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Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Samsung and LG Display are teeing up to battle for the panel in your monitor. Normally, you don’t need to think about the panel inside your monitor. You look at the brand, assess the features, seek out an independent review, and make your buying decision. For OLED gaming monitors, however, the panel couldn’t be more important, as LG and Samsung Display tackle the growing display technology in very different ways. After a soft launch in 2023, the fight is heating up this year as these two…

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (left) and Galaxy S24 Ultra Andy Boxall / Digital Trends When did camera zooms get so complicated? These days, we don’t just have a single number like 3x to deal with, but many other zoom levels,. we also need to understand optical zoom, hybrid zoom, periscope zoom, Space Zoom, and a whole lot more. Samsung has confused the issue again with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which has a 5x optical zoom and a 10x hybrid zoom, meaning it’s different from the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The question is, do the changes…

OnLeaks / 91Mobiles It seems that the upcoming Google Pixel 9 series smartphones will cease to be secret way ahead of their official launch later this year. Merely a day after leak-based renders of the Pixel 9 Pro made their way online, the vanilla Pixel 9 has also been given the same unceremonious treatment. 91Mobiles has shared what it claims are design renders of the Google Pixel 9, which looks almost identical to its Pro variant, save for the smaller dimensions. The sides are flat, almost as if they want to…

OnePlus 12 (left) and Google Pixel 8 Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The OnePlus 12 is every bit a worthy successor to the brilliant OnePlus 11, and the camera is shaping up to be one of the brand’s highest specced yet. But what happens when it meets the Google Pixel 8? The Pixel 8 is one of the best camera phones you can get and is even cheaper than the OnePlus 12, so if you want to take a lot of photos, which one will serve you better? We find out in our comprehensive test. Comparing the camera specs OnePlus 12 Andy…

By Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) January 24, 2024Metal-Insulator phase transition triggered in strongly correlated system by a few-femtosecond pulse (orange curve) and resulting in a dramatic change of density of states, occurs within less than 1 femtosecond. Credit: MBI: Olga Smirnova / Universität Hamburg: Alexander LichtensteinResearchers have developed a new spectroscopy method to study ultrafast processes in strongly correlated materials, achieving sub-femtosecond…

OnLeaks x MySmartPrice While the Google Pixel 8 and Google Pixel 8 Pro only launched months ago, new leaks have surfaced that show what Google may be up to for the Google Pixel 9 series. And it looks like big changes are coming. We don’t expect to see the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro until the fall season, which isn’t surprising. But new renders from OnLeaks and MySmartPrice are giving us a first look at what to expect later this year. These are 5K renders of the top-of-the-line Pixel 9 Pro, and there is even a 360-degree…

Scientists say they’ve invented a piece of technology that will let us peer through an animal’s eyes better than ever before. The tech uses a combination of novel hardware and software to produce images and videos that accurately represent the colors seen by animals, such as bees and birds. In new research this week, the team found that its innovation nearly matches the accuracy of conventional, yet more limiting, methods used to capture an animal’s color vision. Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors…

“The OnePlus 12 is a tremendous smartphone value — and one of the top Android phones to beat in 2024.” Pros Beautiful curved display Flowy Emerald is a truly unique color Powerful performance Hasselblad camera system delivers great results Two-day battery Very fast wired and wireless charging…

Researchers used a stack of spinning metasurface devices to capture spectral and polarization details of thermal radiation as well as the intensity information that is acquired with traditional thermal imaging. Credit: Xueji Wang, Purdue UniversityBy gathering more intricate thermal data, this novel method could enhance autonomous navigation, material recognition, security, and other applications.Researchers have created a novel technology utilizing meta-optical devices for thermal imaging. This method offers more…

By The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) January 21, 2024A research team developed SynapShot, a novel technique for real-time observation of synapse formation and alterations. This breakthrough, allowing live monitoring of synaptic changes in neurons, is expected to transform neurological research and enhance understanding of brain functions. Credit: SciTechDaily.com SynapShot, developed by an international research team, marks a major advancement in neuroscience by enabling real-time, live…