GamingNews

EA Play digital event set for July 22

May 11, 2021
Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Electronic Arts announced today that it will broadcast EA Play event on July 22. This is essentially EA’s E3-without-E3 show. The publisher has been doing its own thing separate from the big trade show in recent years. However, the result is the same: EA hosts an event where it announces games. This year, it will take place a bit…
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Nikon Denies Any Z-Mount Lens Delay, Promises 30 Lenses by Year’s End

May 11, 2021
According to some reports, Nikon put its Z-mount lens roadmap on hold and postponed several announcements that were supposed to come in April. Nikon has now explicitly denied these rumors, and further promised to stay on track to bring its lens lineup to “approximately” 30 lenses by fiscal year’s end. In early May, Nikon Rumors reported that while Nikon was supposed to release several Nikon…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Edge AI chipset developer Sima.ai raises $80M

May 11, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Sima.ai, a company developing embedded edge hardware for machine learning applications, today announced that it raised $80 million in a series B round led by Fidelity Management & Research…
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How Does Luminar AI Compare to Lightroom Classic in 2021?

May 11, 2021
I wanted to see how Luminar AI works when compared to Lightroom in 2021, and to do so I took one image — a photo of a lavender field in the south of France — and processed it in both. First, let’s start with Lightroom. I chose to do some basic development to get the…
AI & RoboticsNews

Mythic raises $70M to disrupt AI chips with analog and flash components

May 11, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Mythic has raised $70 million to fund the analog-based AI processors it plans to launch later this year. Mythic has spent nine years coming up with a patented, potentially disruptive way to compete with other makers of artificial intelligence chips. The company emphasizes energy efficiency and lower cost with its design…
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TTArtisan Launches 90mm f/1.25 Lens for Leica M-Mount

May 11, 2021
TTArtisan has announced a new Leica M-Mount rangefinder lens that, even upon close inspection, looks remarkably similar to a Leica optic. The company promises smooth transitions between objects and bokeh for a “dreamy picture” with ideal depth of field and background…
MobileNews

iPhone production in India halved at COVID-hit Foxconn plant

May 11, 2021
A COVID-hit Foxconn plant in India has resulted in iPhone production being halved at the facility, as the country struggles to cope with a severe spread of the infection. The country is now the worst-hit in the world in terms of fatalities, having overtaken Brazil last month…
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UK investigates whether Apple discriminates against disabled people with iPhone Upgrade Program

May 11, 2021
The UK’s Financial Ombudsman has opened an investigation into whether Apple discriminates against severely disabled customers through its iPhone Upgrade Program conditions. The complaint was filed by Colin Hughes, a quadriplegic Apple user who says he is unable to comply with Apple UK’s requirement to visit a store in person in order to join or renew … Hughes previously shared with…
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