The Tokina atx-m 33mm F1.4 X is one of the latest additions to a small club of third-party autofocus lenses for Fujifilm’s X-mount mirrorless cameras. At just $399 USD, it’s also one of the more affordable options too if you’re looking for a fast prime.
You can get a sense for overall image quality in the above gallery; expect pretty solid sharpness, even wide-open, but watch out…
For years now, industrial super-fast lenses have been on the back of my mind. But one thing always held me back, and that was the fact that most images I could find were frankly uninspiring, boring, fuzzy macro shots at best. So I couldn’t justify spending hundreds of…
Another sketchy photo gives us a look at the new spring colors for iPhone 12 MagSafe cases [U]
April 13, 2021
Earlier this month, some rumors began circulating on the web about Apple planning a spring refresh for its accessories lineup. More specifically, the iPhone 12 MagSafe cases are expected to get new colors. Now another sketchy photo gives us a closer look at what these new…
Tesla Semi: Tesla is looking to launch its ‘Semi Service Program’ starting with a surprising location
April 13, 2021
Tesla is starting to hire for the upcoming launch of its “Semi Service Program,” a service program for the Tesla Semi electric truck.
But the first location for the Tesla Semi service program is an interesting one.
After years of delays with the Tesla Semi program, the automaker is finally expected to make its first electric semi-truck deliveries to customers this year.
Last month, we…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 12, 2021
April 13, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Nvidia this morning took the wraps off of the BlueField-3 data processing unit (DPU), the latest in its lineup of datacenter machines built for AI and analytics workloads. BlueField-3 packs…
Some FDA-approved AI medical devices are not ‘adequately’ evaluated, Stanford study says
April 13, 2021
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Some AI-powered medical devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are vulnerable to data shifts and bias against underrepresented patients. That’s according to a Stanford study published in Nature Medicine last week, which found that even as AI becomes embedded in more medical devices —…
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Cloudera and Nvidia announced a collaboration that will allow organizations to use GPUs in more areas across the AI development lifecycle.
Cloudera will integrate its Cloudera Data Platform…
WATCH: Charles Coolidge, Who Charged at German Tanks with a Bazooka and Grenades, Gets Medal of Honor in Vintage Footage
April 13, 2021
TSgt. Charles H. Coolidge receives the Medal of Honor from Army Lt. Gen. Wade H. Haislip on Jun 18, 1945 during a battlefield ceremony near Dormstadt, Germany. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center)
Tech. Sgt. Charles…
Apple upgraded the security of older iPhone and Apple Watch processors in fall of 2020
April 13, 2021
An Apple Support document has revealed that Apple made a very rare change to the production of its A12 and S5 processors last fall. According to the company, Apple upgraded the Secure Enclave in those processors to a second-generation version of the Storage component during the fall of 2020.
For those unfamiliar, the Secure Enclave is a security coprocessor included with almost every Apple…