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Quick Charge Podcast: December 10, 2020

December 11, 2020

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Subscribe to Electrek Daily YouTube Channel New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast…

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Leica SL2-S initial review

December 11, 2020

Introduction Studio product photography by Dan Bracaglia The Leica SL2-S is what the company is calling its entry into a different segment of the camera market, targeting the hybrid stills/video shooter. At launch it’s very much a less expensive, lower…

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Viltrox announces $399 85mm F1.8 lens for Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras

December 11, 2020

Viltrox has released its new 85mm F1.8 STM autofocus prime lens for Nikon Z-mount mirrorless camera systems. The autofocus lens is constructed of 10 elements in 7 groups, including five ‘short wave length and high transparency’ elements and one low-dispersion element.

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Sense CEO predicts six 2021 home energy trends

December 11, 2020

Michael Phillips, the CEO of Sense, a technology company that makes a home energy monitor (pictured above) to track efficiency, cost, and reliability, told us about his predictions for six 2021 home energy trends. Michael Phillips, CEO, Sense Michael Phillips, CEO of Sense, explained his choices to Electrek: In 2021, home energy will be transformed by decisive action on climate change at the…

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Leica releases 'Henri' Cinematographer's Viewfinder for pairing its new SL2-S camera system with PL, LPL lenses

December 11, 2020

Optics manufacturer Ernst Leitz Wetzler has announced an interesting new cinematographer’s viewfinder that features an integrated lens adapter and foldaway handle that offers built-in record button. Designed to pair specifically with Leica’s SL2 camera systems…

Samsung will reportedly unveil its Galaxy S21 lineup on January 14th

December 11, 2020

Samsung’s next Android flagship could be closer than you think. Android Authority has heard from a Samsung store in India that the Galaxy S21 series will be launching globally on January 14th. It will then hit store shelves on January 29th, according to employees that work…

Scanner Pro for iPhone and iPad gets redesign, auto OCR, pivot to freemium

December 11, 2020

The popular Scanner Pro iOS app from Readdle is out with a notable update. It brings a really useful automated OCR feature, a fresh modern design including a new list view and sorting options, as well as changing to a freemium model so you can try it out for free before deciding to upgrade to get the full feature set. Readdle updated Scanner Pro for iPhone and iPad yesterday and alongside a new…

Apple releases second iOS 14.3 RC and macOS Big Sur 11.1 RC to developers

December 11, 2020

Following the release of iOS 14.3 RC on Tuesday, Apple has just released another build of iOS 14.3 RC to developers and beta testers. Named iOS 14.3 RC 2, the update is now available for users running the previous RC build. Apple has moved away from the previously-used…

Snapchat adds native sharing integration with Twitter iOS app, here’s how it works

December 11, 2020

Snapchat and Twitter have worked together to bring a handy new integration to Apple users. Snapchat adds native sharing integration with Twitter iOS app, here’s how it works Instead of having to rely on sharing screenshots of tweets on Snapchat, users can now share tweets…

California finally rolls out COVID-19 iPhone contact tracing based on Apple’s Exposure Notifications

December 11, 2020

After launching a pilot program for digital contact tracing last month, the state of California has made contract tracing available today, December 10. That’s about half a year after Apple/Google made the feature available on iPhone and Android. But better late than never as the support will allow the almost 40 million people living in California to stay safer amid the pandemic. We’ve been…