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120W fast charging officially confirmed for the Xiaomi 11T Pro 

September 8, 2021
The Xiaomi 11T Pro was rumored to support 120W fast charging or (as Xiaomi calls it) HyperCharge. The company has officially confirmed that spec with a Twitter teaser building up to the September 15 event. That’s close to double the charge rate of the original Mi 11, which topped out at 67W. The battery capacity is expected to remain the same, 5,000 mAh. There’s no official word on the…
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Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM sample gallery

September 8, 2021
The Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM is a compact, medium-aperture wideangle zoom lens for the company’s mirrorless RF mount. Offering an advanced optical makeup, and high build quality despite its lightweight build, the 14-35mm slots in beneath the pricier – and…
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Zhong Yi Optics Launches the Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.5 APO Lens

September 8, 2021
Chinese lens manufacturer ZY Optics has announced the Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.5 APO Portrait Lens, a $299 manual-focus telephoto prime for DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. The company says this updated manual focus lens was made with portrait photographers in mind and is a faster, revised version of the Creator 135mm f/2.8 and is available for DSLR and mirrorless systems in the Canon EF, Canon RF…
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Canon teases September 14 launch event, calls is 'the most exciting announcement of the year'

September 8, 2021
It looks like September 14, 2021 is going to be a busy day. First, Apple announced it will be hosting a livestream event. Now, Canon has announced that it too will be hosting a livestreamed event on YouTube at 12pm CEST (+2 UTC). Canon doesn’t say what we can expect to see at the event, but the animated graphic in the teaser video shows an illustration of an RF camera mount. Make of that what…
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Enthusiast Gaming acquires Addicting Games for $35M

September 7, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Enthusiast Gaming Holdings has acquired casual game publisher Addicting Games for $35 million. The deal will help the Toronto-based Enthusiast Gaming expand its media and content platform for…
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Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer impressions — Smoke gets in your eyes

September 7, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Sledgehammer Games revealed the first details of the multiplayer for this fall’s Call of Duty: Vanguard game. I played a few of the multiplayers map in some press sessions ahead of the release of the multiplayer beta, which starts today. It will have a single-player campaign, and we got a taste of that earlier: a…
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