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Google Doodle honors Mexican singer and songwriter María Grever

Google has replaced their homepage logo with a Doodle honoring María Grever, an internationally acclaimed composer from Mexico. María Grever was born on September 14, 1885, in Guanajuato, Mexico, as María Joaquina de la Portilla Torres. Her passion for music emerged as early as age 4 when she composed a Christmas carol for her school. After studying music in France under the tutelage of great…
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Venus Optics releases four Laowa lenses for L mount camera systems

Venus Optics has announced it’s bringing four of its Laowa lenses to L mount camera systems. Now, owners of L mount camera systems can snag native versions of Venus Optics’ Laowa 4mm F2.8 Fisheye, Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero-D, Laowa 24mm F14 2x Macro Probe and Laowa 25mm F2.8 2.5–5x Ultra Macro lenses. Laowa 4mm F2.8 Fisheye As a refresher, the Laowa 4mm F2.8 Fisheye lens is constructed of…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie gets April 8, 2022 release date

Paramount Pictures announced today that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie will come out on April 8, 2022. The first Sonic movie came out on February 14. After redesigning its CG lead character following online backlash, the movie became a surprise hit. It was one of the last major theater releases before the pandemic started, and it ended up grossing about $320 million worldwide. Spoilers for that…
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Laowa Brings Four of its Popular Lenses to L-Mount

Venus Optics has announced that four popular Laowa lenses are being released for 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 Macro, are available to order…
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Lawyer Accidentally Uses Cat Camera Filter During Zoom Court Session

Camera filters have become all the rage in our social media and Snapchat age, but when funny filters accidentally get mixed with not-so-funny live Zoom meetings, hilarity can ensue. That’s what happened recently when a lawyer in a Zoom court session found himself stuck with a cat’s face. Lawyer Rod Ponton was attending a civil forfeiture case hearing yesterday in Texas’ 394th Judicial…
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