Nikon has announced two new telephoto zoom lenses, the Nikkor Z 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 VR and the Nikkor Z 70-180mm F2.8, both of which have been on the company’s lens roadmap for a while.
Nikkor Z 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 VR
The Nikkor Z 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 VR is the spiritual successor to Nikon’s F-mount 200-500mm F5.6 lens. Its optical formula includes 25 elements in 17 groups, including six…
An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to calculate the amount of heat energy coming from the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c.
The result suggests that the planet’s atmosphere – if it exists at all – is extremely thin.
With a…
Every cybersecurity vendor has a different vision of how generative AI will serve its customers, yet they all share a common direction. Generative AI brings a new focus on data accuracy, precision and real-time insights. DevOps, product engineering and product management are…
IBM and Adobe are joining forces to enhance content supply chains using AI technology. IBM announced that it will expand its existing collaboration with Adobe to leverage Adobe Sensei GenAI services and Adobe Firefly, a suite of creative generative AI models (currently in beta). Additionally, IBM Consulting will introduce a new range of Adobe consulting services to assist clients in navigating…
Apple is widening its Self Service Repair program to cover its more recent devices, and it’s reducing some of the hassles in the process. As of June 21st, you can get the parts, tools and manuals needed to fix the iPhone 14 range as well as the M2-based versions of the…
Cruise has finally launched an Android app for ridehailing, giving potential customers in San Francisco the option to call one of its robotaxis even if they’re not iPhone users. The self-driving car company told Engadget that 20 percent of its waitlisters are on…
You no longer have to hop between apps just to perform some common tasks in Chrome on your iPhone. Google is updating Chrome for iOS with the option to see Maps addresses, create Calendar events and translate specific text without switching to the relevant app. You can find the location of a restaurant, remind yourself to visit that restaurant and decipher the menu all from one place.
A future…
Raytheon rebrands as RTX
June 20, 2023
Defense contractor Raytheon Technologies shed its century-old name this week as the next step in an overhaul of its corporate strategy.
The company unveiled its new three-letter moniker, RTX, in a LinkedIn post on Monday. The rebranding comes three years after Raytheon…
WASHINGTON — Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show unveiled plans to develop new and advanced defensive capabilities for the KC-46 Pegasus and other future aerial refueling and mobility aircraft.
Boeing and Aurora’s move to…
Adobe Stock creators aren’t happy with Firefly, the company’s ‘commercially safe’ gen AI tool
June 20, 2023
Adobe’s stock soared after a strong earnings report last week — where executives touted the success of its “commercially safe” generative AI image generation platform Adobe Firefly. They say Firefly was trained on hundreds of millions of licensed images in the company’s royalty-free Adobe Stock offering, as well as on “openly licensed content and other public domain content without…
