Month: October 2021
Mark Zuckerberg says whistleblower’s allegations ‘don’t make any sense’
Buffeted by the damning claims made by whistleblower Frances Haugen, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outright rejected her charges that were made at a US Congressional testimony. On his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg put out a note that he had earlier shared with everyone in his company, and said that “the…
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Canon’s new dual-fisheye EOS R lens is for creating 3D VR content
Canon has announced what’s easily the oddest glass yet for its EOS R mirrorless camera system: a dual 5.2mm f/2.8 fisheye. The fisheye lenses are 60mm apart and are designed for creating 3D VR images and video content; Canon calls out the Oculus Quest 2 as a potential hardware destination…
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Canon created a dual fisheye lens for its new VR video system
Canon has made a surprising product announcement, revealing a dual, RF mount fisheye lens that's part of an all-new system called EOS VR. Its aim is nothing less than to transform virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) production by making workflow simpler than current VR capture systems, while delivering…
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Former Sennheiser engineer Axel Grell made a $200 pair of ANC true wireless earbuds
In 2019, Axel Grell, the designer of Sennheiser’s legendary HD580 and HD800 headphones, left the company to found Grell Audio. Two years later, the startup is coming out with a pair of true wireless headphones known as the TWS/1. Set to cost $200 when they go on sale next month,…
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T-Mobile is making its 5G home internet $10 cheaper
T-Mobile has announced that it’s cutting the price of its 5G-powered home internet service by $10, bringing it back to the $50 price that it charged during its pilot program. That $50 a month gets you internet with no data cap, speeds that T-Mobile estimates will be anywhere from 35…
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Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence to say the Facebook whistleblower’s claims ‘don’t make any sense’
Mark Zuckerberg posted a staunch defense of his company in a note to employees, saying that recent claims by an ex-employee about the social network’s effects on society “don’t make any sense.” On Tuesday, a former Facebook product manager named Frances Haugen testified before Congress about a trove of internal…
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