Month: August 2024
Instead of carrying multiple camera lenses, this one lets you swap optics
The simpler design of prime lenses in general — which offer no zoom capabilities — can deliver several advantages, including sharper images and a shallower depth of field. The tradeoff is that photographers have to move closer or further away when framing subjects or swap between several prime lenses with…
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Snap is reportedly working on a new pair of augmented reality Spectacles
Snap is getting ready to show off a new pair of augmented reality glasses, according to a new report in The Verge. The glasses would be the fifth-generation of Spectacles, and the second pair to have augmented reality capabilities. CEO Evan Spiegel will reportedly unveil the glasses at the company’s…
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No one’s ready for this
An explosion from the side of an old brick building. A crashed bicycle in a city intersection. A cockroach in a box of takeout. It took less than 10 seconds to create each of these images with the Reimagine tool in the Pixel 9’s Magic Editor. They are crisp. They…
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Body of British tech billionaire Mike Lynch recovered off the coast of Sicily
The body of billionaire tech mogul Mike Lynch was recovered off the coast of Sicily, the Italian Coast Guard announced on Thursday. Lynch’s 184-foot superyacht, the Bayesian, sunk on August 19th, reportedly after being hit by a tornado over the water, called a waterspout. The yacht sank quickly, according to…
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EU iPhones will be able to change the default phone and messaging apps soon
Apple will soon let iPhone and iPad users in the European Union choose default apps for phone calls, messaging, keyboards, password managers, and more. These options will be available later this year in a new “Default Apps” section in Settings, according to an update on Thursday. In the spring of…
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Concord has been in development for 8 years, lead developer says Firewalk Studios is ‘strapped in and ready to push it for years to come’
Sony‘s upcoming live-service multiplayer shooter Concord has been in development for eight years. This comes from Concord‘s lead character designer, Jon Weisnewski, in a X / Twitter post celebrating the launch of the 5v5 first-person shooter, where he said he joined the project when Firewalk Studios was five years deep…
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