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VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are a popular choice for passenger-carrying "air taxis," but it's easy to forget that they also make for quite versatile consumer drones. One such beast, the Swan Voyageur, could be yours for US$1,299.Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Swan Voyageur is made by Hong Kong startup HEQ.It's a tail-sitter VTOL, meaning that it sits in a vertical orientation – with its nose pointing straight up – when taking off, landing and hovering. In that orientation, its four…

Microsoft has released two new Windows 11 previews to the Windows Insider Beta Channel with improvements to Defender for Endpoint's ransomware protections and other fixes. Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Beta Channel builds have included two releases: a higher build number with features rolling out, and a lower build number with features off by default. In this case, build 22622.450 and 22621.450 don't appear to be very different as both builds received fixes and other improvements. "We enhanced Microsoft Defender for…

The company’s edge services platform is designed to help network teams improve IT efficiency by reducing the time spent on manual tasks. Image: momius/Adobe Stock Network modernization is a key component of digital transformation initiatives for organizations looking to achieve better business outcomes. With that in mind, Aruba has announced its new Aruba Edge Services Platform with AIOps capabilities designed to reduce the time IT professionals spend on manual tasks such as network troubleshooting,…

Netflix plans to acquire Sydney-based Animal Logic, an animation studio that has worked on hits from Happy Feet to The Lego Movies, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. The move will accelerate Netflix's efforts to build end-to-end animation production capabilities, the statement said. The streaming service has produced several animated titles including Oscar-nominated films Over the Moon and Klaus."Netflix has been investing in animation over the past few years and this furthers our commitment to building a…

The tech industry's latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them what it feels like to be a sentient computer, or maybe just a dinosaur or squirrel. But they're not so good — and sometimes dangerously bad — at handling other seemingly straightforward tasks.Take, for instance, GPT-3, a Microsoft-controlled system that can generate paragraphs of human-like text based on what it's learned from a vast database of digital books and online writings. It's considered one of the most advanced…

Infosys on Wednesday announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop quantum computing capabilities and use cases. Infosys will use Amazon Braket to explore and build multiple use cases in quantum computing as part of Infosys Cobalt cloud offerings.Amazon Braket is a fully managed quantum computing service that helps scientists and developers get started with the technology and accelerate research and discovery, Bengaluru-headquartered Infosys noted in a statement.Infosys said it will look to…

Bitcoin has never had such opportunities for years and is only now making inroads into DeFi. Cryptocurrencies have been part of our conversation for the last few years. While no one denies Bitcoin is the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, its dominance has declined. In fact, it has been well below 70% for several months and shows no sign of moving up again. Current crypto market conditions are not helping with this matter, although it has helped create small momentum for the Bitcoin dominance metric. Experts…

The company demoed conversational AI, composable desktop and low-code / no-code features designed for enhanced communication in its OneCloud CaaS platform last week. Image: fizkes/Adobe Stock Avaya showed off its modernized contact center experience in a series of demonstrations last week on how the company is utilizing Cloud 3.0 as well as conversational AI and machine learning into voice, video, chat and messaging without the need for companies to change platforms. SEE: Hiring Kit: Cloud Engineer…

From having two of the top 100 supercomputers in the world in 2020, the country now has none in that bracket, and only three in the top 500, according to a global ranking service for the fastest supercomputers in the world, called Top 500. Supercomputers can accelerate calculations by providing exponentially larger computing power than regular machines. In May 2020, researchers at US Oak Ridge National Lab ran thousands of simulations to find drug compounds that could stop…

Image Source : GARMIN Garmin Forerunner 955 and 255 series with GPS Running and Solar Charging capabilities  Garmin has launched the new Forerunner 955 Solar and GPS running smartwatch Forerunner 255 series in India. The new smartwatch is claimed to be the first dedicated GPS-running smartwatch in the world with solar charging, and GPS running feature.  The new smartwatches from the latest Garmin series will include models like: Forerunner 255 Basic Forerunner 255S Basic Forerunner 255 Music Forerunner 255S Music…