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The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

Ars Technica

CEDAR PARK, TexasEarly Sunday morning, while most of America is sleeping, a couple dozen engineers in Central Texas will have their eyes glued to monitors watching data stream in from a quarter-million miles away. Read full article Comments

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Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing

Ars Technica

But the pice de rsistance for Firefly's first Moon mission might be the daily dose of imagery that streamed down from the Blue Ghost spacecraft. Read full article Comments This location is in a flat basin situated on the upper right quadrant of the side of the Moon always facing the Earth.

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Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

Ars Technica

A few dozen engineers in Firefly's mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away. Read full article Comments The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). Yall stuck the landing, were on the Moon!"

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AI camera operator repeatedly confuses bald head for soccer ball during live stream

The Verge

When the pandemic stopped fans attending matches, the club announced it would live stream its games, using an automatic camera system with “in-built, AI, ball-tracking technology” to make sure people always get the best view of the action. The commentator had to apologise today as the camera kept on mistaking the ball for the linesman’s head.

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Netflix expands HDR support with HDR10+

Ars Technica

You have to subscribe to Netflix's Premium ad-free plan to stream content in HDR and 4K resolution. Read full article Comments HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are especially impactful when watching HDR content on lower-priced HDR TVs that could suffer from poor black levels and other performance gaps.

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Streaming used to make stuff networks wouldn’t. Now it wants safer bets.

Ars Technica

There was a time when it felt like you needed a streaming subscription in order to contribute to watercooler conversations. Without Hulu, you couldnt comment on how realistic The Handmaids Tale felt, and you needed Prime Video to prefer The Boys over the latest Marvel movies. This year, streaming companies are pinching pennies.

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Apple TV+ crosses enemy lines, will be available as an Android app starting today

Ars Technica

Apples streaming and media services have been an exception to this, going all the way back to iTunes for Windows the company offers Apple Music on Android devices , for example, and Apple TV+ (the service) works on Roku devices, game consoles, and most other smart TVs. Read full article Comments

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