NASA has announced that the James Webb telescope has completed the fourth and fifth stages of its alignment and scientists say that the performance of its imaging system is at or beyond their most optimistic expectations.
The Webb team completed the stage known as “fine phasing” on March 11, a key stage in aligning the telescope. NASA says that the team has found no critical issues and no…
DxO has announced the 2.0 update to PureRAW. It features several significant additions like support for Fujifilm X-Trans files. It also includes two new workflow options including Finder integration for Apple users (and Windows Explorer Integration for Windows) as well as…
Lensbaby has announced the Soft Focus II optic, a new 50mm lens in Lensbaby’s Optic Swap System. The Soft Focus II is a new-and-improved version of one of the earliest members of the Optic Swap System. The new version improves upon its predecessor by adding a 12-blade…
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NASA Adds Giant New Dish to Communicate With Deep Space Missions
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Part of an ongoing project to grow the capacity of the Deep Space Network, which acts as a kind of interplanetary switchboard, the new antenna is the network’s 14th.
There’s a powerful new member of NASA’s family of giant…
Tunic surprise launches on Xbox Game Pass
March 16, 2022
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Tunic released today, and it showed up in an unexpected place. The indie action-adventure game is available on Xbox Game Pass.
This means that Game Pass…
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The market for edge AI chips, designed to accelerate AI workloads offline, often in self-contained hardware, is maturing at a rapid clip. Building on converging trends like digital transformation…
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After years of frying and flipping burgers at White Castle locations, Miso Robotics’ autonomous kitchen assistant has a new gig: making tortilla chips for Chipotle. Miso today announced that the fast casual chain is testing “Chippy,” a robot customized to follow the steps for frying Chipotle chips, at the brand’s R&D…
Stanford report shows that ethics challenge continue to dog AI field as funding climbs
March 16, 2022
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Private investors are pouring more money into AI startups than ever before. At the same time, AI systems are becoming more affordable to train — at least when it comes to certain tasks, like object…
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During the pandemic, hiring has become increasingly focused on remote positions as companies eschew job fairs and other in-person recruitment initiatives in favor of alternatives. According to a LinkedIn…
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Hidden Door, a new studio, today announced its launch. It also announced its first product: A co-op gaming platform that uses AI to help build unique narratives in the style of graphic or visual novels. It will launch in alpha form in early 2022.
The studio also closed a $2…