Month: January 2024
OM System’s OM-1 Mark II offers improved autofocus and stabilization
OM System (formerly Olympus) has unveiled the OM-1 Mark II with largely the same specs as its predecessor, but several significant upgrades. Those include improved autofocus, particularly on the AI side, along with other quality-of-life improvements to stabilization, handling and more. The company has completed its OM System branding change,…
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One of the Internet’s Oldest Software Archives Is Shutting Down
The Hobbes OS/2 Archive has been an institution for over three decades. Soon, it’ll be gone. Source
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LIfe’s beyond consumers for Life’s Good — LG is looking to transform itself into a B2B giant as it eyes smart factories for its future growth
LG is set to expand beyond consumer goods, transforming itself into a business-to-business (B2B) giant as it eyes smart factories for future growth. According to The Korea Economic Daily, LG recently launched a smart factory business division under its research and development center, signaling a significant shift from its traditional…
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Art collective MSCHF is streaming movies like Barbie in ASCII for free
The art collective MSCHF is stirring up some trouble on the internet again. For its latest project, ASCII Theater, the group will broadcast a popular new film daily in ASCII format that anyone can watch for free. Just paste the command on your Mac or PC’s terminal, and you can…
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How to stop location tracking on your Android phone (mostly)
Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the nearby restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue (something that at least one of Google’s competitors has used in its sales pitch). You probably know that Google…
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Scam for gold — the FBI is warning tech support criminals are now sending couriers to your house in brazen attempt
“Tech support” scammers are getting more audacious, and are now even sending couriers to victims’ houses to pick up the cash and various precious metals, the FBI has warned. In its alert, the FBI says the scammers mostly target the elderly and other technologically unsavvy people, sometimes impersonating a bank,…
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