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Google is now taking survey feedback for Android 12 Beta 3 from Pixel owners

Following the launch on Wednesday, Google has opened the customary Android 12 Beta 3 survey for Pixel owners.  We’d like your feedback on the latest version of Android 12 on your Pixel device. This *anonymous* survey should take you about 5-10 minutes to complete. Please only fill out this survey if your Pixel device is running Beta 3 (SPB3.210618.013). You can verify this by going to…
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June 2021 NPD: Ratchet & Clank and Mario Golf set franchise records

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. Video games have maintained their sales momentum even as summer began in earnest in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. As more people turned to games during the pandemic, many of them are sticking with that hobby, even as they return to other…
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June 2021 NPD: Xbox and Switch outsell the competition

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. Hardware sales had a huge month in the United States in June. Consumers snapped up $401 million in new consoles, which is up 112% compared to the same period in…
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Ubisoft delays Rainbow Six: Extraction and Riders Republic

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. Ubisoft announced today in separate blog posts that Riders Republic is delayed from September 2 to October 28, and Rainbow Six: Extraction is moving from…
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Venus Optics Unveils 14mm f/4 Zero-D Lens for Canon and Nikon DSLRs

Venus Optics has announced a new Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D (zero distortion) wide-angle manual focus prime lens for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The company says that it uses a completely different optical design from the mirrorless version of the lens. Venus Optics says that the Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D DSLR lens is designed specifically for Canon and Nikon DSLRs and is not just a rehoused version of the…
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Photographer Makes DIY Lenses with Cake Molds and Epoxy

In an effort to challenge herself, Italian photographer Ursula Ferrara has made her own lenses for her large-format film camera using plastic epoxy and silicone cake molds. Ferrara is a photographer, painter, and animation film director from Italy who first became…
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A quarter of Taiwanese companies are well into their AI journey

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. At least a quarter of Taiwanese companies have begun operationalizing AI in the organization and reaping the business benefits, according to the latest State of Taiwan Enterprise AI report. A little less than 25% of respondents have either entered, or moved past,  the level 4 stage of…
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