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Netflix now offers some of its original shows for free on Android, web

Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services on the planet, but it’s always looking to get more subscribers signed up. This week, Netflix has quietly announced that it will offer some of its original shows and movies completely for free on Android and the web. A new section of Netflix’s website calls the service the “premiere destination for all your entertainment needs,” then…
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Phase One Unveils $13K 90mm f/5.6 Lens for the Medium Format XT System

Phase One has just unveiled the latest lens for the $57,000 XT camera system. The new XT-Rodenstock HR Digaron W/SW 90mm f/5.6 is the fifth lens for this system, weighing in at $13,000 and built with three priorities in mind: image quality, image quality, and image quality. In case you missed the announcement last September, the Phase One XT is a tiny medium format field camera system that accepts…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Japan explores AI as the pandemic curbs in-person quality control

(Reuters) — At a factory south of Japan’s Toyota City, robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota’s vaunted “go-and-see” system, which helped revolutionize mass production in the 20th century. Inside the auto parts plant of Musashi Seimitsu, a robotic arm picks up and spins a bevel gear, scanning its teeth against a…
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GamingNews

8BitDo’s Arcade Stick launches in October for Switch and PC

One of gaming’s best peripheral makers is getting into the fight. Or, at least, it’s getting into the fighting-game community. Manufacturer 8BitDo revealed the new 8BitDo Arcade Stick today. This gamepad works with the Nintendo Switch and PC, and it is available for…
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Shooting Fashion Photos of Strangers on the Street

NYC-based photographer Dani Diamond took a V-Flat and his portrait skills out to the Jersey Shore and shot fashion photos of complete strangers he ran into. You can see the project and results in this 6.5-minute video by AdoramaTV. After a passerby agreed to pose for a photo shoot, they were brought to the Pier Village boutique Molly & Zoey to get dressed in a fashion-forward outfit. Once the…
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