This is a common scenario: You’re away from a stable wifi connection and need to get work done on a screen that’s larger than your iPhone. You have a tablet or a laptop at the ready, but no cellular connectivity on those devices—which means no way to connect to the internet. Or so you thought.
Source: Gizmodo – How to Use Your iPhone As a Mobile Hotspot
All Apple users need to update their iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Mac PCs and laptops immediately to save themselves from a zero-click, zero-day vulnerability in the iMessage app that is actively being used to install the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
Source: LifeHacker – Update Your Apple Devices Right Now to Patch This Serious iMessage Bug
In Attack on Titan, the human-eating Titans are horrifying and freaky. So naturally, when an official Titan trash and recycling bins were introduced in Japan, they also look unsettling—even more so when placed next to Coca-Cola vending machines.
As part of an effort to promote recycling and good urban sanitation,…
Source: Kotaku – Attack on Titan Gets Freaky-Looking Trash And Recycling Bins
Ubuntu 20.04 comes with MySQL in its repository, and however, as many know, Ubuntu LTS releases only provided security updates for its releases to keep its stable build essentially stable. This has great benefits but some drawbacks; in the tutorial, you will learn how to install MySQL 8 for Ubuntu 20.04.
Source: LXer – How to Install the Latest MySQL 8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Apologies in advance to Android phone owners, as it’s new iPhone day. Yes, Apple’s biggest showcase of the year kicks off at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT / 6 PM BST. Once again, the company is streaming the event, and the Engadget team will be breaking down all the new device announcements.
There have been plenty of rumors on what Apple has up its sleeve, and naturally, we’ve corralled the most reliable whispers here. Expect a new family of (possibly) four iPhones, an updated Apple Watch, more news on iOS 15 and possibly new AirPods and iPads.
After the big event, join Reviews Editor Cherlynn Low and myself as we break down all announcements, complain about the lack of USB-C and laugh at whatever cringe moment occurs during Apple’s highly produced event. Join us after Apple right here!
— Mat Smith
Nintendo has officially lowered the suggested retail price of the base Switch model in Europe, but there’s been no change elsewhere. It’s now available for £260 in the UK or €300 (down to €270 in France) elsewhere in Europe, rather than the previous £280 (€330).
In a comment to Eurogamer, Nintendo said: “After carefully weighing up a variety of factors, including currency exchange rates in Europe and the upcoming launch of Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, we decided that now was the appropriate time to change the European trade price of Nintendo Switch.”
Unsurprisingly, there’s a fair amount of dying in Deathloop. Dying is a core mechanic of the game, and it’s the first thing players actually do in the campaign, called Break the Loop. According to Senior Editor Jessica Conditt, Deathloop feels a lot like Dishonored (of course — same studio), with a chaser of We Happy Few.
Environments are easy to scale, but the true challenge is breaking the “loop” by killing eight bosses in a single day, in a single sweep. Fail: you die and have to begin all over again.
Steve Wozniak has started a company called Privateer Space. The Apple co-founder announced the private space firm on late Sunday. Unfortunately, other than to promise his company would be “unlike the others,” Woz didn’t provide many details on the venture. The startup was co-founded by former Apple engineer Alex Fielding. Wozniak and Fielding have collaborated frequently over the years.
Facebook has used a little-known VIP program that’s enabled millions of high-profile users to skirt its rules for years, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
The program, called XCheck or cross-check, was created to avoid “PR fires,” the public backlash that occurs when Facebook made mistakes affecting a high-profile user’s account. If one of these accounts broke its rules, the violation went to a separate team for review by Facebook employees, rather than its non-employee moderators.
Engadget Deals: AirPods Pro drop back down to $180 at Amazon
Defense Department seeks nuclear propulsion for small spacecraft
The soccer team co-owned by Ryan Reynolds is coming to FIFA 22
Xiaomi launches its own smart glasses, of course
Apple releases iOS 14.8 and macOS 11.6 to address Pegasus spyware hack
Apple Watch now syncs with Tempo’s AI-powered home gym
DC AG expands Amazon lawsuit to include wholesaler pricing tactics
Disney+ ‘Hawkeye’ trailer shows Clint Barton’s past catching up with him
Sony permanently shuts down LittleBigPlanet’s PS3 and Vita servers
Amazon’s electronic palm reader technology, known as Amazon One, launched at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Denver on Tuesday, according to a press release from the retailing giant. It’s the first deployment of Amazon One’s biometric reader outside of an Amazon-owned property and is certainly a sign of things to come.…
Source: Gizmodo – Amazon’s Palm Reader Launches at First Non-Amazon Venue in Sneak Peek of Our Biometric-Based Future
It’s a tale as old as time—or at least as old as sports games. Athlete plays the in-game version of themselves and is sorely disappointed by what they see. Keisuke Honda, you are not alone!
