By now, you’re used to seeing nearly every YouTube video shot with a little clip-on wireless microphones. They’re small, discreet, and they go anywhere, but there’s a real case to be made for the onboard camera shotgun mic, too.
They are directional, they capture whatever is in front of the lens, and sometimes you just don’t have time to mic up your speaker. Maybe you’ve got multiple people talking, or maybe you just want to record the
The artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for optical modules that enable ultra-fast data transmission in data centres, with the latest beneficiary a chemical compound that is seeing an unprecedented surge in prices.
Indium phosphide (InP) is used to make lasers that convert electrical signals into light, allowing data to travel rapidly through fibre-optic cables.
As a major producer of the material, China has seen prices climb sharply. According to a recent report by financial services firm Nomura citing industry experts, two-inch InP substrates surged
From a Chinese AI surprise to US defence bill, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of August 2026
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App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is an Apple privacy initiative intended to allow iPhone owners greater control over how developers collect and use their data. However, the company was accused of treating its own apps more favourably than third-party ones.
The company has now agreed to apply new rules to how ATT works throughout the EU, following an investigation by the German antitrust regulator …
An innocent local photographer — who was well-known in Memphis, Tennessee — was killed in a high-speed police chase.
Reggie Pederson, a well-liked photographer — who captured artists, music events, and people — was killed on August 2 in a car crash stemming from a high-speed police chase in Memphis, Tennessee. Local photographer Pederson had no involvement in the pursuit.
According to a report by Action 5 News , the deadly car chase allegedly came after suspect Donell
