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LG leaves behind more than a flip phone-shaped hole in our hearts

The LG Stylo 6 is one of the company’s bestselling phones in recent history.Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The company leaves a void that brands like Motorola and TCL are well-positioned to fill LG’s exit from the smartphone business felt inevitable in the weeks leading up to it as rumors mounted. When it… Read more

Pay please! The first search engine helped fight check fraud 90 years ago

In the twenties, banks and companies in Germany began taking pictures of incoming and rejected checks on microfilm in order to curb the rampant check fraud. At Zeiss Ikon, the chemist Emanuel Goldberg devised a search device using image points that act as an index to each image on the microfilm (35 mm film) were… Read more

Flashback: weird phones from unexpected brands part 2 – Pepsi, Onkyo, Kodak, Red

Last month we looked at some phones from unexpected brands, but that wasn’t nearly all of them. Today we’ll look at some more oddball phones from companies whose business is quite different (sometimes completely unrelated to electronics). Pepsi P1 Is Pepsi okay? Regardless of your soft drink preferences, you probably didn’t expect Pepsi to make… Read more

Best baby monitors 2020: Top baby cams to buy for audio and video

(Pocket-lint) – Keeping an eye on your young ones remotely, even when you’re all at home, can be a great way to get some peace of mind without having to hang over them at all hours – at a time when you’re likely to already be more than a little tired. Old-school baby monitors have… Read more

The right look: The pictures of the week (week 44)

In addition to the motif itself, the look often determines how a photo affects the viewer. (Image: Karl Hotz-Thelen) Kodak Ektachrome, Fujifilm Vevia or Agfa Agfachrome: In analog photography, the film material often determined (and still does) the look of the photo or its characteristic appearance. One and the same motif looked different every time,… Read more