In recent weeks, the DALL-E 2 AI image generator has been making the waves on Twitter. Google this evening publicized its own version called “Imagen” and it pairs a deep level of language understanding with an “unprecedented degree of photorealism.”
According to Google AI lead Jeff Dean, AI systems like these “can unlock joint human/computer creativity,” and Imagen is “one…
Google Maps Street View gets historical browsing on Android & iOS, Studio tool, compact camera
May 24, 2022
To mark the 15th anniversary of Street View, Google Maps is rolling out a slew of features including the ability to view historical data on Android and iOS, as well as a new camera system.
Google Maps on the web introduced the ability to see older Street View captures in…
After recently expanding its Supercharger pilot program for non-Tesla EV owners, the Supercharger network became the ‘largest 150 kW+ public fast-charging network’ in Europe overnight. It’s quite impressive that Tesla did that basically by just flipping a…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 23, 2022
May 24, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell defends Elon Musk to employees after allegations of sexual misconduct
May 24, 2022
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell sent a company-wide email last week responding to a report of allegations of sexual assault against CEO Elon Musk, claiming she doesn’t believe the allegations to be true. The email, first reported by CNBC and reviewed by The Verge, also…
SpaceX’s Starlink is still scaling up its constellation of internet satellites, and the service is only intended for use at the specific location where the user is registered. But as we noted earlier this month, for an additional $25 per month, it will let users take their…
Kipon has announced the third-generation Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 APS-C lens that it claims features a new lens coating that removes flare and purple fringing. Rated as one of the fastest lenses in the world, the 40mm f/0.85 Mark III is designed with art and portrait photographers in mind.
The nearly $1,800 lens is designed with ten elements in eight groups and a 10-bladed diaphragm to produce…
Canon has been awarded a patent for new artificial intelligence (AI) driven technology that will automatically zoom in to better frame a photo before capture.
Canon’s new AI Zoom technology seeks to identify subjects within a photo’s frame and then either…
Dmytro Kozatsky, an Azov Regiment fighter and photographer, has shared the pictures he took during the last days of the siege of Mauripol before it was captured by the Russians.
Kozatsky’s powerful images are taken from inside the grim Mauripol steel plant where…
Clearview AI is facing a £7.5 million (about $9,444,250) fine after the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the company has broken data protection laws.
The US-based Clearview AI collected more than 20 billion images of people’s faces globally to create an international online database for facial recognition. The majority of its database came from scraping…
