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Planetarium nabs $2.6M for decentralized RPG Nine Chronicles

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Planetarium said its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) so players can own and make their game assets, has raised $2.6 million. NFT gaming unicorn Animoca Brands led the round ahead of the launch of Nine Chronicles’ governance token on the Ethereum cryptocurrency…
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Spell unveils deep learning operations platform to cut AI training costs

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Spell today unveiled an operations platform that provides the tooling needed to train AI models based on deep learning algorithms. The platforms currently employed to train AI models are optimized for machine learning algorithms. AI models based on deep learning algorithms require their own deep learning operations…
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IDC: AI spending will reach $342B in 2021

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Companies could spend nearly $342 billion on AI software, hardware, and services in 2021. That’s according to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker…
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Sigma Unveils the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Sport Lens for E and L Mount

Sigma has announced the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sport lens for Sony E-mount and Leica L-mount. It is the company’s first ultra-telephoto zoom lens that Sigma says has been developed from the ground up specifically for full-frame mirrorless cameras. Sigma touts the new ultra-telephoto zoom lens as one that is both “uncompromising” in performance both optically as well as in its autofocus…
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Making Videos and Books From Your Photos

I shoot a lot of photos. I try to block time here and there to enjoy them because sometimes I feel I shoot more images than I can look at. After a shooting, there will be a moment, either right after or during the same week, where I will transfer the images to the computer…
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Photos of Beirut One Year After the Port Explosion

The explosion that happened last year in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, has moved everyone. The Port of Beirut explosion on August 4th, 2020, didn’t just make it to the headlines for days, but it also massively impacted the beauty, life, and development of the Paris of the Middle East, i.e., Beirut. While Beirut once used to be a key spot for tourists, natives, and travelers to spend quality time…
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