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Venus Optics unveils $899 Laowa Argus 35mm F0.95, the world's fastest full-frame 35mm lens

September 11, 2021
Venus Optics has announced the release of the Laowa Argus 35mm F0.95, the world’s fastest 35mm lens for full-frame cameras. The manual focus lens is constructed of 14 elements in nine groups, including one aspherical element, one extra-low dispersion element and four ultra-high-refractive elements. It features a fifteen blade aperture diaphragm, an aperture range of F0.95 through F16, has a…
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Leica BLK ARC Camera Allows Robots to Better Navigate the World

September 10, 2021
Leica Geosystems has announced a new reality capture camera device for robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot that is designed to improve autonomous navigation. Leica Geosystems may use the Leica name and logo, but it hasn’t been directly associated with Leica Camera AG in some time and is currently part of Hexagon AB, a publicly traded Swedish global information technology company that…
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Samsung is Considering Integrating Cameras into its S Pen

September 10, 2021
Samsung has designed an S Pen with an integrated smartphone camera that would give its Galaxy line of phones more ways to capture photos. According to a new patent discovered by LetsGoDigital, Samsung has created what it describes as a “portable terminal including…
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Communism and sitcoms inspire AI ethics at Salesforce

September 10, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! One belief Yakaira Núñez, VP of research and insights at Salesforce, holds firmly is that in product development, it’s just as crucial to identify your non-target audience and consider them in your roadmap. “Communicate with unintended targets to see whether or not there…
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WhatsApp launching end-to-end encrypted cloud backups for iOS and Android

September 10, 2021
Following through with a long-requested feature from users, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is going to make cloud backups end-to-end encrypted to go along with the end-to-end encryption of the messages sent with the service. The app will offer the feature in “the coming weeks” to iOS and Android users with two ways to fully encrypt their backups. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the news today…
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