After a production run of nine years and more than 250,000 units sold, the BMW i3, BMW’s first “I” brand EV, will cease production later this summer. Even so, the quirky little compact can go out with its head held high, because the electric future it predicted is finally here.
When the BMW i3 arrived as a concept in 2011, along with its “i” stablemate the BMW i8, it was aggressively…
Podcast: Tesla impresses with earnings/disappoints with product roadmap, new Cybertruck prototype, and more
January 28, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s Q4 earnings and product roadmap update, new Cybertruck prototype, and more.
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Custom Camera Captures 4K Video Up to 2.5 Miles Under the Sea
January 28, 2022
If it seemed like the footage of deep-sea creatures has been more spectacular lately, that is because it is. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently updated its deep-sea camera to capture 4K footage at incredible depths.
MBARI has used 1080p Full…
Monster Adapter Launches Contax N Lens to Sony E-Mount Adapter
January 28, 2022
Monster Adapter has announced the LA-NE1 adapter that supports autofocus, aperture control, and data transmission between Contax N-Mount lenses and Sony E-Mount cameras.
Contax N-Mount
The Contax N and N-Mount cameras were remarkably short-lived, though the system did have nine lenses produced for it by Carl Zeiss. Two of the Contax N cameras were film SLRs with the only digital camera…
Film Friday: Light Lens Lab shows off its new 35mm F2 collapsible lens for Leica M-mount and screw mount cameras
January 28, 2022
Chinese optics manufacturer Light Lens Lab (LLL) has announced it is releasing a new collapsible 35mm F2 lens for Leica screw mount cameras (and M-mount via an L39-M adapter).
The fully-manual lens appears to be optically similar to the company’s non-collapsible 35mm F2…
Samyang has announced a new autofocus 135mm F1.8 telephoto lens designed for Sony E-mount camera systems.
The 135mm F1.8 lens is constructed of 13 elements in 11 groups, including three extra-low dispersion elements, two high-refractive index elements and one aspherical…
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) collaborated with DeepSea Power & Light to create the MxD SeaCam underwater 4K camera. The early results from the custom-built camera are amazing. MBARI just published exquisitely detailed 4K videos captured thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.
‘Seeing the rapid adoption of 4K imaging and recognizing the scientific…
Could AI be used to cheat on programming tests?
January 28, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
Plagiarism isn’t limited to essays. Programming plagiarism — where a developer copies code deliberately without attribution — is an increasing…
OnePlus promises to deliver regular system updates for its wide array of smartphones for at least two years and in some cases longer for flagships, so let’s see how they’re handling the January 2022 security update.
OnePlus January 2022 security update — What’s…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Game of the Year-winner, Hidden Folks]
January 28, 2022
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New for 1/28: Now available on Apple Arcade is the 2017 App Store Game of the Year, Hidden Folks.
You can learn more about and download all the new games by heading to the Arcade tab in…
