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Canon has announced four new lenses for its mirrorless cameras, three of which are touted 'hybrid', meaning that they are designed for video and still creators. They are the RF 24mm F1.4L VCM, RF 50mm F1.4L VCM and the RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM Z.

The two pro-grade primes and zoom are made for Canon's full-frame cameras and join two recently announced lenses of the same kind, the RF 35mm F1.4L VCM and RF 24-105mm F2.8L USM Z – the latter being quietly launched alongside the RF 200-800mm monster wildlife lens – bringing Canon's range of hybrid lenses to five in all.

In addition to the hybrid lenses, two of which are the long-awaited 24mm and 50mm F1.4 primes that finally get the treatment for mirrorless, Canon also unveiled a new stereoscopic lens for spatial video – the RF-S 7.8mm F4 STM DUAL for APS-C – which is currently only compatible with the EOS R7. Those four new lenses increase the number of Canon's RF system lenses to 52 in all – that's a super-impressive achievement in six short years of the RF-mount.

The RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM Z lens costs £3,449.99 (we'll update this article with US and Australia pricing shortly) and is available in white or black from November 14. Meanwhile, the sales start date for the RF 24mm F1.4L VCM and RF 50mm F1.4L VCM lenses is December with a specific date TBC – they're priced at £1,679.99 and £1,539.99 respectively. The RF-S 7.8mm F4 STM DUAL comes in at £519.99 and will go on sale some point in November.

(Image credit: Canon) A new dawn for Canon's professional lenses?

Canon seems set on video and still creators if its latest lenses are anything to go by. It says its RF mount "reflects the changing needs of the professional as the demand for a lens without compromise drives them to step into both worlds", although we don't know if this is the type of lens design we can expect going forward for its professional mirrorless cameras.

The RF 70-200mm F2.8 IS USM Z will sit alongside the existing RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM as a pricier alternative for hybrid users, adding a smooth aperture ring, 11-blade aperture, internal zoom, and minimal focus breathing. It's compatible with 1.4x and 2x teleconverters and comes in white (with a thermal barrier) or black – the latter could prove popular with filmmakers who need to be discreet on set.

And like the RF 24-105mm F2.8L USM Z, which is virtually the same size and weight being a little over 1kg, it is compatible with the same Power Zoom adapter for smooth and precise video zooming. Together, the two lenses cover off focal lengths from 24mm to 200mm.

Just like the new 70-200mm, the new RF 24mm F1.4 L VCM and RF 50mm F1.4 L VCM lenses are practically the same size and weight, and sit as a trio with the existing RF 35mm F1.4 L VCM. They also offer a video-friendly design with aperture ring and minimal focus breathing. However, these are entirely new for the RF mount, finally realizing the extremely popular 24mm and 50mm F1.4 primes for Canon's DSLRs in Canon's RF-mount for mirrorless cameras.

Given Canon's research, which says that 65% of professional photographers are now shooting video as some part of their work, and the changing needs of professional photographers, hybrid seems like a fair bet going forward. This trio of lenses could represent a new dawn for Canon's lens design, and we're all for it, even if the price of these lenses is expensive even by Canon standards.

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Apple has long offered workshops and lessons in retail stores around the globe, from how to make the most of your iPhone to a bonafide summer camp – ‘Apple Camp’ – for kids, and as you might expect, they’ve cooked up an offering for Apple Intelligence.

Beginning Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at Apple Stores across the United States, there will be new bit-sized 15-minute drop-in sessions focused on Apple Intelligence. Both the features that shipped this week, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, and a look ahead at forthcoming features like the contextually aware Siri, Genomji, and Image Playground. These new Apple Intelligence sessions join the more formal 'Today at Apple' workshops and other drop-in sessions.

So whether you’re confused about Apple Intelligence, unsure of where to begin, or have a specific question about how to use writing tools or clean up in photos, an Apple Store is a place to visit.

Unlike other workshops or ‘Today at Apple’ events, there is no pre-registration for these Apple Intelligence drop-in sessions. At larger stores with a proper video wall, like The Grove in LA or Fifth Avenue in New York City, you might find that Apple retail employees will use the theater with a teaser graphic to tee it up. At smaller locations, you might just congregate around a table to go through the 15-minute or so presentation.

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I got a special preview of the Apple Intelligence-focused workshop, and it feels a bit like a choose-your-own-adventure. The Apple specialist will walk you through key features like Writing Tools or Clean Up in Photos and tease out questions to get a sense of what might be the most helpful for the group attending.

If you have an iPhone, you can even walk through the Apple Intelligence features in real time. Demo devices will also be available if you’re tempted to upgrade but want to try it first.

