DefenseNews

SASC advances Air Force secretary pick, six other nominees

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden’s nominee for Air Force secretary and six other top Pentagon picks advanced out of the Senate Armed Services Committee by a voice vote June 10. The Senate must consider them before they can be confirmed. The nominations are as follows: · Frank Kendall ― a former Pentagon acquisition official ― for secretary of the U.S. Air Force. · Heidi Shyu ― a…
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MobileNews

Chrome for Android may soon follow Material You color theming

One of the hallmarks of the upcoming Material You design language, featured in Android 12, is apps theming themselves based on your current wallpaper. Signs have begun to point toward Chrome for Android preparing to support Material You color theming. Material You is set…
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Hands-on with new Nikon Z 105mm and 50mm macro lenses

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hands-on with Nikon’s new Nikkor Z MC 105mm F2.8 VR S and 50mm F2.8 macro lenses Nikon recently announced its first native macro lenses for its Z mount cameras: the Nikkor Z MC 105mm F2.8 VR S and the Z MC 50mm F2.8. Going forward, ‘MC’ is going to be Nikon’s designation for lenses that are…
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Horse Photobombs Maternity Shoot, Smiles for the Camera

An Ohio wedding photographer recently found herself working the “best maternity session ever” when one of the couple’s horses decided to join in on the shoot, smile for the camera, and crack everyone up. Cincinnati photographer Kristen Zaffiro was conducting the photo…
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Samsung’s 50MP JN1 Camera Sensor Has Industry’s Smallest Pixels

Samsung has announced that it is beginning mass production of what it claims has the smallest pixels in the industry: 0.64μm-pixels. The 50-megapixel sensor is called the ISOCELL JN1 and is equipped with ISOCELL 2.0, Smart-ISO, and “Double Super PDAF.” Smaller pixels usually means lower image quality and the possibility of introducing more noise, but Samsung specifically chose to push the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI claims to have mitigated bias and toxicity in GPT-3

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. In a study published today, OpenAI, the lab best known for its research on large language models, claims it’s discovered a way to improve the “behavior” of language models with respect to ethical, moral, and societal values. The approach, OpenAI says, can give developers the tools to dictate the tone and personality…
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