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Another great first for James-Webb, NASA’s superpowered space telescope, which began observing last July. Thanks to one of his instruments, the Mirim imager developed by the CEA on this side of the Atlantic in France, James-Webb was able for the first time to detect rocks of comparable size to Earth emitted by an exoplanet, as reported in the press release of the NASA explained. The exoplanet in question is called Trappist-1b; It is part of a rich system of seven terrestrial planets orbiting the star Trappist-1, a tiny red dwarf (its radius and mass are about 11.5% and 8% of the Sun, respectively) located 40 light-years from Earth away near the constellation is Aquarius.

Like Earth, Trappist-1b emits very weak infrared radiation back into space, heated by its star. Miri, the only James Webb imager working in the mid-infrared range, was sensitive to this barely perceptible radiation. More specifically, the teams responsible for these observations – including in France the CEA researcher Elsa Ducrot – used a technique called “photometry of a secondary solar eclipse”. When the planet passes behind its star and is thus obscured by it (secondary eclipse), its infrared radiation disappears, slightly reducing the total amount of light from the system (star and planets). The amount of light derived by subtraction specific to the studied planet is rich in information.

With its Legion range, Lenovo strives to offer advanced gaming configurations, but at sometimes steep prices. Special know-how is required to install all components, including a large graphics card, in a 16-inch case. Among other things, the room must be well ventilated to ensure optimal performance. Luckily these laptops are sometimes on sale and this is the case today for this Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 7 with an RTX 3070 whose price goes up from €2399 to €1199.

The great spring cleaning is getting rid of old things to give your home a new look, but also offering new ones just to balance things out. Lenovo might have thought something like that with this SPRING promo code for its Legion 5i Gen 7 with an RTX 3070 and a 12th gen Core i7, cutting its price in half. But whether you want to throw away your old laptop or not, you can’t miss this offer.

The Legion 5i Gen 7 in a few points

• An RTX 3070 with a 125W TGP
• A 165 Hz WQHD display
• A 12th Gen Core i7 with 16GB of RAM

Instead of the usual 2399 euros, the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 7 is now available for 1199 euros in the official store as a promotion.

A competitive WQHD display

For a gamer, the screen is an important criterion and you need one that has a very good refresh rate if possible. In this high-end configuration of the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 7 we have a 15.6-inch IPS LCD panel with WQHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels) and with an excellent frame rate of 165 Hz. So you have one such screen clipping good for adventure games with sublime graphics as well as for competitive multiplayer games where slowing down is not allowed.

The manufacturer also states a brightness of 300 cd/m² and full coverage of the sRGB spectrum, which is correct. Finally, we have support for the Dolby Vision format, an HDR technology that extends the range of brightness, as well as G-Sync, Nvidia’s VRR technology to solve the problems of image tearing and juddering, including some games. The chassis itself has full connectivity on the sides, but also on the back.

Gaming power with the RTX 3070

To start your library of AAA video games, you can count on a GeForce RTX 3070 with a TGP of 125W, so you can easily run the current titles by enabling some features like ray tracing and DLSS. Despite the power used, you can rely on effective thermal management, especially thanks to an enlarged air outlet zone. And with its 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD, you’ll have plenty of room to store your games.

At the processor level we have an Intel Core i7-12700H with 14 cores and 20 threads capable of reaching a turbo frequency of 4.7 GHz. It is supported by 16GB of DDR5 4800MHz RAM (expandable up to 32GB), making multitasking smooth and enjoyable. In terms of autonomy, you should not count on a full day, which is the case with all gaming laptops. On the other hand, the 80Wh battery needs the 300W fast charge, which can charge 80% of the tank in half an hour.

For further

To compare the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 7 with other products in the same category, we now invite you to consult our guide on the best gaming laptops of the moment.

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Despite the quality of the cameras on the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23+ and S23 Ultra, a few minor flaws marred the experience. A major update should finally fix all of that.

With this update, Samsung was able to fix the problems with the photo modules of its Galaxy S23 smartphones. // Source: Frandroid – Chloé Pertuis / Anthony Wonner

This is an update that should bring the king back to his throne. In a post published on March 30, 2023 on its community forum, Samsung has just confirmed the deployment of an important update to correct the defects in the cameras of its Galaxy S23, S23 + and S23 Ultra smartphones, released last February. A patch discovered by the specialized website SamMobile.

Despite its 200-megapixel sensor and its clear victory in our last photo comparison, even the S23 Ultra was criticized for images that were too blurry or too much digital noise.

