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Largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of universe

The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swathes of the sky in more depth and detail. Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope will point its eye at the southern sky []
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Associated Press
· Jul 2, 2026
World's largest digital camera begins 10-year survey of the universe
The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has officially begun its decade-long cosmic survey of the southern sky snapping hundreds of images per night, helping researchers understand concepts like dark matter and dark energy. Photo credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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· Jun 27, 2026
Will New 6G AI Glasses Make Us All Into 'Walking Cameras'?
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The Next Web
· Jul 6, 2026
Camera-free smart-glasses maker Even Realities hits $1bn on a $150M raise
Meta has sold millions of camera-equipped smart glasses, and landed in a privacy storm for it. A Shenzhen startup is betting 1bn that the smarter move is to leave the camera off. Even Realities has raised 150m at a 1 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported. Chinese giants Meituan and Tencent led the round. It makes the [] This story continues at The Next Web
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· Jul 7, 2026
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· Jun 26, 2026
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BoingBoing
· Jul 10, 2026
Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom
Sony announced the RX10 V this week, an all-in-one superzoom camera with a 24-600mm-equivalent ZEISS lens and a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor. If that's unchanged from the nearly decade-old RX10 IV, the rest of the spec sheet has significant upgrades: a dedicated AI chip for subject recognition and tracking that works for people, birds, animals, vehicles and insects; quicker autofocus; and 10-bit 4K/60fps oversampled, uncropped video (up from 8-bit 4K/30). — Read the rest The post Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Related coverage for "Largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of universe": Associated Press — World's largest digital camera begins 10-year survey of the universe. RedState — Will New 6G AI Glasses Make Us All Into 'Walking Cameras'?. The Next Web — Camera-free smart-glasses maker Even Realities hits $1bn on a $150M raise. Mashable — Insta360 X6 camera set to launch, FCC filing suggests. Mindanao Times — St. Luke’s – Global City Enters into Futuristic Era with the Philippines’ First Photon-Counting CT Scanner. BoingBoing — Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom