Month: July 2024
DJI’s latest gadget lets you control cameras and view video remotely
DJI has introduced a new video transmission device that will allow creators to control cameras and gimbals and view video from up to 1.8 miles away. Called DJI SDR Transmission (SDR stands for “software defined radio”), it’s designed for use in “complex environments” and is targeting small- to medium-sized film…
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Mercedes-Benz’s 400kW EV chargers are coming to Starbucks
Mercedes-Benz and Starbucks are teaming up to install fast electric vehicle chargers at 100 coffee-slinging locations on Interstate 5, which runs along the West Coast from Canada to Mexico. The new stations will be part of the German automaker’s $1 billion plan to build 2,000 new EV charging hubs across…
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13 AMC shows are coming to Netflix – here are 3 with over 91% on Rotten Tomatoes that I can’t wait to watch
Netflix is bringing not one, not two but 13 AMC series to its service on August 19, and there are some real gems among them. One of my favourite gross-out comedies, Preacher, is there and the delightfully silly gangster drama Gangs of London is coming too. The full list…
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The Morning After: AI models from Apple, NVIDIA and more were reportedly trained on YouTube videos
Some of the world’s largest tech companies trained their AI models on datasets that included transcripts of more than 173,000 YouTube videos without permission. That’s according to an investigation from Proof News, which laid out how Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic, among other companies, used transcripts of YouTube videos from more…
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The Apple Watch’s new Vitals app will only work properly if you wear it while sleeping, Apple says
At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, Apple lifted the lid on a new Apple Watch app called Vitals that’s arriving in watchOS 11. Designed to help you track your health metrics, and act on them, it was one of the more noteworthy new additions to the Apple Watch…
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Samsung’s new image-generating AI tool is a little too good
The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge. Samsung would very much like us (and its shareholders) to know that its new phones are the AI-est phones that ever AI-ed, and the Fold 6 that I’m…
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