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This week’s top stories: ‘Phone by Google’ app, Google TV Chromecast, OnePlus 8T leak, more

September 19, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Google’s ‘Phone’ app for Android gets renamed, new images leak of the upcoming “Google TV” powered Chromecast, renders appear for the OnePlus 8T, and more. Recently, Google brought their “Phone” app, previously a Pixel exclusive, to nearly all Android phones. This week, possibly to emphasize that change, the company has renamed the app to “Phone by…
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Epic rejects Apple claims that 'Fortnite' on iOS was dying

September 19, 2020
Epic is hitting back at Apple’s claims that the developer’s lawsuit was just an attempt to revitalize sagging interest in Fortnite on iOS. In a newly-filed reply to Apple in a preliminary injunction request to keep Fortnite in the app store, Epic rejected Apple’s…
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Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 for Canon RF and Nikon Z Costs $680

September 19, 2020
The Chinese brand ZY Optics has just released its Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens for Canon RF and Nikon Z. It’s a fast manual portrait lens for $680. The lens, previously available for other mounts, features 9 elements in 6 groups, an 11-bladed aperture, a minimum focusing distance of 3.28 feet (1m), and a filter diameter of 77mm. You can find sample photos captured with the lens…
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Canon and Fujifilm Release Updated Webcam Utilities

September 19, 2020
Canon and Fujifilm have both released updates to their respective webcam utilities, which allow their customers to use their still photography cameras as webcams for online video conference calls. Canon Out of Beta Canon’s EOS Webcam Utility was first released for Windows…
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Climate Crisis Weekly: We’ve lost 68% of our wildlife. But we can act

September 19, 2020
The world’s wildlife population has declined by more than two-thirds in the last 50 years — WWF As much as 80% of the European Union’s electricity could be fossil fuel-free by 2030. Here’s why a new study of sea urchins will provide great insight into the effects of climate change. And more… From 1970 to 2016, the earth’s wildlife populations have plummeted by around 68%, according…
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YouTube’s website now blocks iOS 14’s picture-in-picture mode unless you pay for Premium

September 19, 2020
One of iOS 14’s big new features is picture-in-picture mode, which lets you watch a video in a small window while you’re doing other things on your iPhone. That could be handy if you, say, wanted to watch a YouTube video in Safari while chatting with your friends or checking email. But unfortunately, it seems YouTube has done something to stop videos from continuing to play when PIP mode is…
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