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Hands-on: OnePlus Buds Pro pack stellar sound, keep up the tradition of copying AirPods design

Truly wireless earbuds are a dime a dozen in today’s market, with so many models releasing that you’re sure to find one that perfectly fits your needs and budget. Next week, OnePlus will release the Buds Pro as its most expensive option yet, but also its best to date based on my first impressions. Addressing the elephant in the room, the OnePlus Buds Pro have a design that feels pretty…
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Google Meet now warns when your device is causing an echo

The occasional echo on video calls is unavoidable, and Google Meet already works to “intelligently” control audio to remove it. Google will now notify you when you’re causing the echo and provide tips on how to stop it. Echoes “happen when your system feeds back…
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Megadap's ETZ11 adapter brings AF, aperture and IBIS to E mount lenses on Nikon Z cameras

Lens accessory manufacturer Megadap has announced the ETZ11, the first automatic adapter for mounting Sony E mount lenses on both full-frame and APS-C Nikon Z mirrorless camera systems. The ETZ11 supports a ‘wide variety’ of both first- and third-party Sony E mount lenses. Specifically, Megadap says it’s tested both automatic and manual shooting with Samyang (Rokinon), Sigma, Sony…
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Steam’s top 20 new games for July 2021

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Valve has released its list of the best-performing new games on Steam for the month of July, and familiar franchises and debut hits are all on the list. While fans showed up for the latest…
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10 of the Most Expensive Cameras Ever

We all love interesting and perhaps somewhat obscure facts and anyone reading this site has at least a moderate interest in cameras — and hopefully, their history. Part of that history includes the unique, weird, one-of-a-kind, and (you guessed it) extremely expensive…
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Making a DIY Film Wigglegram Lens from 3 Disposable Cameras

I’ve got to admit that half of the reason I bought a film camera was to post cool-looking pictures on Instagram, so when I saw these things called “wigglegrams” on Instagram, I immediately wanted to make my own. I found out that they are typically made with a Nishika camera which has 4 lenses to capture 4 separate images, which can be animated into a 3D-looking video. Unfortunately…
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Reflex SLR Camera Project Derailed by Development Issues

Three years after raising £100,000 on Kickstarter, the Reflex SLR project may be shelved indefinitely due to major issues in developing a prototype that have burned through the cash raised from backers. Reflex was launched in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign by Laurence…
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Synopsys CEO: AI-designed chips will generate 1,000X performance in 10 years

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Automation has been part of chip design since the 1980s. But now AI-designed chips are producing great results that could lead to 1,000 times better performance for chips in the next decade, according to Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus. De Geus, one of the pioneers of chip design…
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