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Leica BLK ARC Camera Allows Robots to Better Navigate the World

September 10, 2021
Leica Geosystems has announced a new reality capture camera device for robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot that is designed to improve autonomous navigation. Leica Geosystems may use the Leica name and logo, but it hasn’t been directly associated with Leica Camera AG in some time and is currently part of Hexagon AB, a publicly traded Swedish global information technology company that…
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Samsung is Considering Integrating Cameras into its S Pen

September 10, 2021
Samsung has designed an S Pen with an integrated smartphone camera that would give its Galaxy line of phones more ways to capture photos. According to a new patent discovered by LetsGoDigital, Samsung has created what it describes as a “portable terminal including…
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Communism and sitcoms inspire AI ethics at Salesforce

September 10, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! One belief Yakaira Núñez, VP of research and insights at Salesforce, holds firmly is that in product development, it’s just as crucial to identify your…
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20-Year Timelapse of the World Trade Center Took 13.3 Million Photos

September 10, 2021
Earthcam, one of the leaders in long-term timelapse camera systems, has released a new timelapse film that documents the last two decades of the rescue, recovery, and rebuild of New York’s World Trade Center. The September 11 attacks, often simply referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks againt the United States that took place on September 11, 2001. Two hijacked…
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WhatsApp launching end-to-end encrypted cloud backups for iOS and Android

September 10, 2021
Following through with a long-requested feature from users, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is going to make cloud backups end-to-end encrypted to go along with the end-to-end encryption of the messages sent with the service. The app will offer the feature in “the coming weeks” to iOS and Android users with two ways to fully encrypt their backups. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the news today…
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Google splits Assistant settings for Voice Match, Personal results by device type

September 10, 2021
A year ago, Google streamlined Assistant preferences by switching to one unified list showing all features in alphabetical order. The latest step to simplify Google Assistant settings involves splitting Voice Match and other options by device type. Opening “Voice Match” now reveals two tabs. “This phone” lets you enable/disable “Hey Google,” as well as retrain the hotword. “Other…
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