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Chrome for iOS tests locking your Incognito tabs with Touch and Face ID

While Chrome for iOS hasn’t seen a stable release since November amid an ongoing pause in updates, Google continues work on the beta channel and is currently testing a way to lock Incognito tabs with Face or Touch ID. Chrome will let you “Lock Incognito tabs” so that they will be blurred in the tab switcher “until you confirm it’s you” using Touch or Face ID. Google calls it a way to…
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Shooting UV Film Photos with a 1987 Hasselblad Medium Format Camera

My name is Pierre-Louis Ferrer, and I am a professional French photographer specialized in photography beyond visible for ten years now, including infrared and ultraviolet techniques. I spend a large part of my free time reading, experiencing, testing, and talking with experts in various domains linked with these techniques. My professional work is mostly divided between artistic projects and…
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Sony’s Next Camera is the Cine/Alpha Hybrid FX3: Report

A pair of photos have emerged that appear to show Sony’s next camera, depicting a look that combines the body profile of the Alpha series with cinema camera buttons. Called the FX3, it shares much in common with the design philosophy of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.
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Fraudulent Website Warning gets privacy boost in iOS 14.5

Apple’s Fraudulent Website Warning is designed to alert you when you’re about to visit a website that is known to host malware, or that is believed to be a phishing site. Previously, that check consulted a database hosted on a Google server, but as of iOS 14.5 it instead uses an Apple proxy to better protect user privacy. That adds an extra layer of privacy to the protection Apple was already…
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Google Store UK drops Pixel 4a 5G to £399 as part of Valentine’s Day sale

The Google Store in the UK is offering a sizeable £100 off the Pixel 4a 5G, bringing the price down to £399 as part of a mini Valentine’s Day sale. This limited-time offer puts the Pixel 4a 5G at a price comparable to that of the standard Pixel 4a — which is priced at £349. For a £50 jump you’re getting quite a sizeable upgrade in the chipset and overall device capabilities. 5G support…
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