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Xbox Live Gold drops the pay wall for 50 free-to-play games

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Microsoft is removing the Xbox Live Gold gate for free-to-play games today. For years, the company required an active membership to Gold to play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite. This was different from both Nintendo and Sony, which enabled online access for free games on Switch and PlayStation. Now, Xbox has…
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Google rolls out new AI-powered features for Meet

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Google today announced a number of updates to Google Meet, including a refreshed user interface, features powered by AI, and tools that aim to make meetings more engaging. Among the highlights is a data saver mode that limits data usage on mobile networks, and Autozoom, which uses AI to zoom in and position participants…
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In the Field with the Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM Lens

After the release of the Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master lens, I thought that that was it: Sony finally released my dream lens. But on a call with Sony a few weeks ago I was told that “something was coming, and it had my name on it.” That could only mean one thing: the one…
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Five Beginner Lightroom Editing Tips to Dramatically Improve Your Photos

Want to get the best out of your photos this year? Using one photo as an example — a photo I took in Paris with a Canon 5D Mark II to prove it can be done with a camera of nearly any age — I will show five easy tips that will make dramatic differences in your images. Correct the exposure for the story you want to tell To me, one of the best ways to get great results in landscape photography…
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Portraits Taken with Canon RF100mm Macro Show Incredible Detail

Canon hasn’t missed that the EF version of the 100mm f/2.8 macro lens has been popular as a portrait lens for some time and asked Kahran and Regis Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography to take the new RF model for a spin. Together, they show the insane image quality this new optic can deliver. Canon announced the redesigned RF100mm f/2.8 Macro lens in mid-April with several upgrades that…
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