DP Review Wednesday February 22, 2023
Tamron has announced that it is developing an 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD ultra wide angle zoom for Fujifilm X-mount. The lens gives a 16.5-30mm equivalent range on an X-series camera, providing a faster alternative to Fujifilm's own XF10-24mm f/4 OIS WR though not going as wide as the XF8-16mm f/2.8 WR, notes DP Review. The autofocusing system will be driven by Tamron’s RXD (Rapid eXtra-silent stepping Drive) stepping motor that it says works great for both still capture and video use, adds PetaPixel.
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David Schonauer Wednesday February 22, 2023
A Supreme Court showdown over the law that protects Google, Facebook and other online platforms from lawsuits over what their users post online has begun. Last month, SCOTUS began hearing oral
arguments in one of two lawsuits that are likely to shape the future of the internet. The cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, are a pair of lawsuits blaming platforms for … Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Tuesday February 21, 2023
Apple has released a new version of the iPhone and iPad’s operating systems to fix a vulnerability that hackers were exploiting, meaning they were taking advantage of it to hack Apple devices. The latest bug was in WebKit, Apple’s browser engine that’s used in Safari, and a historically popular target for hackers, since it can open up access to the rest of the device’s data, notes TechCrunch. Apple credited an anonymous researcher for the discovery, and also thanked Citizen Lab, a digital rights research group, for their assistance. Read the full Story >>
Natural History Museum Tuesday February 21, 2023
A “dream image” of a snow leopard in India has been voted the winner of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award. German photographer Sascha Fonseca used a camera trap to capture the image of the rarely sighted big cat at sunset, with a backdrop of mountains in Ladakh, northern India. The photo, titled "World of the snow leopard,” was chosen as a favorite by a record 60,466 voters. There are estimated to be just 6,500 adult snow leopards living in the wild today, notes CNN.
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