Presenting Apple Intelligence in the drop-in Today at Apple format makes a ton of sense. It lets you go hands-on with many of the new Apple Intelligence features but doesn't overwhelm you. Additionally, you can ask questions and get walkthroughs. If you don’t happen to walk in when one is going on, you can always ask an Apple retail employee for one-to-one assistance.

You can also read our iPhone 16 review to get a sense of the Apple Intelligence experience on that device. However, Genmoji, Image Playground, and a ChatGPT integration for Siri should arrive in December 2024 with iOS 18.2.

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Apple has been dropping tons of new releases for its most popular product lines like the M4 iMac and M4 Mac mini this week, but one of the biggest surprises was the tech giant relaunching three of its most well-known peripherals — Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad — now equipped with USB-Type C compatibility.

However, when looking at the list of Apple-branded accessories currently available, it all feels a bit…lacking.

Where are the webcams and the headsets? The mechanical keyboards? Gaming mice? These are major accessories that would target a sizable chunk of the Apple market.

For instance, Apple has been growing its gaming sector by not only bringing in more titles through studio collabs and ports, but has also made developing on Mac devices much more accessible. As such, launching peripherals meant for gamers would be a smart next step in that direction.

Apple could make it big with new peripherals

Webcams are perfect for gamers who stream, while many pro gamers use mechanical keyboards and gaming mice due to their superior specs. A headset is a no-brainer as well since most pros need enhanced audio.

But many of these peripherals can easily be repurposed for the wider non-gamer market. Webcams for those in need of better visual quality during conference calls. Mechanical keyboards are excellent for office workers who often type non-stop for hours on end, as the designs tend to be more ergonomic and longer-lasting. Gaming mice are also more ergonomic and easier to move due to their lighter weight.

As for headsets, Razer has proven you can release multi-purposed ones for gaming, productivity, and creative tasks like the Razer Barracuda Pro, to great effect. Simply combine a sleeker design, more comfortable earpads and headbands, and excellent audio quality to appeal to Apple buyers. A high-quality, wired headset would be especially useful for those who do video and audio editing, as air pods are insufficient for the level of precision required.

Another peripheral that could attract more of the creative market is a proper drawing tablet coupled with Apple’s stylus, similar to the popular third-party Wacom brand. Since one of the most widely known uses of Mac devices is for creative work like art and visual editing, an Apple tablet would be absolutely perfect.

Apple’s revitalization of its ‘Magic’ brand has put more eyes on its peripherals. As such, this is a golden opportunity for the tech giant to create more that can target a much wider market. A market that, to this day, has had to turn to third-party solutions to fill in the lack of accessory diversity.

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Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1010) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1010) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.

Quordle today (game #1010) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1010) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 2.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1010) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• S

• B

• B

• F

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1010) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1010, are…

• SLOOP
• BRINE
• BROOD
• FLUID

Double-Os are the bane of my life. Well, my word-puzzle life, at least. They always give me a headache in Wordle and so it was today too, with SLOOP costing me a guess when I played SPOOL first. What I should have done was to have solved one of the 'easier' words first, but then again there was another OO lurking within BROOD, so maybe it wouldn't have made any difference. On the plus side, the B in that word gave me BRINE too, and FLUID was (I think) the only that fit by the time I got to it, so this was an eight day for me.

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Daily Sequence today (game #1010) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1010, are…

• DEBIT
• THEFT
• TENSE
• RANCH

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1009, Tuesday 29 October: CLIFF, BURNT, SNAKY, POLYP
• Quordle #1008, Monday 28 October: MACAW, LIEGE, GOUGE, CARGO
• Quordle #1007, Sunday 27 October: STUNG, CLOUT, SOWER, BASIS
• Quordle #1006, Saturday 26 October: DUCHY, CANNY, BLOCK, SMART
• Quordle #1005, Friday 25 October: PRANK, EXIST, RUDDY, PICKY
• Quordle #1004, Thursday 24 October: DAIRY, RALLY, CURLY, LABEL
• Quordle #1003, Wednesday 23 October: DROSS, ANNEX, GRAVE, BROKE
• Quordle #1002, Tuesday 22 October: ADORE, SMITH, AFOOT, LUCID
• Quordle #1001, Monday 21 October: TREAD, NINTH, GRIEF, UNSET
• Quordle #1000, Sunday 20 October: CORAL, WHOSE, HEIST, SOAPY
• Quordle #999, Saturday 19 October: GUSTY, BROKE, ENJOY, HAZEL
• Quordle #998, Friday 18 October: PUPIL, MOCHA, EGRET, NATAL
• Quordle #997, Thursday 17 October: BUILD, BIRTH, LURCH, SASSY
• Quordle #996, Wednesday 16 October: EERIE, SMIRK, HUNCH, EMBED
• Quordle #995, Tuesday 15 October: UMBRA, BRIEF, GRAVY, TORUS
• Quordle #994, Monday 14 October: ROGUE, STORY, EMCEE, AUNTY
• Quordle #993, Sunday 13 October: UNFIT, NYMPH, THUMB, PUREE
• Quordle #992, Saturday 12 October: SAUCY, UNDUE, EGRET, HELLO
• Quordle #991, Friday 11 October: RINSE, ANIME, PUSHY, ZEBRA
• Quordle #990, Thursday 10 October: UNTIL, MARSH, METAL, WINDY

