Documentaries on Formula One and Le Mans to stream on Amazon Prime Video

Photo courtesy of McLaren.com

Joining The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video are two motorsports-related documentaries. The new shows will focus on the McLaren Formula One team’s journey across the current F1 season and the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans race happening in June. The unnamed Formula One series will follow the McLaren F1 team on 20 stops as it tries to catch up with the rest of the pack following its new engine deal with Honda. It’ll show everything from how the cars are built and tested to how sponsorship and partnership deals are made.

Meanwhile, Le Mans: Racing is Everything will give Amazon “unprecedented access” to the entire 24-hour race. There will be film crews following around the Porsche, Nissan, Aston Martin, Audi, Rebellion, and Toyota teams. They’ll be tagging along some high-profile drivers including Mark Webber, Nico Prost, and the 19-year-old Jann Mardenborough, who won a slot courtesy of the GT Academy e-sports competition.

Source: The Verge

Alleged LG V30 leak shows possible return of the dual front camera

If this supposed leak of the upcoming LG V30 is to be believed, LG might be considering bringing back the dual camera in front. GSMArena speculates that perhaps considering bringing the dual camera setup to both the front and back sides of the device. There also seems to be hints that the secondary display is going to stay this time around. Other previously rumoured specs of the LG V30 include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and improved DAC. 

Netflix puts quality translators to the test

Netflix knows its changing demographic affects the content it produces. With 93 million subscribers coming from outside the US, there is a need to reach out to the non-English-speaking viewers. To help produce quality subtitles, Netflix is reaching out to professional translators and wants to vet them through a new standardized test called HERMES. This test pays close attention to phrases and idioms that are unique to specific languages and culture. There are many combinations of these questions so the test varies. Once translators get their scores, they might then be considered for future projects by the streaming service. 

Those who sign up and qualify will be given a unique number which will be tied to the subtitles it receives from the translators. They will use this to evaluate the performance of the translators and use this as a basis to assign future projects to them. Think of it like the recommendation feature for viewers. Since the project launched, Netflix claims thousands of candidates have already tried it out. If you want to give it a try, the test can be accessed through this link.  

Source: Netflix 

First impressions: Samsung Galaxy S8

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung is back to form with their new Samsung Galaxy S8 family of smartphones. I spent a few hours with one of the Midnight Black models and here are my impressions.

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