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Google Docs adds Smart Compose, autocorrect to comments

January 6, 2021
Since Smart Compose launched in Gmail at I/O 2018, the machine learning feature has expanded to more users and other products. In Google Docs, the helpful tool, along with autocorrect, is now available when commenting. After the email app, Smart Compose in late 2019 came to Google Docs. Like in Gmail, it’s useful for writing long form and takes care of automatically entering repetitive phrases…
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Israel, Greece sign $1.7 billion deal for Air Force training

January 6, 2021
JERUSALEM — As part of a $1.68 billion deal between Israel and Greece — the largest-ever defense agreement between the two countries — the Hellenic Air Force will acquire 10 M-346 aircraft and Israel’s Elbit Systems will establish a flight school and maintain…
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Shooting Portraits with a Giant IMAX Lens on a Canon EOS R

January 5, 2021
In an endeavor that seems to be driven only by curiosity, Photographer Jay P. Morgan modded an old IMAX lens to allow it to work with his Canon EOS R. But just getting the lens to work wasn’t enough, as Morgan decided to take the lens way out of its element: street portraiture. The giant lens was made by Iwerks Entertainment, a company founded in 1985. While it is now known as SimEx-Iwerks…
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Expect Multiple Sony Cameras This Year, But Delayed Due to Fire: Report

January 5, 2021
There are reports that multiple Sony E-Mount cameras are going to come to market this year, with at least two recently registered in Japan. That said, a recent factory fire may be delaying their launch. In early December, PetaPixel reported that a massive fire completely destroyed the AKM parts factory in Japan. AKM is known mostly for producing parts critical to the manufacture of A/V products…
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Xiaomi Mi 10i debuts with Snapdragon 750G, 120Hz LCD and 108MP camera

January 5, 2021
The latest addition to Xiaomi’s growing Mi 10 line is the Mi 10i. It borrows the design and specs of the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G but unlike its Redmi cousin, the Mi 10i is manufactured in India as part of the Make in India initiative. The headlining feature here is Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL HM2 sensor which is placed next to an 8MP ultrawide module and two 2MP sensors for macro shots and depth…
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