A sharper image in still images and videos

First mentioned by the leaker in early March ice universe, the patch is now finally available for South Korean users. A huge 922MB update that both improves the photo rendering quality of the S23 range and fixes bugs that have surfaced in the months following its release.

• First of all, the update should improve the sharpness of all your shots while reducing the flickering that occurs when shooting low-light videos through the ultra-wide-angle module in Super Steady mode. A message added in the application also explains that this mode needs a lot of ambient light to ensure good image quality.
• Samsung has also improved video stabilization to Full HD at 60 frames per second and disabled automatic selection of IPS when using the rear camera.
• The South Korean manufacturer has also solved a problem of poor photo quality with the night mode turned off, selecting the recording speed priority for high-resolution photos by default.

Fixed several visual issues

Another point that Samsung has focused on: eliminating the visual glitches that some users have been experiencing. In mid-March, many S23 smartphone owners had reported problems with blurred areas in their photos.

• The manufacturer claims to have solved the “intermittent blur” problem by improving optical stabilization (OIS) performance.
• Samsung has also reduced the appearance of stripes in the sky at medium and low brightness and when using 50 and 200 megapixel resolutions. The overall sharpness of these two modes would also be improved.
• A bug that prevented face recognition after a video call via a third-party application has also been fixed, as has the premature display of a green line on the left side of the camera application.

Better photo apps

The applications dedicated to the photos of the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 + and S23 Ultra have also been improved, responding in particular to the criticism of slow photo taking.

• The autofocus (or autofocus) algorithm has therefore been changed so that when you press the shutter button, the application takes a photo, even if the frame is blurred or in focus. However, it is possible to change this parameter, forcing the smartphone to wait for the development before saving the recording.
• Samsung has also improved the camera app’s stability when the frame contains moving subjects.
• Finally, a new option in the Gallery app allows you to immediately delete newly taken photos, even if they’re being processed.

At the moment this important update is therefore only available in South Korea, but we can expect it to be rolled out in other countries soon. SamMobile specifically mentions a possible next update for April 2023.

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Game News PS5 beats PS2! A new record for Sony’s latest console

Published on 03/30/2023 at 4:30 p.m

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After almost two and a half years of marketing, finding a PS5 seems less and less difficult, even if the Sony console is still not very visible in stores. This didn’t stop it from beating a historic record from the PS2!

It seems hard to believe, but it’s almost two and a half years since the PlayStation 5 came out… and it’s normal to be surprised as we’ve pretty much never seen it on the market. Released amid a pandemic that didn’t help the immense excitement of gamers wanting to get their hands on the PlayStation 4 heiress, the PS5 had become a “rare” and unobtainable product. to the point of becoming half a popular internet meme, some(s) doubt the existence of this console. Still, and it may seem unlikely, the PS5 is selling well, if not very well. If we tell you about it, it’s simply because of that Sony’s latest console just broke a historic record for the manufacturer, held by the legendary PlayStation 2. Known as the best-selling console of all time…

Summary

• PlayStation and home consoles, a story that works
• The historic record of the PS2 is beaten by the PS5
• A performance that says a lot about the trend

PlayStation and home consoles, a story that works

It’s no secret that since the very first PlayStation was launched in late 1994 in Japan and then in 1995 in the rest of the world Sony shaped the home console market and was an ultra-dominant player for four generations. rivaled only by an Xbox 360, which made life difficult for the PlayStation 3 in the seventh generation of the machine. After that, the PS4 successfully contributed to this prancing line of consoles at the top of the market: It was therefore logical to hope that the PS5 would do the same, despite having a lot in common with the equally unlikely and serious competition of the Nintendo Switch. which certainly doesn’t play in the same place from a technological point of view, but has beaten the PS4’s pawn in total sales… and in almost 3 ½ years less operation.

The historic record of the PS2 is beaten by the PS5

Despite the increasingly frequent arrival of its “in-house” licenses on the PC, Sony’s exclusivity obviously helps cement its leading position in the home console market. Therefore, even the presence of Microsoft and the appeal of its Xbox series, fueled by the omnipotence of its Game Pass, doesn’t seem in any way to call into question gamers’ interest in the latest addition to the PlayStation galaxy. In fact, according to VGC, PS5 sales in February 2023 are the best in PlayStation history in 18 years in the United States during this period. Breaking a record the PS2 held that seemed impossible to match, even the PS4 couldn’t.

