Zoom on Mac may be recording you even when you"re not using it
Zoom users on Mac are seeing an orange light in the Menu Bar indicating their microphone is on even when they're not in a call......»»
Researchers devise new quantum photonics technique to create better holograms
By enabling the recording and reconstruction of faint light beams containing a single particle of light, a new technique opens the door to holographic imaging of remote objects......»»
Orbital angular momentum boosts multiplexed holography
Optical holography is a powerful method for recording and reconstructing complete optical field information, including intensity and phase. It has found extensive applications in various fields, such as optical display, imaging, data storage, encrypt.....»»
Midjourney’s new zoom-out feature is becoming the next big AI sensation
Check out how Midjourney videos are creating a buzz on social media with mesmerizing zooms making its incredible AI artwork even more eye-catching......»»
“Stunning”—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature
Midjourney v5.2 features camera-like zoom control over framing, more realism. Enlarge / Midjourney 5.2 allows "zooming out" on synthesized images. The original synthetic image is shown in the red dotted box here. (credit: Midjour.....»»
Researcher uses hydrostatic pressure to understand RNA dynamics
Just as space holds infinite mysteries, when we zoom in at the level of biomolecules (one trillion times smaller than a meter), there is still so much to learn......»»
Spatial Audio transforms music, says Alicia Keys and Springsteen recording engineer
Bob Clearmountain, the US recording engineer who mixed Bruce Springsteen’s album, says that he hopes Spatial Audio will bring back the days when people sat down and actively listened to music – instead of it simply being a background soundtrack.....»»
Purely AI-generated songs declared ineligible for Grammy Awards
"A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any categories." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Amid increasing use of generative AI in music, the Recording Academy has updated its rules for the 66th annual.....»»
Drones and other tech play major roles in saving our wildlife
From drones locating koalas hidden in treetops to recording little penguin acoustics and night-time movements on film, Flinders University researchers have shown the importance of technologies such as cameras and AI to help conservation efforts......»»
Is this our first look at the OnePlus Fold? I sure hope so
This might be our very first glimpse at the upcoming OnePlus Fold. It's got a leather back, a periscope-style telephoto zoom camera, and 100W fast charging......»»
Zoom calls are coming to Sony TVs
Sony says its Bravia TVs will soon be the first models that work with the Zoom TV app from the Google Play store......»»
Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 60 feet away
Key-leaking side channels are a fact of life. Now they can be done by video-recording power LEDs. Enlarge / Left: a smart card reader processing the encryption key of an inserted smart card. Right: a surveillance camera video rec.....»»
Lips pouted or not? How improved speaker recognition can help forensic investigations
Police investigations use wiretapped phone recordings as investigative material fairly regularly. But how do they know that the voice on the recording actually belongs to the suspect? Ph.D. student Laura Smorenburg is trying to answer that question......»»
Rightscorp Taps Indie Labels to Fuel New Wave of Piracy Settlement Action
After somehow managing to survive years of losses that pushed the company ever closer to bankruptcy, Rightscorp's piracy settlement model suddenly underpinned recording industry lawsuits against ISPs in the United States. After joining the American.....»»
tvOS 17 feature roundup: FaceTime, karaoke, Zoom, VPN, and more
Apple's old "hobby" Apple TV 4K continues to evolve with ever more useful refinements and features, only a few of which Apple mentioned at WWDC. Here's what's coming to tvOS 17.It might be the forgotten child in comparison to the iPhone, iPad, and Ap.....»»
Recording the entire process of a tera-electron volt gamma-ray burst during the death of a massive star
New research findings on the gamma-ray burst (GRB) named GRB 221009A from the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) were published online by the journal Science on June 8, 2023. The study, titled "A tera-electron volt afterglow from a n.....»»
Zoom’s new AI tools will let you ditch meetings for good
Zoom IQ adopt OpenAI artificial intelligence to deliver a summary of conversations to users when they enter Zoom chats......»»
Spotlight thrown on diary of York woman from 1800s
A diary recording the experiences of a York woman during the Napoleonic Wars has been published, nearly 30 years after it was 'accidentally' discovered......»»
New DirectX 12-to-Metal translation could bring a world of Windows games to macOS
CrossOver announces early, case-by-case support for Windows' current gaming API. Enlarge / This Diablo II Resurrected screenshot looks pretty unremarkable until you zoom into the top-right and see that it's running on an Apple M2.....»»
MS Paint app’s Windows 11 renaissance continues with dark mode, other updates
Paint app also picks up more granular zoom controls, new Settings page. Enlarge / Paint's long-promised dark mode is now available to Windows Insiders. (credit: Microsoft) In the summer of 2021, Microsoft’s efforts to.....»»
MS Paint gets its long-promised dark mode, along with other improvements
Paint app also picks up more granular zoom controls, new Settings page. Enlarge / Paint's long-promised dark mode is now available to Windows Insiders. (credit: Microsoft) In the summer of 2021, Microsoft’s efforts to.....»»