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OnePlus Nightscape vs. Gcam Night Sight: Which one is better?

Back in March this year, Huawei shook the tech world with its then-flagship smartphone, the Huawei P20 Pro. Most notably was its camera capabilities especially in challengingly low light conditions. Indeed, Huawei was ahead of the curve in night photography, where the phone would tap into the dedicated NPU to take stellar hand-held low shutter speed photos no matter how shaky your hands are. Certainly, this left a lot of users in awe. But we all knew it was a matter of time before other manufacturers catch up with the trend.

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How to reduce the amount of blue light emitted from your tech devices

Unless you’ve been living under a rock all this time, I’m sure you’ve seen or at least heard of by now the recent study conducted by researches at the University of Toledo in which everyone is freaking out about. Apparently, the blue light people encounter—from laptops, televisions, phones, and even the sun itself—prompts a chemical reaction that kills photoreceptor cells thus damaging your eyesight and slowly making you blind when you reach your 50s or 60s. Fortunately, all is not lost, and there are several things that you can do to reduce the blue light emitted from your tech devices. Biohackers Lab has created a useful guide for techies who want to test blue light filter levels.

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Weekend Poll: Do you use a blue light filter for your phone?

Commonly branded as ‘night mode,’ a blue light filter does exactly what the name says—it filters the blue light of your phone by turning your screen to an amber-like color. By filtering the blue light of your smartphone, it can make it easier to look at your screen or read in the dark and can even help you fall asleep more easily. Many phones nowadays come with this basic feature built-in; however, users of older devices may have to resort to a third-party app such as Twilight to get this functionality.

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