A performance that says a lot about the trend

In total, Never has a PlayStation console sold so many sales in the United States in one month of February in almost thirty years. An incredible achievement, but one that should be put into perspective as it is not an isolated phenomenon. The gaming console market just did insanely well in February 2023, particularly driven by the PS5… which no doubt also benefited from the favorable guesswork. In short, a real virtuous circle. What would be asked if Sony could not use this to increase the price of its console on American territory, where it is currently still marketed at $ 500, unlike in Europe where the price is now €50 higher than when it was launched. In any case, in the area that the manufacturer seems to focus on the most, the PS5 seems to be doing really well! Sony had announced in January that the PS5 would finally come out of the shortage, and even hoped to eventually beat the PS4 sales numbers. The future will show…

Growth in PlayStation 5 hardware spending propelled hardware market gains in February. PS5 was the top-selling hardware platform in units and dollars for both February 2023 and the 2023 YTD period. Year-to-date HW spending is now 29% higher than the same period in 2022.

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) March 29, 2023

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A first online tool enables the generation of videos from text based on the model of Midjourney and image generation AIs. But at the moment the result is still patchy.

If you’re still amazed by the answers from ChatGPT or the graphics generated by Midjourney, you might be a little more surprised by the new level of artificial intelligence: generating videos from plain text. This is what the Modelscope tool, which is still in its infancy, offers.

Based on the same principle as the other AIs, Modelscope makes it possible to create short videos from a “prompt”, i.e. a written instruction. And so the first idea from a user of the Reddit forum was to get actor Will Smith to eat spaghetti. And the result, seen more than 4 million times on Twitter, is frankly terrifying.

Another user took up the same idea, this time with actress Scarlett Johansson, and laboriously ate spaghetti again.

In fact, there seems to be a netizen obsession for celebrities eating everything from pizza to cake. Modelscope and its obvious flaws still give them a very sketchy or even nightmarish look.

Many generated videos show a Shutterstock watermark, suggesting that the tool pulls basic visuals from online image and video databases to work.

At the moment Modelscope can be used via the HuggingFace platform but is at full capacity. In fact, other models are currently in use, but none are sufficiently mature, which was also the case with Midjourney or Stable Diffusion a year ago.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and Dall-E, is also working on a similar AI that should show much more convincingly what generative AI can do in this area.

Thomas Leroy Journalist BFM Business

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VANCOUVER, BC, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A motion was filed on March 9, 2023 before a hearing panel of the Investment Dealers Division of Canada’s New Self-Regulatory Organization (New SRO) in the matter of Donald Warren Metcalfe (respondent). Hearing of motion adjourned to August 15, 2023.

The motion relates to disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Metcalfe (the defendant) based on allegations that he engaged in fraudulent behavior in relation to loans and failed to cooperate with law enforcement officials who were conducting an investigation. The defendant requests that the disciplinary proceedings be stayed.

The hearing shall be public unless the hearing panel decides that it should be held in camera. The hearing panel’s decision will be made available to the public at www.iiroc.ca.

hearing date:The hearing will be held via videoconference on August 15, 2023 at 10 a.m. PT.

The hearing notice and statement of allegations can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

Gary Man Kin Ng and Donald Warren Metcalfe – Notice of Hearing and Statement of Allegations

The Investment Dealers Division of the new SRO officially opened the investigation into the Respondent’s conduct in February 2020. The alleged violations were allegedly committed when the defendant was a director and officer of PI Financial Corp. and Chippingham Financial Group Limited. The Respondent is no longer a registrant with a firm regulated by the new SRO.

All information on disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms can be found in the Disciplinary Matters section of the IIROC website.

Information on the qualifications and any disciplinary career of consultants who are employed in companies that are subordinate to the new SRO (Investment Dealers division) can be obtained free of charge from the Info-Berater-Service. an investment dealer, advisor or marketer, simply dial 1-877-442-4322.

The new SRO investigates possible misconduct by its member companies or persons registered with it. It may institute disciplinary proceedings which may result in sanctions such as fines, suspensions, permanent ban from registration, expulsion of a Dealer Member or revocation of the rights and privileges of registration or of a Broker Member.

The New Canadian Self-Regulatory Organization (new SRO) is the pan-Canadian self-regulatory body that oversees all investment dealers and mutual fund dealers and all transactions in the stock and securities markets in Canada. Performing the regulatory functions that would be performed by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada, the new SRO is committed to protecting investors, ensuring effective and consistent regulation, and enhancing trust of Canadians in the financial regulations and the people who take care of their investments. For more information, visit www.canadasnewselfregulatoryorganization.ca.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) – General interest news

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