DefenseNews

After latest flight test failure, US Air Force hopes to keep first hypersonic missile on track for production

August 5, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is in the process of determining the root cause of last week’s failed hypersonic missile test, but the program still has time to push through flight testing and begin production of the new, cutting-edge weapon by the end of fiscal 2022, a program official said Wednesday. During the second booster flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon…
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MobileNews

Chrome OS to add Google Calendar to quick settings

August 5, 2021
Chrome OS is preparing to offer access to the calendar from the quick settings area, complete with your Google Calendar events. On Chrome OS today, there’s no easy way to look at a calendar, beyond opening a web app or Android app. Meanwhile, most modern operating…
GamingNews

Planetarium nabs $2.6M for decentralized RPG Nine Chronicles

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Planetarium said its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) so players can own and make their game assets, has raised $2.6 million. NFT gaming…
AI & RoboticsNews

Yellow.ai raises $78M to expand its AI chatbot platform globally

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Conversational AI platform provider Yellow.ai today announced the close of an over $78.15 million series C round led by WestBridge Capital with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $102.15 million. Yellow.ai says…
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AI & RoboticsNews

IDC: AI spending will reach $342B in 2021

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Companies could spend nearly $342 billion on AI software, hardware, and services in 2021. That’s according to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker…
AI & RoboticsNews

Sensorium demos AI-driven avatars as latest virtual beings

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Sensorium Galaxy is an upcoming virtual world that will blend human and AI characters so that people can have unscripted conversations with virtual beings. And it’s showing off some of those AI characters now. I had a conversation with one of the AI characters, Katherine. She’s an aspiring makeup artist studying in…
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NewsPhotography

Oppo’s Next-Gen Under-Display Selfie Camera Looks to be Near Perfect

August 4, 2021
Several companies have been grappling with the physical issues that come with hiding a selfie camera behind a display, but Oppo seems to have cracked the code. Its next-generation under-display camera appears to have no distinguishable downsides when compared to one in a notch or hole-punch. Oppo says that its new under-screen camera solution solves many of the technical and…
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