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EA reveals crazy Battlefield: Portal sandbox mode for Battlefield 2042

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Electronic Arts and DICE revealed Battlefield: Portal as a new community-driven multiplayer mode for Battlefield 2042 in a demo at the EA Play event today. The trailer shown off today depicted Nazis from World War II squaring off against modern American soldiers. The Nazis have knives, and the Americans have…
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Iceland Hotel Offers Month’s Stay In Exchange for Northern Lights Photos

A hotel in Iceland is offering a unique opportunity for one photographer: in exchange for photos of the Northern Lights, it will provide airfare to the country as well as a month of room and board. As spotted by Travel and Leisure, Hotel Rangá, located in the countryside of South Iceland and a 90-minute drive away from the capital Reykjavik, is on the lookout for one traveling photographer who…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI startup funding remained strong in Q2, report finds

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The pandemic spurred investments in AI across nearly every industry. That’s according to CB Insights’ AI in the Numbers Q2 2021 report, which found that AI startups attracted record funding…
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Diverse AI teams are key to reducing bias

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. An Amazon-built resume-rating algorithm, when trained on men’s resumes, taught itself to prefer male candidates and penalize resumes that included the word “women.” A major hospital’s…
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Pelican Launches Line of Protective Camera Lens Covers

Pelican, a company known for making high performance hard-shell protective cases for a range of tasks, has partnered with CM Brands to launch a new “Pelican Outdoor” collection, which features new silicone-based rugged lens protectors. The lens cover launch comes alongside several other new products for the Outdoor series including new sleeping pads, blankets, and field packs. The company…
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MobileNews

Astronomer shows stunning Milky Way iPhone photo

An astronomer has shown a highly impressive Milky Way iPhone photo, taken with the iPhone 12 Pro Max using the camera’s ProRAW mode. Tom Kerss says that this image isn’t even the best result possible with the phone … He tweeted the image, expressing his appreciation for the capabilities of the device. We need to talk about the astrographic potential of modern smartphone cameras. This…
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