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Old-School Marvel Fans Mourn a Film Fixture the MCU Ditched Long Ago

Image via Marvel Studios Oh, how far the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come. From the humble beginnings of Edward Norton’s short-lived run as Hulk, to Tatiana Maslany’s twerk-happy turn as She-Hulk, the MCU is closing in on 15 years of some of the most beloved entertainment in recent history, and it shows no signs of slowing down. As the franchise enters the prime of its adolescence, perhaps now is the perfect time to reflect on the change that has come with such age. In the last five years alone, we’ve seen…

It’s about time Samsung’s cheap phones ditched the depth camera

For several years now, some of the best cheap Android phones from Samsung have featured multi-sensor rear camera setups. A minimum of three and a maximum of four sensors have shipped on devices in the affordable Galaxy A series. They all normally include a primary and ultra-wide sensor in addition to a macro and depth sensor. The depth sensor does exactly what the name suggests, it senses the depth. This enables the device to apply “bokeh” or background blur effects to photos, making it seem that they were taken with a…

‘Cool is the enemy!’ Eurovision hero Sam Ryder on how he ditched his ego and found his joy | Eurovision

Did Sam Ryder have any idea, when he got ready for his Eurovision performance, that he might be about to reverse the nation’s doldrums, the super-low scores that have dogged us for this entire century? Did he have a clue that he might come second?“I had inklings,” Ryder says, sitting in Langham’s, a fancy hotel in central London, where he and his girlfriend, Lois Gaskin-Barber, have been holed up since they came back from Turin on Sunday. “It seemed like it was from the universe.” The 32-year-old, with a hat-trick of…