Fujifilm's X100V has, for some reason, been a huge hit on TikTok. This made it difficult to purchase, despite its tiny format and retro Fuji appeal. Fortunately, the company is here to make money offer an improved update, the 40.2 megapixel X100VI. While maintaining the same retro shape, it offers much faster shooting speeds, built-in stabilization, 6.2K 30p video and much more. On the video side, it can also capture 4K at 60 fps and 1080p at 240 fps.
Fujifilm's X100VI is now up for pre-order for $1,600 in silver or black, with delivery expected in early March 2024. Money to spend? Desperate for the TikTok cachet? The company also offers a special edition version “engraved with the logo of the Fujifilm brand founded in 1934” for $2,000.
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Can a connected watch free up doctors’ time?
A project in the UK explored whether a Garmin Venu 2 wearable device (and a dedicated companion app) could free up doctors and nurses, six minutes at a time. The six-minute walk test (6MWT) helps diagnose and monitor a number of cardiovascular diseases. This includes conditions such as pulmonary hypertension which, if left untreated, end up being fatal. This project, however, reduces the test to a simpler minute.
With the research funded by a charity, the British Heart Foundation, the watch had to offer good value for money, and Garmin, with its well-established health research division, gave the team “confidence in accuracy sensors”. The study suggests that reducing the test to one minute has no detrimental effect on its result or accuracy, and that patients are much more likely to take the test regularly if they can do it at home.
The retailer plans to expand its advertising business with Vizio TV systems.
Walmart is buying Smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion, the retail giant announced as part of its latest earnings report. While Walmart has long been a top seller of Vizio TVs, the company says the acquisition “enables a profitable advertising business that scales quickly” through the company's SmartCast operating system. The companies plan to combine their advertising businesses, with Vizio increasing Walmart's access to more consumer insights, such as data visualization. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval.
All four models can retain 80% of their original charge after 1,000 cycles.
Apple announced Tuesday that its latest iPhones can retain 80% of their original charging capacity after 1,000 cycles, double the company's previous estimate, without new hardware or software updates. And because timing is everything, the change will arrive in time for the next European regulations which will assign an energy class to the longevity of phone batteries.
Some tiers will soon be more expensive in the UK, Canada, Australia and Turkey.
After laying off around 500 workers and reducing streamers' income from Prime subscriptions, Twitch is increasing the price of its subscriptions for the first time. The service says it “updates prices in multiple countries to help streamers' revenue keep pace with rising costs and reflect local currency fluctuations.” The first markets to feel the impact of these changes are the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Turkey. On the plus side, streamers will have the same revenue share, so they will earn more from subscriptions in those regions.