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Samsung releases first official Android 12 teaser, confirms Beta is coming in September

September 1, 2021
Google is set to release Android 12’s stable build on Pixel phones sometime soon, but it seems Samsung will be closer than ever in starting its beta program. According to a new teaser, Samsung will release its first Android 12 build in September. Posted to the company’s community forums today, Samsung has officially confirmed that its Android 12 Beta release is right around the corner. This…
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Opinion: Google Messages and RCS weren’t ready for the complications of Hurricane Ida

September 1, 2021
In the midst of Hurricane Ida, I’ve found that RCS is not ready to be depended upon, while Google Messages has not thought out all the edge cases for the future. As I sit down to write this post, my immediate family and I — having safely evacuated to Texas — have a million things on our minds. How did our homes fare in the storm? Has there been any major damage? When will power be restored…
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Video: A look at Canon's 40-year-old AF lens, the FD 35-70mm F4 AF

September 1, 2021
Nowadays, it’s easy to take autofocusing lenses for granted. However, in the grand scheme of photography’s history, autofocus is a relatively recent innovation. In Canon’s rich photographic history, the EF mount introduced in 1987 likely stands out as the beginning of autofocus for the company. However, Canon’s previous FD mount had a special lens among its manual focus…
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Six things we learned about the Dead Space remake

August 31, 2021
When EA announced it was remaking Dead Space, it wasn’t really clear what “remake” meant. Would the company be completely rebooting the beloved space horror series? Or would it be more like a remaster that upgraded the original’s 13-year-old graphics for the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and modern PCs? Star Wars: Squadrons studio EA Motive offered a little bit more detail in interviews.
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