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NASA funds three companies to develop commercial space stations

NASA announced the selection of three US companies that will receive government funding to further develop private space stations on Thursday. From a set of 11 proposals, NASA selected Blue Origin, Nanoracks LLC, and Northrop Grumman to receive over $400 million in federal funds through three separate Space Act Agreements. NASA began seeking proposals in July for its Commercial Low Earth Orbit…
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Photographer Captures Stunning Up Close Photos of Massive Sharks

Photographer Euan Rannachan shares what it’s like to photograph majestic and dangerous sharks up-close, including an encounter with Brutus, a 1,500-pound great white shark. Rannachan is a California-based photographer whose great white shark photographs have been published across major news publications from Fox News, BBC, Newsweek, and others. Rannachan is also a co-founder of “Be a…
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X-Ray Video Shows How the Internals of a Zoom Lens Work

Using a digital X-ray detector, this video shows exactly what goes on inside a zoom lens as the ring is turned, revealing the mechanics that are responsible for moving the optical elements inside. Ben Krasnow is a host on the YouTube channel Applied Science where…
AI & RoboticsNews

Use AI to weather the upcoming data deprecation storm

Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Last summer’s announcement that Google’s third-party cookie deprecation has been pushed out to 2023 drew cheers, yawns, and everything in between. But the question remains: what will advertisers and marketers do with the extra time? Will they…
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MobileNews

Pokémon Go 120fps option now available on iPhone 13 Pro/Max

A Pokémon Go 120fps option is now available to take advantage of the ProMotion displays on the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Frame rates above 30fps are also available on older iPhones, but in both cases you’ll have to manually enable the option … The Verge spotted the…
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One UI 4.0 beta opens for Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 in South Korea

Samsung’s fairly impressive track record with device updates looks set to continue as the tech giant has now opened the One UI 4.0 beta phase for Galaxy S10 and Note 10 owners in South Korea. The 2019 flagship devices are destined to be updated to Android 12, and the One UI 4.0 beta is a solid first step to the stable upgrade over the coming weeks and months. According to SamMobile1, the…
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