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Farm to table with Becca Skinner and the Canon EOS R6

In this video we travel to Montana to meet photographer Becca Skinner. Using the Canon EOS R6 Becca documents her permaculture garden and teaches us about homesteading alongside her husband and professional chef Eduardo Garcia. The Canon EOS R6 features a 20MP full-frame sensor and the latest version of Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus, with human and animal face and eye detection. It also…
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MobileNews

Apple likely to announce iPhone 12 event date this week

Apple could announce the date for its iPhone 12 event as soon as this week, as suggested by Mark Gurman on Twitter. At the event, Apple is expected to announce new Apple Watch hardware and offer details on the release schedule for iOS 14 and watchOS 7 alongside the new…
MobileNews

Crowdfunded dongle brings wireless Android Auto to more cars

While wireless Android Auto will soon be easier to find on phones, it’s another matter for cars. The cable-free tech is still rare outside of a few brands like BMW. A crowdfunded project might change that, however. Developer Emil Borconi-Szdressy recently launched an Indiegogo campaign (via XDA and 9to5Google) for an AAWireless USB dongle that, as the name implies, adds wireless Android Auto to…
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MobileNews

LG confirms Wing is the name of its new smartphone

LG has confirmed its upcoming phone will be called Wing (the Wing?) and will be revealed at its announcement event on September 14th. The device is believed to have two screens in a swiveling form factor, with a recent teaser video showing what looks like a sliding mechanism…
GamingNews

EA apologizes for putting full-screen in-game ad in UFC 4

EA has apologized for putting a full-screen, in-game ad into its UFC 4 game, after angry fans protested on Reddit. First reported by Eurogamer, the commercial break, which featured a spot for Amazon’s show The Boys, was added to the $60 game about a month after its initial…
AI & RoboticsNews

How AI will automate cybersecurity in the post-COVID world

By now, it is obvious to everyone that widespread remote working is accelerating the trend of digitization in society that has been happening for decades. What takes longer for most people to identify are the derivative trends. One such trend is that increased reliance on online applications means that cybercrime is becoming even more lucrative. For many years now, online theft has vastly…
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GamingNews

GamesBeat Decides 162: Was the Mario Direct a disappointment?

Nintendo finally released its Mario Direct to celebrate Super Mario’s 35th anniversary, and the GamesBeat Decides crew discusses their reaction to that on this week’s episode. Did the showcase deliver, or were there reasons for disappointment? Reviews editor Mike Minotti…
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Review: Prologue for iPhone turns your Plex server into an audiobook paradise

When I moved in 2013, I decided I was done with physical media for TV shows and movies and ripping all of my DVDs into digital format. I set up my first very Plex server running on an old MacBook Pro I had, and it worked well for several years. After that, I used an Nvidia Shield for several years and recently moved to an Intel NUC with a 14 TB external drive to house all of my media. I then have…
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