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COVID surge causes liquid oxygen problems for SpaceX, water utilities

Demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients is spiking during the latest pandemic surge, leaving liquid oxygen in short supply for other uses, including water purification and rocket launches. As supplies get redirected to hospitals, other industries are scrambling to figure out alternatives. “We’re actually going to be impacted this year with the lack of liquid oxygen for launch,” Gwynne…
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Zynga plans to launch Merge Dragons mobile game in China

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Zynga said that it plans to launch Merge Dragons in China, and it has received some important approvals for doing so. China’s regulators will only permit externally produced games to be…
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EdTech language platform Duolingo ups the AI ante

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! EdTech provider Duolingo is tapping AI to advance its efforts to teach millions of people dozens of languages. The moves were front and center at the…
NewsPhotography

Photo Recovery Software Found a Factory Test Photo on My Camera

Back in 2008, I was in the Middle East in the military. I wasn’t permitted to have my mobile phone in that location at the time, so I took a relatively cheap digital camera and used it to capture reams of unique photos. When it came time to transfer some of the pictures from the camera, I somehow instead managed to wipe the memory card. I was utterly gutted, but it wasn’t the first (or…
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Laowa Adds Four Mirrorless Lens Mounts to Seven Existing Lenses

Venus Optics has announced that Nikon Z, Canon RF, Leica L, and Canon EOS-M mount options have now been added to seven existing Laowa lenses. Earlier this year, Venus Optics announced four popular Laowa lenses for Leica L-mount: two wide-angle lenses, the 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye and the 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D, and two macro lenses, the 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe and the 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra…
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Canon Appears to be Making its Camera Hot Shoes A Lot More Useful

As part of development announcements, Canon has revealed that its forthcoming EOS R3 camera will have a more advanced hot shoe than previous cameras, and the company’s latest camcorder announcement shows that it might be a lot more useful. Canon originally noted that photographers could expect more out of its EOS R3 hot shoe as part of its second development announcement. The company said that…
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