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Insta360’s X5 cam update brings ND filters, a giant battery and improved exposure

Insta360 has launched a firmware upgrade and new accessories for its X5 360-degree camera as part of what it calls the Insta360 Summer Update. Key new features include “AdaptiveTone” to improve dual camera exposure, a new “Ultra Battery” for longer recording times, an ND filter set and custom-designed lenses.  “It…

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The best student discounts we found for 2025

Your college years are typically thought of as some of the best of your life, but they can be hard to enjoy to the fullest if you’re worried about paying for the essentials like food, textbooks, supplies and, if you’re lucky, the occasional evening out with friends. With everything going…

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The Morning After: Switch 2 user accidentally banned after playing pre-owned game cards

Be extra careful where you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards. A Switch 2 owner posted on Reddit about how their account was banned after downloading patches for a few Switch game cards they’d bought from Facebook Marketplace. The Switch 2 user contacted Nintendo support and discovered they were…

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Meta says it’s cracking down on Facebook creators who steal content

Meta is going after creators who rip off other users’ content as part of a broader effort to fix Facebook’s feed. In its latest update, the company laid out new steps it’s taking to penalize accounts that lift work from others. In a blog post for creators, Meta says that…

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Canon R50 V review: An affordable vlogging camera that lags behind its rivals

Canon has released 20 cameras since launching the RF mount in 2018, but it had one gaping hole in a key market: vlogging. Now, the company has patched that with the launch of the $700 R50 V that’s aimed at creators on a budget and designed to take on Sony’s…

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Threads users still barely click links

Two years in, Threads is starting to look more and more like the most viable challenger to X. It passed 350 million monthly users earlier this year and Mark Zuckerberg has predicted it could be Meta’s next billion-user app. But Threads still isn’t sending much traffic to other websites, which…

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