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BMW Group plans to open a new electric vehicle plant in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025. By the time the factory goes online, the facility’s…
As the demand for generative AI continues to grow, Databricks is doing everything possible to put the technology at the heart of its data lakehouse.
Today, at its annual conference, the data and AI company announced LakehouseIQ, a generative AI tool democratizing access to…
Cyera, a data security company, announced that it has secured a $100 million series B investment led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Sequoia and Cyberstarts. Redpoint Ventures also joined as an investor.
With this latest funding round, Cyera has…
Unity today revealed two new AI-based products for creators to enhance their real-time 3D (RT3D) content. The two products are called Sentis and Muse and are currently available in closed beta, with plans to launch them globally later this year. In addition, Unity also announced it’s launching a dedicated AI marketplace in the Asset Store that offers several other tools for creators.
Sentis is a…
Immuta updates its Data Security Platform for Databricks to strengthen AI workload protection
June 28, 2023
Data security provider Immuta announced significant enhancements to its Data Security Platform for Databricks to empower data teams to leverage Immuta’s platform capabilities. These updates aim to unlock data value, reduce costs, accelerate innovation and maintain robust…
RelationalAI, a Berkeley, California-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, announced today the release of a product it’s calling an AI “coprocessor” built for Snowflake, the popular cloud data warehouse provider. The coprocessor integrates relational knowledge…
In-ear monitors (IEMs) are normally aimed at musicians and audio engineers who want to block the outside world, but Razer is betting it can expand that audience. It’s introducing its first in-ear monitor, the Moray, with gamers and “marathon streamers” in mind. The company claims its wired, THX-certified dual-driver earpieces deliver clear treble and deep bass, with passive noise…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Korean Air has delivered its first AH-6 helicopter fuselage built under a contract with Boeing, the South Korean company announced June 26.
Korean Air signed the deal in December 2021 to manufacture eight fuselages for AH-6 helicopters that will…
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor by revenue, bested rival General Dynamics Mission Systems for a U.S. Army deal to develop a long-range electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber system the service sees as critical to its…
Gear in this story
June 27, 2023
As part of our upcoming review, we’ve completed studio testing on the EOS R8. Not surprisingly, it looks a lot like the EOS R6 II, with which it shares a sensor, but its dependence on electronic first curtain shutter seems to means there’s a tiny noise penalty at the very highest high ISOs.
Studio test scene
Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and…
