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Engadget CamerasTechBefore you throw out your old laptop, do this first Giving away or recycling your old laptop is great, but you need to make sure all your data is fully removed before it finds a new home.

Engadget CamerasTechHere's what you should look for when buying an Android phone for gaming If you like gaming on your Android phone, you need a phone that can handle the graphics and processing required.

Engadget CamerasTechWired vs. wireless charging: Which is better for battery health? Wireless charging offers convenience, to be sure, but how does it affect your battery over time? And is it a problem if your phone heats up?

Engadget CamerasTechThe Slate Truck is cheap, but its battery range can't compete Slate's electric truck is built specifically for affordability and efficiency, which means it comes with compromises. One of the biggest could be its battery.

Engadget CamerasTechNow Trump says he's creating an AI Force The president said he will soon announce an "AI czar" to run this newly made-up agency.

Engadget CamerasTechAnthropic picks Accenture for third-party AI safety evaluations This move represents the first step in the CEO's plan to slow down AI development.

Engadget CamerasTechCalifornia governor wants to implement a kill switch for frontier AI models Newsom's executive order calls for an expert panel to develop new AI safety measures.

Engadget CamerasTechHow to switch between two phones on CarPlay When using Apple's CarPlay, it will automatically connect to the first iPhone it was paired with. Here's how to get it to connect to a different device.

Engadget CamerasTechHere's why some monitors have two USB ports (and the best ways to use them) These ports are often part of a built-in USB hub, letting you keep desk accessories connected to the monitor instead of occupying ports on your computer.

Engadget CamerasTechWhich tech upgrades are worth making to your car's old sound system? You can upgrade an older car with modern tech to enable Bluetooth, CarPlay and more. Your options depend on your car and what you need most.

Engadget CamerasTechHow to block and unblock a number on your Android phone Unwanted calls and texts are a part of modern-day life, but you can block and unblock numbers that are repeat offenders.

Engadget CamerasTechThis Game Boy inspired hi-res music player raised over $500,000 on Kickstarter The AP30 Music Boy is just the latest example of "dumb" tech's resurgence.

Engadget CamerasTechThe best way to check your PC for malware If your PC is slowing down or not behaving as usual, it's worth running through these tips to see if you have malware.

Engadget CamerasTechGoogle Gemini also escaped its testing environment and hacked three companies Google's AI model hacked real companies during testing due to a misconfiguration by its testing partner, as well.

Engadget CamerasTech4 cool projects you can do with Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi Smart home automation is more versatile than ever with Home Assistant and a Raspberry Pi. Check out what they can do.

Engadget CamerasTechThe pros and cons of using noise cancelling headphones Active noise cancellation makes headphones much better, but you should know how it works and what the drawbacks are as well.

Engadget CamerasTechWhat causes a stuck pixel on your laptop and can it be fixed? Stuck pixels don't have to be a death sentence for your laptop, as there are several options that can bring them back to life.

Engadget CamerasTechAI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components.

Engadget CamerasTechSony Music and UMG say Suno's new models still violates their copyright In a new lawsuit, the labels argue Suno found a roundabout way to train its v6 models on unlicensed music.

Engadget CamerasTechClicks Communicator shipments begin in December The BlackBerry-like phone also got a spec bump and an impending price hike.

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo