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NASA’s Osiris REx probe captures a photo of asteroid Bennu from only 0.4 miles away
Jun 19, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex probe, which is currently orbiting around the asteroid 101955 Bennu, has transmitted the photo taken from only 0.4 miles away. NASA has recently…
Photojournalist captures Dallas gunman staring right into his lens from just a few feet away
Jun 18, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
On Monday 17 June, a masked gunman opened fire at a federal courthouse in Dallas. Tom Fox, a Dallas Morning News photographer, was just a…
No women were around for this group photo of Silicon Valley execs, so they Photoshopped some in
Jun 18, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Earlier this month, GQ magazine published an article about a group of tech titans who visited Brunello Cucinelli’s Italian village. The photo following the article…
Instagram will soon make it easier to recover your hacked account
Jun 18, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
With major password leaks we’ve recently seen, there’s an increased chance that your Instagram account will be hacked. In case this happens, Instagram has just…
Canon explains why RF mount lenses are better than EF mount ones
Jun 18, 2019
John Aldred
The pursuit of ultimate optical clarity has been the goal of lens manufacturers for decades. When you look back on the lenses of old,…
The HyperCube gives iPhone and iPad users access external HDs and SSDs
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
This is interesting for your iOS folks. There’s a new Kickstarter in town for something called the HyperCube. It’s an interesting little device that sits…
Don’t drink and fly a drone in Japan or you could wind up in jail
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In most countries, it’s illegal to drink and drive. But in Japan, it has now been proclaimed illegal to fly a drone while drunk. A…
A countdown timer showed up on the Hasselblad website – Is the X1D Mark II (X2D?) on the way?
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
I’m seeing a little bit of speculation on social media after a new countdown timer has just appeared on the Hasselblad website. So soon after…
One of Sony’s investors is calling for them to spin off their sensor division
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
Despite Sony’s popularity with cameras, TVs, Walkmans, and other doohickies, one of their most successful units within the company has been their semiconductor division. The…
This algorithm is a new way to fix distortion in your wide-angle selfies
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
More and more modern phones come with an ultra-wide-angle camera. When it’s a front camera, it lets you capture more people into a group selfie….