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Best of the blogs ▷ Google’s built-in AI assistant can get unnervingly personal, as Sancho Panza has found. Read When did Google get so f-ing weird? ▷ David Farquahr tells the story of video-game developer Activision. I remember the kerfuffle back in the day over it making games for the Atari 2600, which Atari intended to be a closed system. Read What happened to Activision Minolta Maxxum 7000i, 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF Maxxum Zoom, Analogue Wonderland Wonderpan, Rodinal 1+25, 2023 Cameras and photography ▷ Bob Janes looks at the Minolta Dynax (Maxxum) 7000i, with its non-standard hot shoe and enormous grip. I reviewed this camera here. Read Minolta Dynax 7000i review – Cards on the table ▷ It’s a Nikon zoom lens that has a bad rep, and J.R. Smith wondered whether the rep was deserved. Read The Controversial 43-86mm f/3.5 Zoom-Nikkor, Part One ▷ Mike Eckman reviews the Ansco Titan, a high-quality American-made medium-format folder. Read Ansco Titan (1948) My newsletter has the inside…