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Electric boat breaks new speed record at 109 mph with Vision Marine’s new outboard motor

August 29, 2022
An electric boat has achieved a top speed of over 100 mph for the first time. In a showcase of its latest electric outboard motor, Vision Marine Technologies (NASDAQ: VMAR) has achieved a new speed record of 109 mph on the water. Vision Marine is primarily known for building, selling, and renting electric boats, but it is also currently developing the most powerful outboard electric powertrain…
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Snapchat Adds BeReal-Like Dual Camera Feature

August 29, 2022
Snap Snapchat is getting real. Or, it’s at least taking a cue from fellow social media company BeReal with its new dual camera feature. Announced today, Snap unveiled the dual camera setting, which can be used in Snaps, Stories, and Spotlight videos. The feature…
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Viltrox Says Canon has Demanded They Stop Selling RF-Mount Lenses

August 29, 2022
Canon has ordered lens manufacturer Viltrox to stop selling RF mount products, according to a leaked customer chat text. First seen on DPReview, a screenshot of an exchange between a customer and a representative of Viltrox was posted by user EJ Fudd. As reported by Photo Rumors, a customer contacts the Chinese company enquiring about firmware for RF lenses that are no longer…
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You Can Now Create Your Own AI-Generated Photos in Photoleap

August 29, 2022
Lightricks, the creator of the selfie-editing app Facetune, has released its own artificially intelligent (AI) text-to-image generator. Lightricks announced that users can now create AI-generated images via text prompts on its apps including Photoleap, which is known for its photo editing capabilities and Motionleap, which animates still images, reports TechCrunch. The new feature…
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Gear in this story

August 29, 2022
A crop of the full-resolution 67MP image Nikon China posted to social media. Full image embedded below. Does Nikon have a surprise up its sleeve for the near future? It very well may if a little slip-up in a recent post shared to Nikon China’s Weibo profile is to be believed. In a post promoting Nikon China’s Creative Camp Live class, Nikon China shared four images, all presumably taken…
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