GoPro's new Mission 1 Pro action camera features an interchangeable lens system (ILS) but lacks electrical contacts, meaning only fully manual lenses with mechanical aperture rings work with it. A reviewer testing the camera with a Laowa 7.5mm lens found that manual focusing is challenging due to the camera's small screen, even with focus peaking enabled. The camera is sold body-only, with no lens bundles currently available from GoPro or retailers.
Acer has launched the Googlebook 14, one of five inaugural Googlebook laptops from different PC makers, and it's the only model with a 360-degree hinge that converts into tent or tablet mode. It also supports USI 2.0 stylus input, though it lacks the haptic trackpad found on rival models from ASUS, HP and Lenovo.
Apple's newly released Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 do not appear on the supported hardware list for the handwashing detection and timer feature, even though the feature remains active in watchOS 27 and Apple Health on older models like Series 11 and Ultra 3. It's unclear whether this is an intentional hardware limitation or simply an oversight in Apple's documentation.
An enterprise data and AI executive argues that companies focused on AI's financial costs—compute, licensing, infrastructure—are ignoring a subtler expense: the erosion of employees' cognitive skills. Citing MIT Media Lab EEG research showing reduced brain activity in people who relied solely on ChatGPT versus those working unaided, the piece warns that unused mental faculties like judgment and original thought can atrophy.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed an executive order requiring state agencies and state-funded police departments to limit how automated license plate readers, including Flock Safety systems, collect and store data. The order mandates deletion of most vehicle data within 30 days, bans selling or commercializing the data, restricts its use to criminal justice and lifesaving purposes, and forbids pairing the readers with facial recognition AI.
A UN fact-finding mission investigating the February conflict between Iran and the US has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe US forces struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school and a sports facility in Minab, killing more than 150 people, including roughly 120 children. Investigators said the US relied on faulty intelligence about a commander's presence and failed to verify the target, calling the strike reckless and an indiscriminate attack amounting to a war crime. The same mission also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity while suppressing anti-government protests that began in December.
Researchers analyzing Mercury's surface features have found that the planet has been shrinking at a faster rate than earlier models suggested, as its interior cools and contracts. The findings come from renewed analysis of geological formations like fault scarps that record the planet's contraction over billions of years.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for NYT's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle number 724, dated September 17. The four categories were team collectives (conference, division, group, league), recent Summer Olympics host cities (London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo), Missouri Valley Conference schools (Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa) and words paired with 'Giants' (Little, New York, San Francisco, Yomiuri).
During a 33-hour period when Matt Mullenweg was placed on leave by Automattic's board, interim CEO Mark Davies and Chief Legal Officer Andy Missan each approved the other's exit agreement. The deals grant both executives a year of salary, accelerated equity vesting, stock option exercise rights, and extended health coverage, totaling roughly $8.15 million combined. Mullenweg fired both men upon reclaiming his role, and Automattic is now weighing whether to honor or legally contest the payouts.
An Entrepreneur contributor pushes back on the viral 'SaaSpocalypse' theory that AI-driven 'vibe coding' will let companies replace SaaS products by prompting agents to build internal tools. The author argues this idea comes mostly from people unfamiliar with large-enterprise operations, where software must clear security reviews, compliance, legal approval, procurement and audits that no AI agent can complete on its own.
Microsoft confirmed it is still investigating why Copilot and Copilot Chat buttons vanish from classic Outlook for Windows after upgrading to build 20026.20182 or later. The issue affects users with Copilot Chat Basic or M365 Copilot Premium licenses, blocking access to Copilot from the ribbon, app bar, or Add Apps menu.
Processes originally created to solve a specific business problem can outlive their usefulness, becoming bottlenecks rather than safeguards. Leaders frequently continue enforcing these procedures long after the original risk has faded, mistaking the fact that a process once worked for proof it remains necessary today.
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