findings of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), detailed in a study published May 10 (spotted by Roll Call). CRS discovered that while demand for cash in the US is steadily growing, its usage for payments is becoming less common. Despite this, people haven’t turned to Bitcoin as much as industry insiders might have hoped. “To date, the migration away from cash has largely been in favor of traditional non-cash payment systems; however, some observers predict new alternative systems will play a larger role in the future,” reads the report....

At least, that’s what I’ve heard from conservative pundits and politicians. The reality, however, appears to be rather different. A new study by Twitter found that the platform’s algorithms actually amplify right-wing voices. The research revealed that tweets from right-wing politicians and news outlets are both amplified on Twitter’s algorithmically ranked Home timeline. However, the social network isn’t sure why. Rumman Chowdhury, the head of Twitter’s machine learning, ethics, transparency and accountability team, tweeted that the company will now investigate the causes:...

Although Americans drove less during the pandemic (13% less vehicle miles traveled), NHTSA found that crash fatalities in 2020 – including motor vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and pedalcyclists – increased by 7.2%, as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported in 2019. The agency’s analysis identified three main behaviors that resulted in this increase: impaired driving, speeding, and failure to wear a seatbelt. NHTSA’s researchers also concluded that throughout 2020 motorists exhibited a higher risk-taking driving behavior....

During this long-lasting lockdown, parents might have to conjure up all kinds of tricks to keep kids busy. So, we’ve decided to help you a bit with some free tools for your kids ranging from free audiobooks to movies. Michelle Obama will be reading a classic children’s story every Monday on PBS lives. If your kids are not satisfied with your bedtime stories, don’t worry. Disney’s bedtime hotline will help your kids sleep with messages from characters such as Micky Mouse and Goofy....

The research team first identified 20 different ways AI could be used by criminals over the next 15 years. They then asked 31 AI experts to rank them by risk, based on their potential for harm, the money they could make, their ease of use, and how hard they are to stop. Deepfakes — AI-generated videos of real people doing and saying fictional things — earned the top spot for two major reasons....

Yes, I’m a geek. I know. It’s okay. If you aren’t familiar with Dragon Ball, it’s a manga-turned-anime series that follows the adventures of the protagonist, Son Goku, through his entire life as he trains in martial arts, makes new friends, and fights various enemies. Along his journey, he meets a girl named Bulma, who is on a quest to find seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls. When all these orbs are collected, they summon Shenron, a dragon that can grant any wish a person desires....

Go Live lets Discord users broadcast their gameplay over a voice chat channel in a server. Up to 10 people in the chat room can watch you play. Credit: Discord This update adds a game bar to the bottom of your server’s room list. It shows what game you’re currently playing and the Go Live button. Once you go live, your gameplay is broadcast to everyone who’s in the same voice chat channel as you are....

Typically, it was believed that organic material was the primary source of energy for microbes living far beneath the oceans. However, most organic matter is consumed on the seafloor, or just beneath it. Researchers were able to determine that radiolysis (the breakdown of water by radiation) is the principal source of energy for these aquatic beings in sediment more than a few million years old. “This work provides an important new perspective on the availability of resources that subsurface microbial communities can use to sustain themselves....

In a tweet, Musk said while cryptocurrencies are good in multiple aspects, the environmentalcost of running Bitcoin is high at the moment. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2021 There’s been a lot of debate around Bitcoin mining and energy consumption. A report from Digiconomist suggests that the annual carbon footprint generated from Bitcoin mining is comparable to the carbon footprint of Singapore. Plus, he added that the company won’t sell its existing Bitcoin holdings and will use them for transactions when it becomes more sustainable to mine the crypto asset....