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New Gmail with Google Chat tabs rolling out for free accounts, here’s how to turn on [Update: iOS]

May 13, 2021
Last year, Google announced that the future of Gmail will see Chat messaging and group Rooms join the existing Meet video calling integration. This is already available to enterprise Workspace users, and Google is now letting personal Gmail accounts get this “integrated workspace.” Update: The new Gmail with access to Chat and Rooms is now available on iOS for free Google Accounts. This…
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US Army’s Precision Strike Missile breaks range record

May 13, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile ranged 400 kilometers — roughly 250 miles — in a test shot at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on May 12, Lockheed Martin announced. The test marks the farthest the PrSM has flown so far, which is roughly…
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Google Search adds ‘DVD screensaver’ easter egg that might eventually hit the corner

May 13, 2021
Google Search is chock-full of easter eggs and the latest mimics the bouncing DVD screensaver that later generations most likely know from The Office (as they’ve primarily only ever used streaming devices).  As surfaced this afternoon by @_zouhir on Twitter, enter “dvd screensaver” into Google Search on desktop web — this easter egg does not work on mobile web/devices. After the…
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TTartisan releases $770 90mm F1.25 manual prime for Leica M-mount camera systems

May 13, 2021
Chinese optics manufacturer TTartisan has announced its latest lens, the 90mm F1.25 for Leica M-mount camera systems. The lens, which is clearly designed to look like a first-party Leica lens, is constructed of 11 elements in 7 groups, including four high-refractive index elements. Other features include a ten-blade aperture diaphragm, a one meter (3.3’) minimum focusing distance and an aperture…
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How Astronomers Use Gravity as the Ultimate Camera Lens

May 12, 2021
The Hubble Space Telescope has an incredible camera system in its own right, but thanks to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing it can capture images far beyond what human technology and optical science currently allow. As noted by Fstoppers, NASA explains that…
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Tintypes Made Using Focusing Loupes As Lenses

May 12, 2021
This personal project was born of a lifelong pursuit of charting new paths upon the broad field of the artistic landscape, combined with an unexplained passion for vintage ground glass focusing loupes. I’ll never stop looking for magical yet unexplored ways in which to see…
AI & RoboticsNews

DataRobot’s Zepl acquisition bridges the AI divide

May 12, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. DataRobot revealed yesterday during an online AI Experience Worldwide conference that it has acquired Zepl as part of a larger effort to enable data scientists to customize AI models developed on its platform. Zepl created an open source Apache Zepyl notebook that enables data scientists to collaboratively develop and…
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