Technology
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Scientists Created Octopus-Inspired Camouflage Technology To Hide In Plain Sight
Scientists have created a synthetic replica of the cells found in octopuses and squids that allow them to blend in with their environment and vanish in an instant. They were inspired by chromatophores, which are peculiar cells found in octopuses and squids that can expand and shrink internal reflective surfaces in reaction to external stimuli,…
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Panasonic has announced a new low-cost high-quality lens.
Panasonic has introduced a new lens molding process that makes camera lenses less expensive to produce while also improving their reliability and performance. It’s a far-infrared lens molding technique for aspherical far-infrared lenses that uses chalcogenide glass to improve camera and sensor performance. Aspherical and diffractive lenses of various sizes can be produced using novel…
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Create a personalised Gmail profile image with the new Google Illustrations tool.
If you use any of Google’s services, which I’m sure you do, you’re probably aware of the small avatar that appears next to your name on Google’s homepage and other services. When you email someone, this is also the avatar that appears next to their name. Most people’s profile pictures are likely from when Google+…
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On-Chip Accelerated AI Processor Unveiled by IBM
IBM today presented details of the upcoming new IBM Telum Processor at the annual Hot Chips conference, which is aimed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help handle fraud in real-time. Telum is IBM’s first processor with on-chip AI inference acceleration while a transaction is in progress. The breakthrough of this new…
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WhatsApp Disappearing Photos: How to Send View Once
WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging software, has recently included the ability to delete images from its platform. This function is simply known as see once, and it allows WhatsApp users to share videos and photographs in chats that the recipient can only view once before they are deleted. Other social networking networks, such as Snapchat,…
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Tensor SoC from Google is simply a rebranding of one of Samsung’s unannounced Exynos chips: Report
At the end of the year, the latest Pixel phones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, will be available. Google has remained tight-lipped on specifics so far but has touted the new Tensor SoC that will power the phone. Now, rumors are circulating that the Tensor SoC is simply a renamed, unreleased Samsung Exynos…
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Google Unveils Tensor, Its Own Microprocessor Chip
Tensor is a custom-built System on a Chip (SoC) developed by Google to power Pixel phones. “We’re ecstatic to show off our new custom Google Tensor chip, which has taken four years to develop (for scale)! Tensor is our most significant Pixel innovation yet, and it is based on our two decades of computing knowledge.…