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #507) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• IDEA
• BOOM
• PACKING
• DOLLY
• SKATEBOARD
• GAFFER
• WAGON
• BEST BOY
• DUCT
• SPIKE
• ELECTRICAL
• STABLES
• RISE
• ROLLERBLADE
• KRONER
• SURGE

NYT Connections today (game #507) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Sharp increase
• Green: Round and round they go
• Blue: VHS is another
• Purple: Do you do your shopping at detail chairs?

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #507) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: UPSWING
• GREEN: THINGS WITH WHEELS
• BLUE: KINDS OF TAPE
• PURPLE: RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #507) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #507, are…

• YELLOW: UPSWING BOOM, RISE, SPIKE, SURGE
• GREEN: THINGS WITH WHEELS DOLLY, ROLLERBLADE, SKATEBOARD, WAGON
• BLUE: KINDS OF TAPE DUCT, ELECTRICAL, GAFFER, PACKING
• PURPLE: RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED BEST BOY, IDEA, KRONER, STABLES

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 mistake

I was at a distinct disadvantage today compared to some people, because I don't live in the United States and have never heard of KROGER, and therefore didn't recognize that it was part of the RETAIL CHAINS WITH A LETTER CHANGED group, with its equivalent word being KRONER. If I had known that then maybe I'd have placed it with BEST BOY (BEST BUY), IDEA (IKEA) and STABLES (STAPLES) in what was undoubtedly a very tough purple group today.

The others were not exactly easy either, but I did solve them all after a fair bit of thought. Blue – KINDS OF TAPE – was the first I got and was arguably simpler than UPSWING (yellow). Green was somewhere in-between – I knew that ROLLERBLADE and SKATEBOARD probably went together, but initially put DOLLY with GAFFER, BEST BOY and BOOM as things that you get on a film set. This was wrong, but I persevered and got the connection eventually, without needing to worry about that dastardly purple.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 29 October, game #506)

• YELLOW: IN PRISTINE CONDITION MINT, NEW, ORIGINAL, UNUSED
• GREEN: MEDICAL ROLES ATTENDING, FELLOW, INTERN, RESIDENT
• BLUE: SINGULAR NOUN IN A FAMOUS “JULIUS CAESAR” LINE COUNTRYMAN, EAR, FRIEND, ROMAN
• PURPLE: ___ SQUARE PERFECT, POCKET, TIMES, TOWN

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… How sweet!

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• ROPE
• PORE
• STOP
• COAL
• LICE
• NEAR

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Like a child in a…

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: top, 4th column

Last: bottom, 2nd column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #241) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #241, are…

• LICORICE
• LOLLIPOP
• TOFFEE
• CHOCOLATE
• GUMDROP
• SPANGRAM: CANDYSTORE

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

This was one of those days where the theme clue did most of the hard work and I merely needed to fill in the blanks. 'How sweet!' immediately suggested candy – especially with Halloween upon us – so I searched for that word and found the spangram, CANDYSTORE. After that it was a case of simply wracking my brains for obvious types of sweet – CHOCOLATE, TOFFEE, LOLLIPOP, LICORICE… all the classics were here, plus GUMDROPS, which don't belong in that company, frankly. But I'd still eat them, of course.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 29 October, game #240)

• FRIEND
• PARTNER
• BESTIE
• COMPANION
• SIDEKICK
• SPANGRAM: TOGETHERNESS

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

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X (formerly Twitter) Premium subscribers can now ask the Grok AI assistant to describe images, not just make them. The Elon Musk-owned company xAI unveiled a new feature for visual content analysis, giving it the ability to describe photos, diagrams, and other snapshots using the Grok-2 AI model which powers the AI chatbot and its Flux AI image creation.

The feature brings Grok to parity with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other rivals. If you subscribe to X's subscription plans, you can try it out now by clicking on a button in an image post within X and asking Grok questions about the image or just for a straight descriptive analysis.