Source: Kotaku – Keisuke Honda Played Himself In Pro Evo And Wasn’t Happy
“Intel Seamless Update” is a forthcoming feature for Intel platforms seemingly first being exposed by their new Linux kernel patches working on the functionality… Intel is working on being able to carry out system firmware upates such as UEFI updates but doing so at run-time and being able to avoid the reboot in the process…
Source: Phoronix – Intel Seamless Update: Intel Preparing For System Firmware Updates Without The Reboot
Canon has officially unveiled the EOS R3, its flagship mirrorless camera designed for sports, action and wildlife photography. With the release, it has now filled in the blanks for key specifications not yet revealed in earlier teases, like resolution, ISO range and video capabilities.
The EOS R3 was never likely to be a high-resolution camera as some folks hoped, but the 24.1-megapixel, back-side illuminated (BSI), stacked sensor (a first for Canon) is a significant upgrade over the 1DX Mark III’s 20-megapixel sensor. Canon says it “achieves resolution performance exceeding that of the 30.1-megapixel EOS 5D Mark IV,” despite having a lower pixel count.
With the BSI/stacked sensor and latest DIGIC X image processor, the R3 can shoot at 30 fps in electronic shutter mode (down to 1/64,000th of a second) or 12 fps with the mechanical shutter, with full AF tracking and auto-exposure. Better still, it offers blackout-free shooting in electronic mode and the high readout speeds deliver minimal rolling shutter distortion — making it feasible to shoot sports or action with the electronic shutter.
The EOS R3 is Canon’s first EOS model to support flash photography in electronic shutter mode. That allows for blackout-free flash shooting at up to 15 fps (at 1/180th of a second), which would probably look pretty wild in person. It also offers a silent shutter mode that turns off the artificial shutter and AF acquisition sounds.
The EOS R3 has a number of new autofocus features, too. The flashiest is Eye Control AF that locks onto focus wherever your eye is looking when you half-press the shutter button. It can be used in combination with flexible zone and subject AF tracking, so it’s “possible to quickly shift the target between multiple subjects,” Canon says. It notes that the feature can be calibrated differently if you have glasses or contacts, and that “some glasses/contacts may prevent calibration.”
Faster calculation speeds give the EOS R3 some new autofocus powers, too. The Dual Pixel AF system can now track in spot, single-point and flexible zone AF, and in lower light (-7.5 EV) than any other model. It can also acquire a subject just by getting close to it, so it will track an animal or human’s head, face or eye if you place the AF point near their body, for example.
On top of body, face, head and eye detection for humans, the R3 offers a new “Vehicle Priority” tracking system for open cockpit, GT and rally cars, along with on-road and off-road motorcycles. If the AI detects a helmet (on a motorcycle or open cockpit car), it will automatically lock onto that.
The new sensor delivers improved low-light performance too, with the EOS R3 having a normal range of ISO 100-102,400 for stills (expandable to ISO 50-204,800). Canon also promises improved automatic and manual white balance via new AI skills.
The 5-axis in-body stabilizer is the the same as the excellent system on the EOS R5 and R6. As with those models, it delivers up to 8 stops of stabilization with compatible lenses, down to a minimum of 6 stops (still beating most other brands) with other lenses. It also comes with dual card slots, supporting SD and CFexpress type B cards.
The R3 comes with a new 5.76 million dot, 120 FPS OLED electronic viewfinder (EVF) developed by Canon. This is a key feature for the sports photographers who might buy it, as many haven’t switched to mirrorless because they prefer an optical viewfinder. Canon said it provides a level of clarity and field of view similar to an optical viewfinder “thanks to the HDR technology and high brightness performance.” Like the R6 and R5, it also offers a fully-articulating, 4.15 million dot flip-out touchscreen — ideal for video shooters.
In fact, the R3 is also a highly competent video camera, too. While it can’t shoot 8K video like the R5, it can capture RAW 12-bit 6K widescreen (6,000 x 3,164) video at up to 60 fps to a CFexpress B card, besting Panasonic’s video-centric S1H. Canon has yet to say if 6K RAW over HDMI will be supported, however.
It also offers 4K recording at up to 120 fps, albeit in a cropped 1:1 pixel mode to a CFexpress card. Still, you can capture 4K 60p or 30p video using the full width of the sensor, which should make for some crisp video. Again, for the best quality, you’ll need a fast SD UHS II or CFexpress card. 10-bit 4:2:2 video will be available for all 4K modes in either HDR PQ or Canon Log 3 modes, with both All-I and long-GOP file options.
