Reflections from the sun, or lights in your room, can be a distraction from an otherwise excellent 4K TV picture. Most modern TVs have a glossy screen that just loves to reflect even the tiniest amount of light. Between sunlight during the day, and any lamps or ceiling lights in your room at night, you …
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During this week’s Pixel 6 launch event, Google demonstrated a handful of AI-powered photography tricks built into its new phones. Among the capabilities: erasing photobombers from backgrounds, taking the blur out of smudged faces and handling darker skin tones more accurately. Those features, however, are just the tip of an artificial intelligence iceberg designed to produce the best imagery for …
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At long last, there’s a new Kindle Paperwhite. It’s got a larger 6.8-inch E Ink display, USB-C charging and some other small improvements for $10 more than ($140, £130, AU$239) its predecessor, which was last updated back in 2018. A step-up model, the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, adds wireless charging and additional storage — 32GB instead of 8GB — as …
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Streaming-gear favorite Elgato has finally tossed a webcam at its gaming fans, the 1080/60fps Facecam. It’s the biggest challenger we’ve seen thus far for Razer’s Kiyo Pro, for the same $200 (£189), with class-leading software, including a real Mac app, that helps compensate for some of its weaknesses. It doesn’t have a built-in mic, which makes sense given that its …
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The standout feature of last year’s Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra was its camera, a five-lens setup that could shoot at a crazy 100x magnification. A year later, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is Samsung’s newest flagship. It improves on its predecessor in numerous ways: A gorgeous matte back, an even more gorgeous 3,200×1,440-pixel display that lets you scroll in QHD and …
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The $829 (£799, AU$1,349) iPhone 12 has two rear cameras and Samsung’s $800 (£769, AU$1,249) Galaxy S21 has three rear cameras. Are more cameras better? Or does a higher price mean better photos? To find out, I did a good old-fashioned camera shootout. The results surprised me. There aren’t many people deciding between an iPhone 12 and Galaxy S21 based solely on …
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For photographers, almost every new iPhone has a little something special, and one of Apple‘s newest devices, the iPhone 12 Pro, is no exception. It brings a few seemingly simple, but entirely effective, upgrades that I think shutterbugs are going to love. This week, I took the iPhone 12 Pro on a short trip to a beautiful place, Lake Tahoe, and …
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The iPhone 12 is the biggest iterative jump Apple has made for its flagship devices in years but, unusually, that jump doesn’t largely revolve around the camera. The iPhone 12 family is entirely 5G, reverts to an iPhone 5-esque design, and there’s also an iPhone 12 Mini for the first time ever. But that’s not to say there’s nothing new …
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Step right up, folks: Summer is nearly over, and Newegg has a clearance roundup just in time to get your home office and remote learning setups ready for the fall. Here’s a sampling of the best deals we’ve found. See more Newegg coupon codes: CNET coupons Newegg Multimonitor dongle Save 30% with code CLEARANSEP75 If you’ve been looking to add more …
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The Samsung Galaxy A51 is a $225 powerhouse with four cameras that give it flexibility for photography, from ultrawide to macro. But Apple’s new iPhone SE, despite only having one rear camera, has smart photography features borrowed from more expensive models such as the iPhone 11. Here’s how these two midrange phones compare on everything from portraits and landscapes to video …
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