In tandem with the new feature, Grok showed off a new benchmark called RealWorldQA that is supposed to show how well a model can describe a real-world image, including the space between objects. The company claims RealWorldQA shows Grok to be as good or better than its rivals at explaining images even though it's still in development. You can see an example below of how it works, shared on X by Elon Musk.

Grok now understands images, even explaining the meaning of a joke.This is an early version. It will rapidly improve. https://t.co/gQ5BBISVRcOctober 28, 2024

(Image credit: Grok) See and Grok

As the screenshot illustrates, Grok is capable of breaking down a complex multi-stage image and explaining what happens in it. It can then extrapolate the humor of the joke, though, as is almost always the case, explaining the joke makes it much less funny. Still, it's a sign that xAI is not done with putting out new features for Grok, especially multimodal tools. This could be a step toward Grok being able to explain audio and video content the same way it does with visuals.

One element not mentioned is how the visual analysis by Grok might portray the freewheeling image creation by the AI chatbot that seems to have little or no compunction about copyright issues. It's something that users making images of Mario faced when Nintendo's copyright infringement hunter Tracer went after them for infringement. Whether an AI image of Mario or any other intellectual property would be described as such or in more generic terms would be interesting to discover.

xAI's owner being who he is, there's also very obvious potential for the feature in other Musk-owned technology companies. Tesla's semi-autonomous driving would certainly benefit from being able to identify people and objects around it and how they are spaced apart. The same goes for the long-promised humanoid robots Tesla's had under development for the last few years.

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Having helped pioneered the global rollout of 5G networks with extensive infrastructure investments and technological breakthroughs that enabled the rapid deployment of high-speed, low-latency mobile services, China is now setting its sights on 6G.

China Mobile, in collaboration with Zhongguancun Pan-Institute of Information and Communications Technology, China Information Technology Mobile, and smartphone maker Vivo, has introduced a 6G baseband concept prototype system for the Sub7GHz frequency band.

As the world looks forward to an official launch of 6G in the coming years, China Mobile’s latest demonstration highlights the progress made in this developing field. The prototype system is part of China Mobile’s 6G "synaesthesia, computing, and intelligence fusion technology platform," reflecting a deep integration of sensory, computing, and communications technologies.

Powerful baseband capabilities – a step beyond 5G

China Mobile announced the 6G baseband concept prototype system for the Sub-7 GHz frequency band is a crucial component of its public testing device. This system aims to facilitate the deep integration of inter-sensory computing and intelligence, as well as the integration of terrestrial and celestial networks.

At the core of this new system is a strong baseband capability that is built on a cloud-based heterogeneous hardware architecture, with the system supporting a throughput of up to 100Gbps for container networks. This high throughput is combined with an ultra-short transmission time interval (TTI) processing capability of 125 microseconds (μs), allowing for faster data transmission and enhanced responsiveness.

The system’s architecture allows for a maximum interrupt response delay of less than 10μs, contributing to its flexibility and reconfigurability. It supports eight data streams and 128 digital channels, and the single-carrier bandwidth reaches 400MHz, enabling a real-time baseband throughput of up to 16.5Gbps.

These features position the system at the forefront of 6G development, meeting the stringent requirements for new technologies and service verifications, such as ultra-high-definition video and real-time data processing.

According to China Mobile, its new 6G baseband prototype is open and interoperable.

The system facilitates smooth integration between cloud-based heterogeneous hardware and terminal prototypes developed by Vivo, allowing for efficient connection from the base station to the terminal. This capability supports the transmission of advanced services such as 3D video, a likely hallmark of the 6G era.

This system’s open architecture encourages collaboration and verification of key 6G technologies with industry partners. Stakeholders can test and verify their 6G technologies in conjunction with China Mobile’s baseband prototype thereby creating an ecosystem around 6G development.

In addition to its baseband and openness capabilities, China Mobile’s 6G baseband prototype system demonstrates major expansion potential.

The system is designed to handle a wide range of frequency bands, thanks to its multi-band integrated universal fronthaul module. This module connects to the baseband unit (BBU) via an ultra-high-speed Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) and supports the transmission of intermediate frequency signals ranging from 0 to 12GHz.

This flexible architecture allows the system to work with various radio frequency (RF) front ends, including those operating at medium and low frequencies, millimeter waves, visible light, and terahertz frequencies. The ability to handle multi-band signals not only enhances the system’s adaptability but also facilitates testing and verification of 6G components and baseband processing technologies across different frequency bands.

It is important to note that it takes about 10 years for a new communication network to roll out, therefore commercial 6G networks are not expected before 2030. Nevertheless, early advances such as this serve as a critical building block in the global race toward 6G.

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