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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepbackhere. How it started Earlier this year,
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I was excited about the Godox C100 — I think we all were, thanks to its Star Trek-style looks. But the practical experience of using the transparent screen/viewfinder for photography just doesn't really work, and it's hard to frame images with any accuracy. Combine this with
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3D-printed parts might bend, flex, or twist, but if you want to know exactly how they're moving, you'll need to attach some type of sensor. That adds cost, increases assembly time, and may interfere with the function of the printed parts. Researchers have now demonstrated a
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How many you need depends on your home and usage. tinhkhuong/Shutterstock Not so many decades ago, in much simpler and slower times, many Wi-Fi routers shipped with just a single antenna that could only handle one wireless data stream at a time. As Wi-Fi got better, the internet got
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You can't enjoy your Roku if it keeps shutting off all the time. Habanero Pixel/Shutterstock The Roku line of streaming devices has a lot of features that aren't necessarily obvious. Some can be incredibly useful, like built-in Bluetooth support for night owls, while others may
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The term "security through obscurity" describes an old idea that networks and systems will remain secure so long as their architecture, along with any vulnerabilities or other weaknesses, remains secret or hidden. It was never a sound strategy for protecting sensitive assets and systems, but many organizations leaned
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* Premiere: Sunday, September 13 at 9pm BST * FREE stream: ITVX (UK) * Use NordVPN to watch ITVX from abroad BBUK is back for a bumper season as hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best welcome a new batch of housemates vying for the £100,000 prize. Set to run for eight weeks,
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Camera technology has come on leaps and bounds throughout the 20th and 21st century, but one of the most important developments was the invention of the CMOS image sensor. This invention, dubbed the ‘camera-on-a-chip’, is the technology that allows everyone to carry high-resolution cameras around in their pockets. But the
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At Apple’s recent hardware event, the software powering its foldable iPhone Duo stood out, with translucent Liquid Glass effects and vertically stacked icons. But you don’t need to snatch a folding smartphone to reap the benefits of Apple’s iOS 27 updates. When iOS 27 leaves beta on
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Tesla says it will reveal the next-generation Roadster on 1 October, the first firm date since it showed the car as a concept in 2017 and promised production for 2020. European reservations cost EUR 43,000 paid within ten days, no customer anywhere has taken delivery, and the reveal lands
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China’s National Data Administration said it will develop standards for embodied AI data and guide local authorities on the work, ten days after seven companies asked it for exactly that. Europe regulates who may reach the data a machine generates but has no programme producing it, and the data
