Bollinger has unveiled an updated design for its electric SUV and pickup trucks with new “production-intent” versions.
The startup is a New York-founded (now Michigan-based) EV company that has been developing a very simple yet versatile electric truck platform.
They first unveiled an all-electric Jeep-like truck, the Bollinger B1, and later a pickup version, the Bollinger B2.
Both…
New Google Assistant design that brings Pixel light bar to all Android phones rolling out
December 11, 2020
In mid-November, Google appeared to settle on a compact design for Google Assistant where the activation panel is half as tall and answers don’t take up the entire screen. Google is now widely testing an Assistant design that brings the light bar to all Android…
As more people gain access to the tools to manipulate images – and as those tools become more accessible – a new study says that the public’s trust in the photos they see online has been significantly harmed.
A study was published by the Adobe earlier this week with…
Leica SL2-S is an Action-Focused Camera: 24.6MP BSI Sensor, 25 FPS
December 10, 2020
Leica has announced the SL2-S, a 24.6-megapixel L-Mount full-frame mirrorless camera that puts more emphasis on speed and video performance than the original SL2. Capable of 25 frames per second shooting and ISO up to 100,000, the SL2-S also boasts considerable video prowess.
The Leica SL2-S is the first Leica to feature a BSI sensor and is positioned by the company to be a “premium segment”…
JJ Abrams’ film company Bad Robot has launched its own game development studio, Bad Robot Games Studio. The entertainment company run by the Star Wars filmmaker has hired Michael Booth, a veteran game creator behind titles such as Valve’s Left 4 Dead.
Booth will be the…
Sensorium has teamed up with Mubert to develop AI-driven DJs that can create music at virtual concerts in virtual reality. It’s the latest in an effort to create artificial people, or virtual beings.
Los Angeles-based Sensorium is known for providing simulated virtual…
Papercup raises $10.5 million to dub videos with AI-generated speech
December 10, 2020
Papercup, a U.K.-based startup developing speech translation technology for video creators, has raised $10.5 million in venture funding. The company says the funds will be put toward machine learning research and expanding its human-in-the-loop quality control feature for customers’ AI-translated videos.
Most of the world’s videos have been recorded in a single language. For example, 33% of…
In at least one region of Canon’s massive global empire, the company has begun listing its sensors for sale to other companies, following in Sony’s footsteps.
This is a noteworthy development, as Canon has to this point reserved its sensors for only its own camera…
Salesforce today peeled back the curtains on ReceptorNet, a machine learning system researchers at the company developed in partnership with clinicians at the University of Southern California’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC. The system…
Xiaomi has introduced a new smartwatch dubbed Mi Watch Lite, which is based on the Redmi Watch that was launched in China last month.
The Mi Watch Lite sports a 1.4″ color touchscreen of 320×320 pixel resolution, which has auto brightness adjustment and a pixel density of 323 ppi. The smartwatch supports over 120 watch faces, with some of them letting you choose the information you want…
