MobileNews

Google developing ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS to copy data and apps from your iPhone

July 28, 2021
Google is developing a new iOS app called “Switch to Android,” which should be able to copy the most important data from your iPhone and bring over your apps. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able…
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NewsPhotography

Canon patent application shows shutter-like barrier mechanism for protecting mirrorless image sensors

July 28, 2021
Left: The barrier mechanism when it’s closed; Right: The barrier mechanism when it’s open. Canon has filed a new patent application for an in-camera mechanism designed to protect the shutter and image sensor of its mirrorless cameras from dust and debris when no lens is attached. Japanese patent application number 2019–234718 describes (machine-translated) an ‘invention related…
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DefenseNews

House bill would allow Navy to retire cruisers early, adds funds to build second destroyer

July 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — One panel of lawmakers is coming around to letting the Navy decommission its aging cruisers and reinvest the money into new ship construction, even as its Senate counterpart took the opposite approach, setting up a debate that puts at stake billions of dollars in spending. The House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee announced Tuesday that…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Blaize raises $71M for AI edge hardware

July 27, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Blaize, a company developing AI edge computing platforms for automotive, enterprise, and computer vision markets, today announced that it raised $71 million in series D funding led by Franklin Templeton and Temasek, with participation from Denso and other new and existing backers. The company says that the funds will be…
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