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7 Reasons to Add a Noctilux Lens to Your Camera Bag

February 5, 2021
As a professional corporate photographer who completes around 300 professional assignments a year and has done so for many years, I have used a number of modern, ultra-fast lenses made by excellent optical equipment manufacturers, but I keep on coming back to the Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens by Leica. As a Leica shooter, I was first drawn to the Noctilux out of curiosity but I already had a sense it…
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These Bluetooth earbuds can deliver 50 hours of battery life

February 5, 2021
Everyone but the most fervent Apple fans thought the company was crazy when it got rid of the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 in favor of the AirPods, essentially creating a solution to their own problem. And yet, five years later, Bluetooth earbuds of all shapes and sizes…
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Indications point to a lightweight Honda electric motorcycle on the way

February 5, 2021
Honda may be working its way towards decent progress in the four-wheeled electric vehicle industry, but its electric motorcycle progress has left much to be desired. Now we’re getting clues in the form of more patent drawings for what could be Honda’s first mass market electric motorcycle. An electric Honda CB125R? Last year we broke the news on Honda’s electric motorcycle ambitions based…
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MobileNews

OxygenOS Open Beta 3 rolls out for OnePlus Nord w/ mostly fixes

February 5, 2021
The OxygenOS Open Beta 3 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus Nord as the third preview of the Android 11 builds likely to arrive in the coming weeks. As we await the stable release of OxygenOS 11 for the OnePlus Nord, at least it’s good to see work ongoing with this Open Beta 6 build. With that in mind, there is not much of note beyond a ton of bug fixes and software tweaks to improve…
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MobileNews

Galaxy Watch 3 update brings SmartThings Find feature, more

February 5, 2021
A sizeable update is now rolling out for the Galaxy Watch 3 with multiple new features that includes the SmartThings Find option. The update should now be rolling out with plenty to sink your teeth into if you do own the Tizen-powered smartwatch. Notable features coming to…
DefenseNews

New approach to Ground-based Midcourse Defense confronts our other enemy

February 5, 2021
The Missile Defense Agency has correctly concluded the need for a new approach to managing the nation’s only ground-based, anti-missile system to protect the U.S. homeland. It’s a bold but overdue move. Vice Adm. Jon Hill’s call for increased competition — a source of innovation, motivation and new solutions — for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, is spot on. The…
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