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Sigma Launches the 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Lens for Sony E and Leica L

Sigma has announced the 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN, a wide-angle zoom lens designed for Sony E-Mount and Leica L-Mount and can be used on full-frame cameras. The new 16-28mm is the latest high-performance zoom lens in the Sigma Contemporary line, and is the “perfect companion” to the 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN. Sigma says that the wide lens provides “exceptional optical quality, a bright f/2.8…
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The Camera That Recorded the First Spacewalk is Up for Auction

A pair of Soviet film cameras that were among the first to ever go into space is up for auction and one of the vintage 35mm cameras captured the world’s first spacewalk. Two Konvas Automat cameras that were involved in early Soviet space missions are up for sale tomorrow, June 2, in Heritage Auctions’ Signature Space Exploration Auction. The current seller is a Soviet camera collector…
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‘Copyright Trolls’ Are Suing People Over Creative Commons Photos

A student website received a letter demanding thousands of dollars for a copyright infringement after using a Creative Commons image. Despite downloading the image from a popular Creative Commons (CC) website, the student outfit now owes the photographer several thousand dollars, according to SPLC. The picture in question is of a generic medical syringe and it was used in an article…
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EA honors John Madden with a trio of covers for Madden NFL 23

Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Watch now. If you’ve ever followed the NFL, you’ve heard of John Madden. Madden was a player, coach, commentator, and the face of Electronic Arts‘ NFL game series. More than…
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Google Messages disables RCS ads in India as it attempts to stop abuse

Last month we reported on the rampant abuse of RCS in Google Messages that was flooding users in India with ads, and now, Google is stopping that abuse to address the problem. Google Messages RCS ads are paused, for now For over a year now, ads have been hitting Google Messages users with RCS enabled in India. While the problem is common across both RCS and traditional SMS, the problem was…
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