Scientists are searching for evidence of possible ancient life on Mars, but they may be looking in the wrong locations, according to new research.
The automaker has made it clear that the range, efficiency, and technological merits of the EQXX will trickle down to series-production Mercedes vehicles.
We’re fast approaching Prime Day, one of the biggest online shopping events of the year, but Amazon isn’t waiting to slash the prices of some of its own products. The company has discounted several Eero 6 routers exclusively for Prime members. The standard Eero 6, for instance, is down from $89 to $71 for Prime members. That matches the lowest price we’ve seen to date.
Buy Eero 6 at Amazon (Prime exclusive) – $71
As with the other models, the Eero 6 is a mesh router. The price is for a single node. The router supports WiFi 6 with speeds of up to 900Mbps and the ability to connect more than 75 devices. Amazon says the device will cover up to 1,500 square feet. The company’s TrueMesh tech prioritizes traffic to certain devices — a TV streaming a movie in 4K will require much more bandwidth than a smart thermostat, for instance. With the Zigbee smart home hub, which is built in, Eero 6 will connect Zigbee-compatible devices to Alexa.
Several other Eero models have dropped to new all-time low prices. Among them is the Eero 6+, which is $90, down from $139. This model supports speeds up to a gigabit and has two 1Gbps Ethernet ports. You may also get faster connectivity thanks to support for 160 MHz client devices.
Buy Eero 6+ at Amazon (Prime exclusive) – $90
The Eero Pro 6 also costs less than it ever has to this point. Amazon has lowered the price from $229 to $148. The device can cover 2,000 square feet and it supports speeds of up to 1Gbps.
Buy Eero Pro 6 at Amazon (Prime exclusive) – $148
In addition, the Eero Pro 6E is on sale. It’s down to $179, which is $120 off the regular price. As the name suggests, this router supports the WiFi 6E protocol and more than 100 connected devices. It provides speeds of up to 1.3Gbps over WiFi and 1Gbps via Ethernet. Each node covers up to 2,000 square feet. Along with Zigbee products, you can use the Eero Pro 6E as a home hub for Thread devices (Pro 6 has Thread support too.)
Buy Eero Pro 6E (Prime exclusive) at Amazon – $179
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Hyundai has revealed the design for Ioniq 6, its upcoming electric vehicle that was inspired by the Prophecy concept EV it showed off in 2020. It retains the Prophecy’s futuristic elements without looking like it was a prop made for a sci-fi movie, with its aerodynamic profile and clean lines. Hyundai says the vehicle will have an ultra-low drag coefficient of 0.21 — most modern cars have an average drag coefficient of 0.25 or 0.3 — thanks to its low nose and active air flaps, among other elements. Its elliptical wing-inspired spoiler and slight boat-tail structure help make it more aerodynamic, as well.
Inside, the Ioniq 6 has a cocoon-shaped interior that’s trimmed in sustainable materials, such as eco-process leather or recycled PET fabric for its seats. The company’s modular platform for electric vehicles enabled its designers to stretch the car’s dimensions and give it a completely flat floor for more legroom and space. For its entertainment and navigation system, it has a modular touchscreen dashboard with a 12-inch touchscreen display and a 12-inch digital cluster.
The automaker has yet to announce the EV’s specs, but to give you an idea, the Ioniq 5 has a 72.6-kWh battery that can deliver up to 300 miles of range. It also boasts 320 horsepower, 446 pound-feet of torque and the capability to go from 0 to 60 MPH in under 5 seconds. Hyundai will reveal the Ioniq 6’s full specifications and features during its world premiere in July.
Europe has had a Mars orbiter in space for two decades, and so it’s not surprising to learn it was using software made with an ancient version of Windows.
With the return of Jane Foster, the addition of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and a villain as evil as Gorr the God Butcher, Thor: Love and Thunder has a lot going on. That’s why, while Tessa Thompson’s character Valkyrie is, indeed, queer in the new film, it doesn’t sound like it’s a big part of that story.
