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Why ChatGPT is having an iPhone moment (with a unique twist)

December 22, 2022
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Exactly three weeks ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT. Since then, it has been nearly impossible to keep up with both the hyped-up excitement and brow-furrowing concerns around use cases for the text-generating chatbot, ranging from the fun (writing limericks and rap lyrics) and the clever (writing prompts for…
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Apple Watch finds GPS independence from iPhone at last

December 22, 2022
Apple Watch has had its own GPS since the Series 2 arrived six years ago. However, the watch has also relied on the iPhone’s GPS when possible. That changes with the latest round of Apple Watch models. Apple has documented that the latest three models of Apple Watch will…
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Venus Optics announces $499 Laowa 6mm F2 Zero-D lens for Micro Four Thirds

December 21, 2022
Venus Optics has announced a new Laowa 6mm F2 Zero-D lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera systems. The lens offers a 12mm full-frame equivalent field of view and is a stills version of the previously-released 6mm T2.1 Cine lens for MFT camera systems. The lens is manual focus, but features electrical contacts for transmitting EXIF data to the camera body and controlling the electronic…
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Google Search weather card redesigned on mobile web

December 21, 2022
Following the new app and Sun tile for Wear OS 3, Google has rolled out a redesign of the weather card available in Search on the mobile web. This updated weather card comes with a blue prompt acknowledging the change: “New! A fresh look for weather that gives you more details about your forecast.” In the top-left corner, Google notes the current temperature and what it “feels like,” while…
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6B Mission

December 21, 2022
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission. Sentinel-6B will continue the long-term global sea level data record begun in 1992 by Topex/Poseidon followed by Jason 1, 2, 3, and…
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NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Snacking on Star

December 21, 2022
Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed a massive black hole tearing apart an unlucky star that wandered too close. Located about 250 million light-years from Earth in the center of another galaxy, it was the fifth-closest example of a black hole destroying a star ever observed. Once the star had been thoroughly ruptured by the black hole’s gravity, astronomers saw a dramatic rise in…
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