Back in July, Canon unveiled its new RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11 lenses. If you’re familiar with Canon’s vintage lenses, you may have noticed that the new lenses share interesting similarities with Canon’s R 600mm f/5.6 and 800mm f/8 lenses from 1960.
DC Watch has published an interesting new interview with the Canon team behind the lenses, including Kengo Iezuka, the head of lens…
Answering your Xbox Series X questions | GB Decides 166
October 3, 2020
GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti talks with gaming editor Jeff Grubb about Xbox Series X, Crash Bandicoot 4, and Super Mario 35 on this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast. Also, Minecraft is in Smash Ultimate now because of course it is. And, hey, what the heck is wrong…
Australian indie game developer Matt Newell has released a new free Steam game called Castle Rock Beach, West Australia. It allows you to freely explore a realistic recreation of Australia’s southwest coast with a camera.
Just check out these screenshots for a taste of how…
Nvidia’s GTC event will shine a spotlight on 200 AI startups
October 3, 2020
Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) kicks off Monday with a keynote speech by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose company has become one of the most powerful in the tech world with a market value of $322 billion. And the event will run alongside Arm DevSummit, which is a coincidence as Nvidia has agreed to buy Arm for $40 billion. Normally held as a physical event, the virtual event will…
Save on the OnePlus 8 and PlayStation Plus this weekend
October 3, 2020
Welcome to the weekend. Amazon Prime Day 2020 kicks off in less than two weeks, starting on Tuesday, October 13th and lasting through the 14th. That’s two days to get some of the best deals that we’ll see all year. We’re prepping behind the scenes for the event to make…
Greenland’s ice is melting faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years, according to a new study.
Sir David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet debuts on Sunday to help us better understand climate change.
The Environmental Defense Fund launches the Climate…
Operating system updates can often suffer from unwanted glitches, and it seems that the latest iOS 14 and watchOS 7 releases from Apple are not immune. There have been complaints over the last few days that some people who have updated their devices have found — instead of increased efficiency — a wide range of issues, including missing fitness data, health apps that refuse to open, inaccurate…
Ubisoft survey reveals that 25 percent of employees have seen or experienced workplace misconduct
October 3, 2020
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has published the results of an employee survey undertaken by the company over the summer following allegations of endemic harassment and toxicity, and the results are eye-opening.
In the anonymous survey of nearly 14,000 employees, one in four…
An Apple patent application published yesterday reveals an idea for a foldable smartphone that would include a “self-healing” display cover, allowing the device to repair dents or scratches covering the screen. The application, spotted by Patently Apple, was originally…
Google has been working on Tasks integration in Calendar for Android and iOS over the past year. The feature is now officially rolling out in the coming weeks.
On the web, Google Tasks integration was previously limited to calendar.google.com or the Gmail/Drive sidebar.
You can now create and view tasks in Google Calendar on Android and iOS. Previously, you could only do this in Calendar on…
