The body of NASA tasked with managing human spaceflight is being split into two distinct directorates, the agency’s chief announced on Tuesday, embarking on a major reorganization that past officials have tried and failed to execute for years. The move comes as private companies like SpaceX demonstrate leaner methods of putting people in space and as NASA pushes ahead with ambitious plans to…
Roblox starts age verification for those who want to use spatial voice
September 21, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Roblox is introducing age verification for users, starting with those who want to try out spatial voice features on its user-generated content platform.
As the company’s community continues…
Vaonis Launches the 1050mm, 61MP Hyperia Telescope Camera
September 21, 2021
Vaonis has announced the Hyperia telescope camera, a 165-pound personal observatory that leverages a 61-megapixel sensor and sets it behind a massive 1050mm lens that is mechanically driven to allow for stunning photos of astronomical objects.
Vaonis has been producing…
DIY Ultra-High-Res Digital Photos with a Large Format Camera
September 21, 2021
In 2014, I started my project Applied Metaphysics – Ground Truth on exemplary still life. The goal was to produce very large prints (2 to 9 square meters and more) at a high resolution so that people could look at them very closely.
The idea was that the sheer amount of detail in each image and the immersive way of looking at them was fundamental for conveying the inner essence of things at a…
Enterprise NLP budgets are up 10% in 2021
September 21, 2021
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Enterprises are increasing their investments in natural language processing (NLP), the subfield of linguistics, computer science, and AI concerned with how…
Samsung and Olympus Cameras are Not Partnering on a Smartphone
September 21, 2021
Samsung has been repeatedly linked with Olympus cameras, now known as OM Digital, in what was speculated to be a partnership in an upcoming smartphone. PetaPixel confirms this to be false.
The original rumor tying the two brands together started in April when a rumor…
Apple believes that an iPhone could detect depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline, using a number of digital clues. Health data used would include physical activity and sleep patterns.
For privacy protection, Apple is aiming for all of the diagnosis work to be carried out on the device, with no data sent to its servers …
The WSJ reports.
Apple Inc. is working on technology to help…
Apple now sells refurbished iPhones in Canada
September 21, 2021
While everybody’s excited about the iOS 15 launch, Canadian Apple users have another reason to celebrate as the company now sells refurbished iPhones.
As spotted by iPhone in Canada, this is the first time Apple has sold refurbished iPhones outside of the US. Canadians…
iPhone 13 Diary: I’m now resigned to buying a new iPhone every year
September 21, 2021
There were a lot of people buying a new iPhone on Friday, and I was one of them, despite saying that I didn’t consider it an especially exciting update for most people.
But for me, I’m upgrading to the iPhone 13 for the same reason I bought the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12.
iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro reviews: Major battery life improvements steal the show
September 21, 2021
Ahead of the first orders arriving to customers on Friday, the first reviews of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro have arrived. These embargoed press reviews offer our first look at the iPhone 13 in the wild, including the new camera hardware, new colors, design tweaks, and more.
Head below as we round up some of the notable tidbits from the first iPhone 13 reviews…
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