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The rise of the machines: Google’s AI will decide if your photos are aesthetically pleasing
Dec 26, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In a recent blog post, Google has introduced their new AI that can judge your photos based on both technical and aesthetic quality. According to…
Received a Christmas present powered by LiPo batteries? You’ll probably want to read this
Dec 26, 2017
John Aldred
It might’ve escaped your notice, but it’s Christmas. Yesterday was Christmas day, in fact, and lots of people received all kinds of shiny new photography…
The Fujifilm X-Pro2 finally gets 4K video and tethered shooting with new firmware update
Dec 22, 2017
John Aldred
It’s almost two years since the Fujifilm X-Pro2 was announced in January 2016. Since then, it’s become a much loved and well regarded camera for…
MIT Tricks Google’s Vision AI into thinking a turtle is a gun
Dec 21, 2017
John Aldred
There have been a lot of positive. useful and sometimes amusing stories about various image AI & machine learning systems over the past couple of…
Calgary police catch suspected thieves, return stolen Hasselblad gear to The Camera Store
Dec 21, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this week, Calgary-based business The Camera Store was robbed and $35,000 worth of Leica and Hasselblad gear was stolen from their store. Only 48…
America declares its first International Dark Sky Reserve for astrophotographers and stargazers
Dec 20, 2017
John Aldred
Finding somewhere truly dark for astrophotography becomes more and more difficult with each passing day. Light pollution always seems to be increasing. Towns and cities…
Adobe releases the last standalone version of Lightroom
Dec 20, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Adobe announced it back in October, but now it’s official: they have just released the final standalone version of Lightroom, version 6.14. Adobe announces that…
Polar bears suspend their “family time” to assist BBC filmmakers
Dec 19, 2017
John Aldred
It’s all you need, really. There you are, in the middle of a field of ice and snow, filming polar bears and their not-so-subtle courtship…
British police uses AI to detect porn, but it mistakes photos of desert for nudes
Dec 19, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Artificial intelligence is developing fast and has many possible applications. However, it makes mistakes, and this has proven to be a problem for London’s Metropolitan Police….
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
Dec 17, 2017
Udi Tirosh
If you are a sci-fi geek like me there is a good chance you’ve read Ready Player One. I read it a while back, and while…