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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Nokia 9 leak shows off all five rear cameras
Crazy quintuple-camera design promises better low-light photos.
The Nokia 9 first leaked in September, when the trypophobia-inducing camera array immediately turned heads. The rear camera setup features seven holes housing five cameras, with the extra two holes used for an LED flash and what looks to be a sensor cluster. For the first time, a video from MySmartPrice gives us an idea of what all of these cameras are actually supposed to do: it promises the phone will take "5 simultaneous shots," which will result in "10x more light captured" compared to a regular camera sensor. This sounds a lot like the computational photography work Google does with a single-lens Pixel camera, where it takes multiple shots in rapid succession and merges them all for better low-light shots. The multi-image idea is proven to work, but we'll have to see if extra physical lenses improve on it
Pretty stupid looking design, but if it works then I guess it's not stupid.
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@DustinB3403 it's a standard design in high end cameras. It's been done for quite a while now. More lenses, more light.
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ACLU to feds: Your “hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy”
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with Privacy International, a similar organization based in the United Kingdom, have now sued 11 federal agencies, demanding records about how those agencies engage in what is often called "lawful hacking."
IIRC all hacking is unlawful without judicial consent. . . isn't it?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
ACLU to feds: Your “hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy”
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with Privacy International, a similar organization based in the United Kingdom, have now sued 11 federal agencies, demanding records about how those agencies engage in what is often called "lawful hacking."
IIRC all hacking is unlawful without judicial consent. . . isn't it?
In many countries, the government is beyond the law. In the US, for example, many positions cannot be held to the law, and therefore anything that they do is considered lawful. So there are easily cases of lawful anything, depending on who does it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 it's a standard design in high end cameras. It's been done for quite a while now. More lenses, more light.
Something like that combined with the software Google has on their new Pixel phones would be amazing.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 it's a standard design in high end cameras. It's been done for quite a while now. More lenses, more light.
Something like that combined with the software Google has on their new Pixel phones would be amazing.
I think everyone already has that software
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 it's a standard design in high end cameras. It's been done for quite a while now. More lenses, more light.
Something like that combined with the software Google has on their new Pixel phones would be amazing.
I think everyone already has that software
Yes, they all have access to it, but none of them actually use it! Gr!
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 it's a standard design in high end cameras. It's been done for quite a while now. More lenses, more light.
Something like that combined with the software Google has on their new Pixel phones would be amazing.
I think everyone already has that software
Yes, they all have access to it, but none of them actually use it! Gr!
Well, you need special cameras to use it.
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Fedora 31 Will Likely Be Cancelled Or Significantly Delayed To Focus On Retooling
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-31-Changes-AheadObjectives/Lifecycle/Problem statements
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Windows 10 creeps past Windows 7 usage, latest update barely used
Windows 7 has just one more year of standard support to go.
Web-based stat-tracking services vary in their estimates of who's using what operating system. That's due to different sites being monitored and different methodologies in handling the data. Net Market Share is the one we've seen most often quoted by third parties (including Microsoft and Mozilla), so it is notable as the companies' own preferred measure. Another widely referenced service, StatCounter, reckons that Windows 10 passed Windows 7 a year ago, putting the new operating system at 52.42 percent to its predecessor's 35.65 percent.
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@mlnews Doesn't surprise me at all. It still hasn't deployed to my PC at home yet.
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Google’s “Project Soli” radar gesture chip isn’t dead, gets FCC approval
Soli could enable smartwatches to detect hand gestures, if it ever launches.
Project Soli's goal is to build a tiny radar system on a chip that can be used to detect hand gestures made above a device. Soli is only at the experimental stage right now, but Google usually pitches Soli as a concept control scheme for smartwatches, speakers, media players, and smartphones. Usually the gestures shown are things like tapping your thumb and index finger together for a virtual button press or rubbing the two fingers together to scroll or turn a dial. The idea makes the most sense for tiny devices like a smartwatch, which don't necessarily have the space for a sizable touch screen and lots of buttons. It could also have benefits for users with limited mobility.
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Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
What is your preferred OS what en installing Snipe-IT?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
What is your preferred OS what en installing Snipe-IT?
I'm running on centos 7
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Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
The end is nigh!
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
The end is nigh!
Only 90% left to go, haha.
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LG’s new OLED TVs: true 4K/120Hz, variable refresh rates, HDMI 2.1, more
It's the most notable update to the lineup since 2016.
LG has announced its TV lineup in the lead-up to the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. As in other recent years, the company has split its lineup between LCD and OLED models, and the OLED models are generally the most interesting. This year, LG's OLEDs and certain high-end LCD TVs will support HDMI 2.1, allowing them to display 4K content at 120Hz over HDMI.
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Chrome is getting a dark mode on Windows to match the one for macOS
Preliminary work is already done, with a look akin to incognito mode.
Chrome 73 is going to include support for macOS 10.14's dark mode, with an alternative color scheme for its user interface that cuts the brightness. It's now clear that a Windows version of the same is in development, though it seems it will trail the macOS version.
