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Gitzo creates ever-lasting Légende tripod with unlimited warranty

Italian accessories manufacturer Gitzo has introduced a crowdfunding campaign for a new tripod that it says will last a lifetime, as it comes with an unlimited warranty and a free replacement parts service. The Legende carbon fiber travel tripod is designed to counteract ‘throwaway culture’ according to Gitzo, as most parts can be easily replaced by the user from an endless supply of…
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This Guy Got a Minecraft Server Running on His Canon DSLR

A programmer who goes by the name Turtius has managed to install and run a Minecraft server on a Canon SL2 (also known as the EOS200D) DSLR camera. Turtius was working on reverse-engineering Canon’s network processor when he decided to try and see if it could be done. It is important to note that the camera is just the server, not the client. The game itself is running on the computer, the…
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Nikon Only Has 7.5% Share of the Mirrorless Market: Report

A new article published by Business Journal in Japan revisits Nikon’s current status in the country and cites a new report that found Nikon has fallen to fifth place in mirrorless cameras in the country with just 7.5% market share. The story leans heavily on the idea that…
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Fresh report of two ultrawide lens improvements in iPhone 13

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said last year that we can expect significant ultrawide lens improvements in the iPhone 13, and a new supply-chain report echoes this. One aspect of the report directly corroborates one of Kuo’s predictions: that the ultrawide lens will get auto-focus this year … It might seem odd that this isn’t already the case, but as we explained last time, it’s not as big…
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Google Store stops selling Cardboard VR headsets

The drawn-out death of VR on Android is now more or less complete as the Google Store has ceased selling its Google Cardboard DIY VR goggles. Mobile VR solutions are not truly dead, but after Android 11 officially dropped support for the Daydream platform in late 2020, it…
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Google commits to not use, build 3rd-party cookie alternatives that track individuals

Google is phasing out Chrome support for third-party cookies and plans to replace them with privacy-preserving alternatives. Once that has occurred, the company “will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will we use them in our products.” This explicit declaration comes as Google continues to “get questions about whether [it] will join…
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