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When HTC unveiled its new flagship phone , the HTC One, it set out to redefine how the smartphone cameras are measured. The most tangible spec for a camera is how many megapixels it can capture, but that spec is far from the last word on photo quality. So HTC created a new term: the UltraPixel. The word itself is scientifically meaningless: Like, Apple's " Retina Display ," UltraPixel is a marketing term that conveys a general idea rather than a unit of measurement. When it set out to build the camera for the One, HTC decided that the current standard of 8 megapixels is overkill for a phone camera. As the New York Times ' David Pogue once famously pointed out , higher resolution often doesn't translate into higher quality. "The pain point we really wanted to focus on is: Do we really want to be honest with consumers and give them the best possible photography experience, or do we do what the entire market has been doing for years on end," Chris Park, a product marketing … [Read more...] about Why HTC Is Betting on ‘UltraPixels’ for Its New Flagship Phone

The HTC One just got a big refresh. HTC launched the 2014 model of its flagship phone, called the HTC One M8, at an event in New York City on Tuesday. The new One has a similar design to last year's model , but it also features a number of upgrades. The screen size increases to 5 inches from 4.7, and the new model has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor running Android 4.4 "KitKat" along with 2GB of RAM. Storage can be 16 or 32GB, but owners can augment that with a microSD card. See also: The New HTC One Is the Same as the Old HTC One — and That's Good The One still sports a metal exterior, but HTC refined the design so the edges are metal as well. As a result, the sides of the phone have softer curves. "We didn't want to do something incremental," Scott Croyle, HTC's senior vice president of design, told Mashable . "We actually wanted to take a big leap forward. We wanted to make it super-awesome to hold in your hand." A big upgrade is the new Duo Camera. … [Read more...] about HTC Launches New Flagship Smartphone, the HTC One M8

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Saturday (Feb. 27), making it the third shot cleared for use in the country. "The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement. An FDA analysis showed that the single-shot vaccine had a 72% overall efficacy rate in the U.S. and 64% in South Africa, where a highly-transmissible coronavirus variant is causing most new cases, The New York Times reported . The efficacy rate in South Africa is slightly higher than the company had estimated in a recent report , up by seven percentage points. In terms of protecting against severe disease, the vaccine showed 86% efficacy in the U.S. and 82% in South Africa, the Times … [Read more...] about FDA clears Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Minneapolis is hiring social media influencers to share “city-generated and approved messages” during the trials of four former city police officers charged in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to the Minnesota Reformer . The Minneapolis city council approved the plan on Friday, which calls for six influencers to be paid about $2,000 each to spread the city’s messages with Black, Native American, Hmong, and Latino communities. The goal is to “address/dispel incorrect information” by using “trusted messengers,” part of a program the city refers to as its Joint Information System to share “timely and relevant information” with the public during the trials. “Through the Communications and Neighborhood and Community Relations departments the City will ensure that communities and elected leaders have direct access to information in real time leading up to the trial, during the trial and when the verdict is announced,” according to the city. “We intend to offer … [Read more...] about Minneapolis hiring social media influencers for former police officers’ trials

Both of Lady Gaga's French bulldogs have been recovered unharmed after being stolen during a violent street robbery on Wednesday night. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a woman brought the dogs to LAPD's Olympic Community Police Station Friday  around 6 p.m. PT, and Gaga's representatives were on hand to confirm they were the singer's pets. The woman's identity and the location where the animals were found will remain confidential due to the active criminal investigation and for her safety, police said. Stay in the know Get the latest tech stories with CNET Daily News every weekday. It's unclear how the woman came to be in possession of the dogs, but law enforcement sources told TMZ they believe she's a Good Samaritan who was not involved in the theft of the animals. What happened to Lady Gaga's dog walker? On Wednesday night, a male suspect shot and wounded Lady Gaga's dog walker, Ryan Fischer, and stole two of her three French bulldogs, Koji and … [Read more...] about Lady Gaga’s stolen dogs returned, Gaga calls injured dog walker ‘a hero’