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Leica's M-series cameras may date back to the 1950s, but the Leica M11 is the most modern and feature-packed model to date. It still has the exceptional build quality and minimalist design that you'd expect of this style (and price) of camera, but it also packs in a new 60MP full-frame backside-illuminated sensor and other innovations like 64GB of built-in storage. This makes the Leica M11 the highest-resolution model in an M-series camera to date – in fact, it may even use the same sensor as the one we've seen in the Sony A7R IV . This is quite a jump from the 40MP Leica M10-R and allows much larger prints to be made, but the downside is that such a high resolution is unforgiving when it comes to even the slightest focusing errors and lens deficiencies. The M11 is a niche take on an already niche camera, then, but it still carries many of the charms that have made the M-series so desirable. It's available in silver and black versions, with the latter's housing ...

Sometimes, I think DJI has a little bit of Apple in it. It doesn't just make powerful tech gear like drones, tiny gyroscopic cameras, and action cams, it often builds beautiful, intriguing, and smartly-turned out products.  DJI Mic is another one of these products, blending Bauhaus looks with surprising power and mostly excellent usability. When it comes to videos, people often talk about image quality, but if your audience can't hear or understand you, you might as well skip making the video. Getting audio right, however, isn't easy. You need a good mic (or two) and solid connections to your camera (iPhone, regular video camera, or DSLR). A wired connection is best but then you have to deal with the length of the cord. Can you freely move in front of the camera? Raise your hand if you've almost accidentally pulled your iPhone and tripod to the ground with one sweeping gesture. What you want are wireless mics, but those are expensive and take some expertise to set u...

ScrapingANT is a web scraping provider which offers both proxies and the infrastructure you need to use them: a headless browsing service, custom API and support in getting them set up. The company offers 50,000 data center and 2,000,000 residential proxies across 17 countries: Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UAE and USA. Interested in ScrapingANT? Check out the website here The ScrapingANT API is basic, but covers the raw essentials. You can make simple requests, or use headless Chrome to render JavaScript. You're able to pass custom cookies along with a request, to perform some action in the context of an authorized account. And the ability to execute custom JavaScript enables scrolling, clicking buttons or whatever other interactions you need. It's not exactly powerful, but it's enough to get you started on simple projects. The API is easy to understand, to...

One-minute review The Hive Active Plug is a single-outlet smart plug designed to work with the Hive smart home ecosystem, including the Hive Active Heating 2 smart thermostat , and Hive smart light bulbs. As such, it requires a Hive Hub connected to your router to function, and so is best suited to those who already have a Hive system The Hive smart plug works much like any other, letting you turn appliances on and off with the tap of a smartphone app, or by speaking to Alexa, Siri, or the Google Assistant. Deeper smart home integration is offered with support for Philips Hue and IFTTT too, and there is a physical button on the plug for controlling the outlet manually. JUMP TO Hive Active smart plug price and availability Design Performance App Should I buy? Daily and weekly schedules can be created within the Hive app, and a series of customisable actions help integrate the smart plug with other devices in your Hive system, such as window and door sensors, light bulbs, ...

If you haven’t got the skills nor the time to do it yourself, there are many companies that will offer to design your company logo . Obviously such services often come at a high cost, but why not try something a little different? How about using a tool that will do most of the work for you, while offering you options to tweak and customise the design? Would such a service appeal to a large section of the self employed? This is what Tailor Brands is hoping with their online Logo Maker service. Answer a few question to get the AI started (Image credit: Tailor Brands) Getting started The process is pretty simple: type in your company’s name and tagline (if you have one), and click on the big red ‘Design!’ Button. The system will then ask you what your business centres on - is it a service, do you offer physical goods, produce original content, that sort of thing. You’ll then have to select your industry, as well as describe what it is you actually do. The more information yo...

Meet the Epson EcoTank ET-3850, the middle model in a new line of all-in-one printers aimed at the home office. It’s a three-in-one device with an ADF (automatic document feeder) and refillable ink tanks instead of cartridges.  At around $400 (about £360, AU$680) it might seem expensive for a fairly ordinary all-in-one with no touchscreen and no dual scan mode, until you consider that it comes with enough ink in the box to print 14,000 black and white pages, or 5,200 color. That equates to around 70 cartridges and Epson’s bottled ink refills are refreshingly inexpensive to buy. Up to 90 percent cheaper than cartridges according to Epson. (Image credit: Future) Aside from the remarkably low running cost, the Epson EcoTank ET-3850 might also tempt you with its compact form factor, which manages to hold 250 sheets of A4 paper and 337ml of ink. That kind of capacity will keep you printing for longer before having to refuel. It comes in Arctic white in the US or plain black ...

Two minute review Honor’s latest flagship laptop will be well received by professional users looking for something different with some compelling features for a business use case. However we do not understand why Honor only rolled it out to three territories (Russia, France and Belarus) outside of China when it could easily have done so. That aside, the laptop is a very well executed product and one that - if it ticks the right boxes for you - should be on your list of best business laptops . The screen is a pleasure to work with, it is fast enough for most tasks, even graphics intensive one, the touchpad is huge, the webcam is one of the best around and so is the audio subsystem. Only the slightly disappointing battery life and the placement of the Thunderbolt 4 ports are worth mentioning in the “to be improved” section. Pricing and availability You can’t buy the Honor MagicBook View 14 in the UK or in the US. We do understand the hesitation when it comes to the latter but can’t ...