As usual with Canon cameras, the Dual Pixel autofocus should be a strong point for video, as it can lock in to a subject quickly without any hunting. The extra tracking features should be a bonus too, but we’ll need to test the R3 to verify that. As you’d well expect, it has microphone, headphone and HDMI ports — though the latter is a micro and not a full-sized HDMI connector, unfortunately.
What about heating, the bugbear of the R5? Again, Canon has significantly improved the R3 here. It now offers two temperature options for auto power off: standard and high. The latter will let you shoot 6K RAW or 4K All-I at 60 fps for 60 minutes or more, though the camera might get a bit hot to the touch. 4K 120p All-I is limited to 12 minutes in either mode. Canon promises that you’ll be ready to shoot again after just five minutes, though shooting times afterward will be limited in 6K 60p and 4K 120p modes. Normal 4K 30fps shooting (down-sampled or otherwise) has no heat limitations.
Other features include network streaming functions and wired or wireless transfer to a 5G or LTE smartphone. It uses the 1DX Mark III’s LP-E19 battery that delivers 440 shots with the electronic viewfinder and comes with a new electronic hot shoe that supports more accessories, including a smartphone link adapter. Finally, the EOS R1 offers dust and drip resistance equal to the EOS-1DX series DSLRs, and weighs in at 1015 grams (2.24 pounds) including a memory card and battery.
Along with the EOS R3, Canon unveiled two new lenses, the compact RF16mm F/2.8 STM ultra wide angle model priced at $300 (left) and the RF100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM model priced at $650. Both of those should be decent budget full-frame RF-mount options if you’re looking for an ultra wide-angle or tele zoom lens.
With the EOS R3, Canon has built a supercharged flagship that should appeal to both the serious photographers and videographers who have the bucks to afford one. It arrives at the end of November for $6,000 (body only).
Source: Engadget – Canon’s flagship 24-megapixel EOS R3 arrives in November for ,000
Last year, Canon pushed the limits of full-frame mirrorless cameras with the EOS R5. Now the company is releasing another pro-grade camera designed specifically for high-end sports and wildlife photographers: the new EOS R3.
Source: Gizmodo – Canon’s ,000 EOS R3 Is Its ‘Most Advanced’ Full-Frame Mirrorless Cam Ever
Beijing plans to break up Ant Group’s Alipay and create a separate app for the fintech giant’s loans business, according to a Financial Times report on Monday. CNBC reports: Regulators previously ordered Ant to split the businesses of AliPay from lending businesses Huabei and Jiebei. They now want the credit businesses to be split into an independent app as well, according to the FT. According to the plan, Ant will turn over user data underpinning loan decisions to a new credit scoring joint venture, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the process. The JV will be partly state-owned, the report said. Reuters said in early September that state-back firms are set to take a sizeable stake in the credit-scoring joint-venture, with Ant and Zhejiang Tourism Investment Group owning 35% each of the venture.
Ant will not be the only online lender in China affected by the new rules, according to the FT. […] In April, regulators ordered Ant Group to revamp its business, including restructuring into a financial holding company as well as creating more separation between its payment app Alipay and its credit products. In that same month, Chinese regulators also slapped Alibaba with a massive 18.23 billion yuan (about $2.8 billion) fine in its anti-monopoly investigation of the tech behemoth due to alleged abuse of its market dominance.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – China Will Reportedly Break Up Ant Group’s Alipay, Force Creation of New Loans App
A new outbreak of COVID-19 has been linked to a primary school in Fujian province in China.
The infection may have been caused by a student’s father, who tested positive for the virus on September 10th, 38 days after returning from Singapore on August 4th.
Schools have been shut and public institutions such as theatres, museums, and libraries have been told to cease indoor activities.
The cases come ahead of a week-long National Day celebration on October 1, dubbed Golden Week, during which millions of people will travel around the country to celebrate the country’s National Day.
The current outbreak comes a month after China suppressed the largest outbreak since Wuhan in Nanjing. The outbreak is believed to be linked to the Delta variant that has been found in the city of Xiamen and Quanzhou, with 32 cases reported in the past week.
Source: TG Daily – New Covid-19 Outbreak in China Linked to a Primary School
Libinput 1.19 is now available as the newest version of this Linux input handling library commonly used these days by both X.Org and Wayland desktops…
Source: Phoronix – Libinput 1.19 Released With Hold Gestures & High Resolution Wheel Scrolling
On September 14, 2001, the GameCube first went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Can you believe it’s been twenty years?
Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical…
Source: Kotaku – The Nintendo GameCube Is Now Twenty Years Old
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install LEMP with the most up-to-date packages in their respective fields, along with setting up phpBB for first-time use on Debian 11 Bullseye.
