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NASA's DART asteroid impact mission revealed ages of twin space rock targets (images)
SPACE.com - 30 Jul 2024 17:43
Scientists have analyzed images of the twin asteroids Didymos and Dimorphous taken by NASA's DART mission before it impacted the smaller space rock, revealing their age and origins.
The Northern Lights Are Coming Back: How to See the Aurora Borealis This Week
CNET - 30 Jul 2024 02:21
Skywatchers in the Northeast US, upper Midwest and states as far south as northern Oregon might be able to see the spectacular show.
Nvidia and Meta CEOs Talk Generative AI at Siggraph 2024 video
CNET - 30 Jul 2024 01:13Retrospekt Celebrates Barbie's 65th Birthday With New Film Cameras
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 23:27TTArtisan teases AF 75mm F2 for full-frame, says AF lenses are its future
DP Review - 30 Jul 2024 21:18
Lens manufacturer TTArtisan has teased plans to release its newest autofocus lens for full-frame cameras, the AF 75mm F2, in September. The company did not disclose technical specifications or indicate what mounts will b...
Food Photographers, Our Lightroom Presets are Yummy!
The Phoblographer - 30 Jul 2024 21:00
Food photographers should give this a try! With the Phoblographer's presets, you can speed up how you work in Lightroom. You folks asked for them, and now you've got them! Over the years, the Phoblographer's staffers hav...
Lexar's New Professional Go SSD and Hub Are Made for Mobile Filmmakers
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 20:43Logitech has an idea for a "forever mouse" that requires a subscription
Ars Technica - 30 Jul 2024 19:49
Exec says mouse that requires a regular fee for software updates is possible.
Canon Files Patents for Five Unique Zoom Lenses
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 19:48Unbelievable Photo of Olympic Surfer's 'Floating' Celebration Goes Viral
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 18:21A Glimpse of Canon Heaven at the 2024 Paris Olympics
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 18:06Under $2,000: The Best Zoom Lenses for Sony
The Phoblographer - 30 Jul 2024 18:00
Fact: not every photographer can justify spending over $2,000 on a camera lens. Many of us make taxable income from our work but live more frugally. Still, others consider photography to be their passion hobby, similar t...
I Got 'Professional' AI Headshots to See if Photographers Should Worry
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 17:44SmallRig's Compact New On-Camera LEDs Start at Just $25
PetaPixel - 30 Jul 2024 17:01Microsoft experiencing new wave of outages weeks after global IT failure
Sky News - 30 Jul 2024 16:49
Microsoft's cloud service has been hit by another outage, weeks after an IT failure in the company's services ground the world to a halt.
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces scrutiny from UK competition watchdog
Phys.org - 30 Jul 2024 16:20
Britain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it's looking into Google's partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, adding fresh regulatory scrutiny to investment money flooding into the AI industry.
Musk's superhuman vision promise is dangerous: Researchers
Phys.org - 30 Jul 2024 16:10
Researchers have criticized billionaire Elon Musk for promising that his brain implant technology could eventually provide patients with vision superior to normal human sight.
New research framework will help AI chatbots better mimic human conversation
Phys.org - 30 Jul 2024 16:09
As artificial intelligence increasingly impacts our daily lives, researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Management have developed a new framework to transform AI chatbots into more intuitive, human-like conve...
Spain watchdog fines Booking.com 413 mn euros
Phys.org - 30 Jul 2024 16:03
Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it had slapped online travel agency Booking.com with a record 413-million-euro fine for "abusing its dominant position" during the past five years.
Put ChatGPT in C-3PO to make AI as intelligent as humans, scientist says
Phys.org - 30 Jul 2024 16:00
Connecting multiple AIs together and putting them in the body of a robot, similar to Star Wars' C-3PO or R2-D2, is the most likely way AI will become as intelligent as humans, according to a scientist from the University...