Venus Optics has announced a new Laowa 6mm F2 Zero-D lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera systems. The lens offers a 12mm full-frame equivalent field of view and is a stills version of the previously-released 6mm T2.1 Cine lens for MFT camera systems.
The lens is manual focus, but features electrical contacts for transmitting EXIF data to the camera body and controlling the electronic…
Samsung December 2022 update rolling out for these Galaxy devices
December 21, 2022
The latest wave of Samsung Galaxy phones is receiving the most recent December 2022 security update. Here’s just how the Korean tech giant is handling the rollout.
Samsung December 2022 security update – here’s what’s new:
Each and every month, Google and its…
Oppo phones will now get up to four years of major Android updates, five years of security patches
December 21, 2022
The software commitment of Android OEMs has been getting much better in recent years, with Oppo now the latest brand to commit to four years of major Android updates and five years of security patches.
In a press release this week, Oppo announced that its Android 13 rollout…
Google Search weather card redesigned on mobile web
December 21, 2022
Following the new app and Sun tile for Wear OS 3, Google has rolled out a redesign of the weather card available in Search on the mobile web.
This updated weather card comes with a blue prompt acknowledging the change: “New! A fresh look for weather that gives you more details about your forecast.”
In the top-left corner, Google notes the current temperature and what it “feels like,” while…
Over the past few months, we’ve been hearing rumors about the next generation iPhone SE – Apple’s entry-level smartphone. However, it seems that the launch of the iPhone SE 4 is far from happening, and now analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reported that Apple is even…
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6B Mission
December 21, 2022
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission. Sentinel-6B will continue the long-term global sea level data record begun in 1992 by Topex/Poseidon followed by Jason 1, 2, 3, and…
NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Snacking on Star
December 21, 2022
Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed a massive black hole tearing apart an unlucky star that wandered too close. Located about 250 million light-years from Earth in the center of another galaxy, it was the fifth-closest example of a black hole destroying a star ever observed.
Once the star had been thoroughly ruptured by the black hole’s gravity, astronomers saw a dramatic rise in…
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 represented the first major camera upgrade on Google’s smartphones since the original Pixel, but it seems the Pixel 8 could be the next notable upgrade.
Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 both share the same primary camera sensor, the Samsung GN1. The…
Philips Hue rolling out ‘Natural Light’ scene to some that changes color temperature through the day
December 21, 2022
After showing up earlier this year in a false start, the Philips Hue app seems to now be rolling out its “Natural Light” scene to more users with the ability to change the color temperature of lights in your home throughout the day.
Philips Hue has been working on its…
Todoist’s Google Assistant integration going Android-only next month
December 21, 2022
Back in June, Google announced that third-party Assistant voice apps and Nest Hub games would be going away in 2023. Third-party developers, like Todoist, are starting to shut down their broader integration and go Android-only.
Actions on Google/Conversational Actions were announced in 2016 as the first way for third-party developers to integrate with Assistant. Usage of voice apps remained low…