The upcoming Xiaomi 12S Ultra will feature a primary camera powered by the 1-inch type Sony IMX989 camera sensor. Previously, the Sony Xperia PRO-I smartphone and a few others also featured a sensor of similar size. Still, the IMX989 is a new sensor “built for smartphones,” and Xiaomi had some design inputs (including financial) according to the Chinese OEM.
We recently named the Xiaomi 12 Pro as one of the best camera-phone of 2022, so you should pay attention to the brand’s upcoming “camera-first” phone.
Previously, the Xperia PRO-I employed a derivative of the 1-inch sensor initially designed for the formidable Sony RX100 VII compact camera. Also, the Xperia PRO-I doesn’t fully utilize the sensor surface (probably because of the optics size and depth limitation). Unfortunately, it defies the point of having a large sensor if you’re using only 12MP instead of the full 24MP.
Sure, the effective 12MP has great pixel size and overall sensor features, but from a semiconductor point of view, a lot of chip die area (and therefore money) is wasted.
And that’s precisely why mobile camera sensor sizes have somewhat stagnated in the past year, after a few years of rapid growth. Despite most marketing claims of “software prowess, “many photographic performance improvements have been driven by camera hardware escalation. That’s precisely why we measure it with our CAMERA HW benchmark.
It’s not to say that software is not essential (it is), but the obvious reason why OEMs keep upgrading the camera hardware is that software can only improve image quality so much. Even Google had to make a colossal camera upgrade in the Pixel 6 to stay competitive despite a reputation for having the best image processing.
Xiaomi is said to have found a way to use the whole sensing surface, perhaps with a redesign of the optics, but we would need further explanations. That’s a simple physical limitation that should be easy to describe without revealing secrets. Until then, I’ll remain skeptical, but I hope it’s true.
Now, how is the Sony IMX989 “made for smartphones”? Without the detailed specifications, it’s hard to say. It might have to do with features expected on mobiles and not very common on larger cameras, such as optimized readout timing for stacked photography.
It could also have something to do with the chip’s packaging that would be more optimized to fit in a phone. You should not have to care about these details, as long as the camera performs to your liking.
The sensor is 16mm in diagonal, prompting some pundits to be puzzled that it’s “not one inch,” but that’s not how exactly how this works. While people say “one-inch” sensor, they should really say “one-inch type sensor.”
The “one-inch” term dates back to the cathode ray tube (CRT) broadcasting days, when broadcasting cameras used a sensing surface within a CRT, and from the outside, the tube’s diameter was 1-inch. Inside, the sensing surface’s diagonal was about 16mm.
However, the industry stuck with the 1-inch terminology until today. Cined has a great explanation if you want more details, but this is not new at all, and I wrote a size converter between inch and mm specifications for our CAMERA HW benchmark a while back.
Sony IMX989: A Gigantic Smartphone Camera Sensor
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Marta Kauffman initially dismissed criticisms of casting six white actors. She now feels “embarrassed” about it — and put her money where her mouth is.
Snap is launching an optional subscription service offering “exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features,” it announced. The $4 a month service is aimed at “passionate” snapchat users and launching this week in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The exclusive features are modest to start with, including the ability to change the app icon, see who re-watched a story and pin a friend to the top of your chat history as a “BFF,” Snapchat SVP Jacob Andreou told The Verge. Some of those features like BFF will only be available to subscribers, but others may filter over to the main Snapchat app.
Snap relies mainly on its advertising model for revenue, so the new service is a break from that. It also makes money selling hardware like its Spectacles smart glasses and new Pixy drone, but that revenue is relatively small change compare to its ad business. The company recently announced a hiring freeze during its last earnings report and saw its stock price plunge dramatically over the last two months.
Drones are more accessible than ever, and that means some people are able to buy them for nefarious purposes, such as snooping over private property.
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