Following a Material You redesign and new homescreen widgets on Android, Google Calendar is getting a new “Focus time” event type.
This is part of Google’s digital wellbeing push and offering tools that help manage your work life. “Focus time” joins the standard “Event,” “Out of office,” “Task,” and (on Workspace Individual) “Appointment slots.”
Similar to the Out of…
The latest update to Google Docs makes official the “universal @ menu” that’s part of Workspace’s “Smart canvas” initiative. Meanwhile, there will be a new “Add page break before” option.
In the past, @-mentioning a person in documents would show (if…
Google’s new Pixel 6 smartphones check just about every box for a flagship smartphone, but unlike the Samsung and Apple competitors, Google’s device has no obvious choice for a smartwatch. As unfortunate as it is that there’s still no “Pixel Watch,” there are some…
Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN: hands-on with the lens that wants to replace your kit zoom
October 21, 2021
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Introduction
The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | C is the latest addition to Sigma’s ‘Contemporary’ range of affordable lenses. The ‘DN’ in the name stands for ‘Digital Native’ and denotes that it’s designed for mirrorless cameras while the ‘DC’ indicates that it covers and…
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Animoca Brands has raised a new round of funding — the third time since May — and this time the company has scooped up $65 million at a $2.2 billion…
Square Enix to launch a new, mobile-focused London studio
October 20, 2021
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Square Enix announced today that it’s opening a new mobile-focused studio called Square Enix London Mobile. The new studio will focus on two upcoming…
Roblox unveils electronic music festival in the metaverse
October 20, 2021
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Roblox has partneed with music event promoter Insomniac to create electronic music festivals for its platform.
The companies plan to create the “world’s largest dance music festival, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), to the metaverse.” That’s a pretty ambitious statement, but…
Epic Games partners with indie studios Eyes Out and Spry Fox
October 20, 2021
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Epic Games today announced it’ll be partnering with two indie studios and will publish their upcoming games. These two are Spry Fox and the new studio…
Paying Nintendo $50 a year because we’re basic for Mario | Last of the Nintendogs 016
October 20, 2021
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The premiere Nintendo podcast featuring the last two living Nintendogs is here to grumble mildly about the cost of Nintendo Switch Online’s new pricing…
The Day I Ditched Pro-Grade Lenses as a Photographer
October 20, 2021
It was a scary choice, but I did it, and it ended up being a good choice.
I have shot photography since the early ’90s, starting with a vintage film camera. I jumped into digital photography the day Canon 10D came out, and that same day I also bought my first lens for it, a brand new 28-200mm lens. It was cheap, light, versatile, but even though I made great photo stories with this kit, mostly…
