ROME — Directed-energy beams could be the next step in bringing down hostile drones, officials from the Italian Air Force are predicting.
“This technology is moving really fast and we are evaluating both microwave and lasers as solutions for stopping drones,” said Col. Salvatore Lombardi, director of the Air Force’s UAV center of excellence at Amendola Air Base, southern Italy, which…
Last week, Google announced “Smart Canvas” as a set of features to boost the interconnectedness of Docs and other Workspace apps. Google Docs is now getting a low-hanging capability to “position an image in front of or behind text.”
Additionally, this formatting…
EV startup Faraday Future is celebrating the grand opening of what it’s calling the FF Futurist Experience in New York City, allowing the public to see its upcoming FF 91 EV up-close for the first time. This experience will coincide with Faraday Future’s pending SPAC…
WASHINGTON — By the end of this fiscal year, one company could rake in a contract worth up to $490 million to provide the U.S. Air Force with technologies to counter the threat of small, commercially made drones.
On April 13, the Air Force released a request for proposals for the “rapid research, development, prototyping, demonstration, evaluation, and transition” of technologies that can…
Adobe has released an update to Photoshop on desktop, bringing its popular photo editing software up to version 22.4. The May 2021 release of Photoshop desktop fixes numerous known issues, adds new features and improved Neural Filters. Plus, as we mentioned last week, native…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE (Fan Edition) could be officially launching soon according to a new German product page spotted by WinFuture. The tablet appears to be a renamed version of the previously leaked “Galaxy Tab S7 Plus Lite” that first made the rounds in March…
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Fireflies, an AI voice assistant that joins videoconferencing meetings to take notes, today announced that it raised $14 million in series A funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners and angel backers. It plans to use the proceeds to expand its platform and acquire new customers, as well as to…
A high school in Florida has sparked outrage after it was discovered that at least 80 female students had their photos digitally edited in the yearbook to hide their chests and shoulders.
The New York Times reports that students at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns…
Chinese camera lens manufacturer 7artisans has expanded its lineup of Nikon Z Mount lenses to include a 10mm f/2.8 Fisheye ($270), 55mm f/1.4 II ($130), and the 60mm f/2.8 II Macro ($180).
All three lenses were previously available for other mounts but are now coming to…
Last week I was in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world on a video shoot for Kelby One on Crissy Field — one of the premier spots in town — at the foot of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge when one of my cameras was stolen right in front of me.
Call this a stand-up robbery — but at least there was no gunplay.
Thursday I was doing what they call in the trade a…
