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Astronaut’s Photos From the ISS Make Earth Look Like a Painting

February 1, 2022
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer has published a pair of photos of the Arabian Peninsula as seen from the International Space Station, revealing colors and lines that look akin to brush strokes on a painting. A Unique Perspective of the Arabian Peninsula Maurer is a German astronaut who joined the ESA in July of 2015. He is undertaking his first mission for the…
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Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B

February 1, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced it will acquired Bungie, the creators of Destiny and the original studio behind Microsoft exclusive Halo. It reportedly shelled out $3.6 billion in the deal. According to Bungie, the studio will continue to operate…
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Why Sony is acquiring Bungie | GB Decides bonus episode

February 1, 2022
 Sony announced today that it is spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. This is the latest in a series of massive acquisitions in the gaming space this month. That started with Take-Take Interactive picking up Zynga, then continued with Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. Now, acquisitions season has reached its culmination — at least for now. But why is this happening…
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Now for the hard part: Deploying AI at scale

February 1, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. The enterprise is quickly discovering the many ways AI can streamline and improve processes, but so far, most of these successes are happening at…
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Google could soon limit WhatsApp chat backup size on Drive

February 1, 2022
It seems like Google may introduce limits to WhatsApp chat backups when linked to your existing Drive account. All good things must come to an end, and that appears to be the case with WhatsApp backups as evidence uncovered by WABetaInfo hints that as yet unspecified limits…
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Google and Deutsche Telekom bring Messages RCS, new Android TV box to Germany 

February 1, 2022
Google and Deutsche Telekom today announced an “expanded partnership” that covers RCS, Android TV, and cloud. On the consumer-facing front, Telekom Germany users will be getting access to RCS, while there’s a new MagentaTV One streaming device. “Deutsche Telekom is a longstanding and important partner for us, going back to the launch of the G1, the first smartphone powered by Android, in…
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Google tests adding Lens to desktop Search on the web

February 1, 2022
Google Lens today is primarily a visual lookup tool for mobile devices, but it’s been branching out to Chrome. The next expansion could see Google Search on the desktop web add Lens. According to one user browsing with Incognito Mode, Lens on google.com appears in the search field next to the voice microphone. The visual search tool is using the latest, whole-bodied camera icon that the Google…
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