Announced today, Sony has released an update to the Sony Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows for custom imaging solutions with the company’s cameras.
The update is designed to allow for automated photography for businesses and researchers to automate and standardize image capture.
Sony says that the update to the SDK is particularly helpful to large e-commerce businesses that need to…
Voigtlander Unveils APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 Aspherical for Leica M
December 8, 2020
Cosina has announced the Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 Aspherical lens for Leica M-Mount cameras based on the E-Mount version the company released last year. The apochromat design is touted as able to produce “ultimate performance” of resolution and contrast.
Thoughts on the Nikon Z6 II for Wildlife Photography
December 8, 2020
I’ve had the Nikon Z6 II in my possession for the past three weeks and have been able to put the camera to use photographing birds, and I’d like to share my thoughts on the experience.
Let me start by saying I am fully aware that three weeks isn’t necessarily long…
Google Cloud is increasing its bet on edge computing by partnering with 200 application developers whose services will now be available from datacenters closer to business customers. By expanding edge computing, Google is hoping to entice even more enterprises to turn to the cloud for their computing needs.
The move is timed to take advantage of the rollout of 5G networks, which promise far…
Google’s Look to Speak taps gaze-tracking AI to help users with impairments communicate
December 8, 2020
Google today launched an experimental app for Android that leverages AI to make communication more accessible for people with speech and motor impairments. Called Look to Speak, it tracks eye movements to let people use their eyes to select prewritten, customizable phrases…
OWC has announced Copy That, an app with the sole purpose of making it easier to copy photos and videos from your iPhone to external storage. It gives you the ability to select what you want to copy, where you want to copy photos to, and how you want to copy them.
The…
Official: Trump to Attend the Army-Navy Game at West Point
December 8, 2020
President Donald J. Trump walks across Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14, 2019, during the 120th Army-Navy Game. (Erik Estrada/U.S. Marine Corps)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend this weekend’s Army–Navy football game in New York, the U.S. Naval Academy‘s athletic director said Monday.
The game on Saturday at the U.S. Military…
Few researchers thoroughly test adversarial attacks on surveillance AI in the real world
December 8, 2020
Advances in machine learning, particularly in computer vision and facial recognition, have enabled systems deployed by governments and private corporations to erode expectations of privacy. Adversarial attacks, or techniques that attempt to fool models with deceptive images…
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Samsung introduced the Galaxy F41 in October as the first member of its new Galaxy F series, and it is now working on the Galaxy F62, which was spotted on Geekbench last week. There’s no official word from Samsung about it yet, but a new report claims the F62 has entered production at Samsung’s facility in Greater Noida in India. It will be one of the slimmest smartphones from Samsung…