Source: LXer – How to Install phpBB on Debian 11 with LEMP
Amazon has been using its palm-scanning technology to allow customers to pay for purchases at Whole Foods and its own cashierless stores. Now, it’s expanding the technology’s availability for use outside its own properties, starting by allowing people entering sports, music and other live entertainment venues without the need for a ticket. Amazon One will be offered as part of standalone ticketing pedestals to be deployed by ticketing company AXS, which will will debut at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver today.
To enter venues via Amazon One, attendees can enroll one or both palms for the option at a dedicated station just before they enter. Doing so will enable them to enter the event, and future AXS events, without the need to show a ticket. Amazon says the enrollment process only takes a minute, during with the system creates a unique palm signature using the company’s custom-built algorithms. Once that’s done, they can then simply scan their palms, which takes a couple of seconds, to enter an AXS venue.
In its announcement, Amazon said it’s the “first time the Amazon One service is available outside Amazon and Whole Foods Market stores and for entry into an entertainment venue.” The company is also looking forward to make the palm-scanning tech available for other purposes in more locations. “[We’re] excited about the potential for expansion to other locations where entry lines can be long and time consuming,” it added. Since there’s an increasing demand for contactless solutions due to the pandemic —the technology only needs users to hover their palms over a sensor — that may happen sooner than later.
Source: Engadget – Amazon’s palm-reading tech is heading to sports stadiums and music venues
An Nvidia GeForce Now server has leaked a confidential list of thousands of games, some of which have never been seen before, like the PlayStation exclusive God of War seemingly coming to Windows PC via Steam. Developer Ighor July has published the list to GitHub. The Verge reports: Here’s a screenshot of what that looks like in the GeForce Now client, according to the developer. There are reasons to believe the list is legit. We know graphics giant Nvidia has access to games long before they’re released — and we know Sony in particularly has been banking on banking on PlayStation games on PC. It quietly revealed Uncharted 4 was coming to PC, after seeing a 250 percent return on its investment porting Horizon: Zero Dawn to the platform, and it was just Thursday that Sony announced it would be part of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — a name that we’d never heard of before then, but already appears in Nvidia’s list as well. So too do Demon’s Souls and Final Fantasy XVI — the games where Sony had to retroactively retract all mentions of PC to make them sound like PlayStation exclusives. PS5 exclusive Returnal appears as well, as does a Final Fantasy VII Remake for PC.
And there are codenames for games in here that seem original, ones that bring up zero search results. Is “Platinum” the internal name for Bethesda’s Indiana Jones games? But there are also a lot of mentions that seem rather out of date or out of place, like a whole host of Facebook-exclusive Oculus Rift titles that would make little sense on Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service, or a mention of a “Titanfall 3” which clarifies that it’s actually “GAMEapex_legends_-_titanfall,” aka Apex Legends, the popular battle royale game. And some of them may simply be guesses, like Kingdom Hearts IV, “BioShock 2022,” and so on. All of that means you should probably take any given name on the list with a grain of salt…
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Nvidia Leak May Reveal Unannounced Games, Including God of War For PC
While Linux 5.15-rc1 was released on Sunday with its many changes, landing on Monday was a late change to raise the baseline GCC version requirement for building the Linux kernel…
Source: Phoronix – Linux 5.15 Raises Its GCC Compiler Version Requirement
The Korea Fair Trade Commission has imposed a $177 million fine on Google, accusing the tech giant of using its dominant position in the market to hamper the development of Android rivals. According to Yonhap News, Korea’s antitrust regulator has decided that the anti-fragmentation agreement (AFA) Google makes manufacturers sign in exchange for using its Android operating system hampers competition.
The agreement prevents phone manufacturers, including Korean companies Samsung and LG, from creating and installing their own versions of the Android OS (or Android forks) on their devices. Yonhap News says the commission has been looking into whether the agreement stifles competition since 2016. In addition to slapping Google with a fine, the commission has also banned the company from forcing manufacturers to sign AFAs going forward and to modify existing ones.
In a statement sent to Bloomberg and CNBC, the tech giant argued that Android and its compatibility program sped up innovation and improved user experience, benefiting companies that include Korean manufacturers. “The KFTC’s decision released today ignores these benefits, and will undermine the advantages enjoyed by consumers. Google intends to appeal the KFTC’s decision,” the spokesperson said.
The KFTC has revealed its decision on the same day Korea’s amendment to the country’s Telecommunications Business Act went live. That amendment adds a law that will require Google and Apple to allow third-party payments for the applications on their App Stores.
Source: Engadget – Google slapped with a 7 million fine by South Korea’s antitrust authorities
The UBports Foundation announced today the availability for public testing of the upcoming Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 software update for Ubuntu Phone devices.
Source: LXer – Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 Is Slated for Release on September 17th, Now Ready for Testing