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Europe’s switch to LED lights is visible from space, scientists are concerned
Sep 20, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In an attempt to reduce energy consumption and make street lighting more environmentally friendly, Europe has been switching to LEDs in its street lights. However,…
AI-generated images are now banned from photography website PurplePort
Sep 16, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
PurplePort, a website connecting photographers to models, has decided to ban machine-generated images. While sites like Flickr are embracing the new technologies, PurplePort considers them…
Topaz Photo AI launches today with all its auto image tools in one program
Sep 16, 2022
Alex Baker
Topaz Labs has launched its new program Photo AI which combines all of its most popular image tools under one umbrella. The image editing tools…
Instagram Reels’ engagement sucks, leaked report shows
Sep 13, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In an attempt to be as popular as TikTok, Instagram has been pushing Reels in every possible way. One would say that the platform is…
The Snap Filter is yet another smartphone filter kit for iPhones (only iPhones)
Sep 6, 2022
John Aldred
Smartphone filter kits seem to be coming through thick and fast lately, with the most recent being NiSi’s iPhone filter kit announced a few weeks…
Canon Germany issues statement – Confirms blocking Viltrox from making autofocus RF mount lenses
Sep 6, 2022
John Aldred
Canon has previously been very quiet on the topic of 3rd party RF lenses. Last year, all of Samyang’s autofocus RF mount lenses disappeared from…
The USB4 V2.0 specification has been announced offering 80Gbps transfer speeds
Sep 5, 2022
John Aldred
As seems to happen every couple of years, a new USB specification has been announced for us to adopt at some point in the future….
James Webb telescope captures distant planet outside our solar system
Sep 2, 2022
Alex Baker
Astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The…
NASA turns James Webb’s first photos into ethereal music
Sep 1, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Back in July, James Webb Space Telescope’s first photos were released. And so far, we all know that they look absolutely stunning. But how do…
Death of creativity: AI-generated image wins a fine arts competition
Sep 1, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
AI text-to-image (even text-to-video) platforms have been a thing for a while now. We’ve seen plenty of creative stuff generated through Midjourney or DALL-E… But…