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Canon Might Be Planning Super Cheap Super Telephoto Lenses

A newly published patent suggests that Canon might be trying to bring a catadioptric optical system back to its camera lens lineup. If the “mirror lens” designs do materialize, we would likely see super telephoto lenses that are much smaller and cheaper than equivalent Canon lenses currently on the market. Northlight Images spotted a Canon patent (US Patent 20210141240) titled “Optical…
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Redesigned Selfie Camera, Smaller FaceID Chip on iPhone 13: Report

A new report alleges that Apple is not only planning to shrink the size of its FaceID sensor chip but also scale down the size of the large front-facing “notch” at the top of the display thanks mostly to a redesigned front-facing camera. Spotted by MacRumors, DigiTimes has reported that Apple plans to scale down the die size of the Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) chips that are…
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AI & RoboticsNews

When AI meets BI: 5 red flags to watch for

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. If there is a Holy Grail to business success in 2021, it most certainly has something to do with the power of data. And if business intelligence wasn’t already the answer to C-suite prayers for…
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AI Weekly: How to implement AI responsibly

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Implementing AI responsibly implies adopting AI in a manner that’s ethical, transparent, and accountable as well as consistent with laws, regulations, norms, customer expectations, and…
DefenseNews

Christine Wormuth Pledges to Defend Army from Navy, Air Force Budget Grabs

Christine Wormuth, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of the Army, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP photo) The nominee to be President Joe Biden’s Army secretary is pledging to resist efforts to cut the service’s funding and end strength in favor of modernizing…
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MobileNews

Apple Music for Android 3.6 prepares for lossless audio streaming

Earlier this month, our colleagues at 9to5Mac reported that Apple Music would be gaining “HiFi” streaming options, possibly with iOS 14.6. Today, we find that the Apple Music app for Android is also working toward lossless audio streaming. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we…
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