‘Q Ball’ Film Review: Rehabilitation is possible and even essential
Closing night at the 2019 San Francisco Film Festival featured Q Ball, a powerful documentary about basketball with Kevin Durant as an executive producer. This…
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Canon EOS 80D vs. Sony a6000: Pixel peeping photos of oil paintings
Recently I compared results of photos taken with the Canon EOS 80D and Sony a6000 and came to a surprising conclusion. I thought photography wasn’t…
RED Hydrogen Two to have better camera — and let’s hope for Redcode too
Red Digital Camera’s Hydrogen project is off to a shaky start. Hydrogen One, the first iteration of the smartphone, didn’t exactly thrill reviewers. A lot…
Apple Watch could get longer battery life thanks to microLED display
According to reports today Apple is planning to move to microLED displays for the next generation Apple Watch. If so that could mean better battery…
In Review: Leslie Odom with the San Francisco Symphony
While Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton musical continues to light up the stage at a SHN theater, one of its original stars lit up the stage…
What’s Happening: ‘Chinese Lady’ to kick off Magic Theatre 2019-2020 season
The Chinese Lady is scheduled to kick off Magic Theatre’s 2019-2020 season. Lloyd Suh’s play, inspired by a true story, tells the story of Afong…
Tesla reports Q2 July 24, Model 3 continues to lead EV sales in US (by a wide, wide margin)
Mark your calendars for July 24. That’s when Tesla (NASDQ: TSLA) will report its Q2 numbers. Given the surprise Q1 results featuring record production and…
Amazon sets sights on Sonos, developing rival high-end audio speaker
AI-powered smart speakers are convenient. But, for the most part, they could sound much better.
Trendspotting: Outlook for digital camera market not looking so good
Shipments were down 22% last year and things aren’t like to improve anytime soon for the flailing digital camera market. According to a Japanese report,…
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: An energy efficient option for video editing PC builds
The Ryzen 7 3700K is here. With only 65W TDP could it be a sleeper chip for energy efficient video editing builds?