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    “Filmmakers” stole woman’s video, made fake interview with her – and won an award for it

    Apr 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    Unfortunately, plagiarism is not at all rare in the world of photography and filmmaking. But Cara Neo, also known as Syrena, Singapore’s First Mermaid has…

    Watch the new VR horror series ‘Campfire Creepers’ for free

    Apr 30, 2018 Chad Verzosa

      If you’ve ever wondered how it feels like to watch a horror film in virtual reality, then you’re in luck. Dark Corner Studios has…

    Gaia space telescope captured this breathtaking star map of the Milkyway Galaxy

    Apr 30, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    The European Space Agency (ESA) just released the second star map taken by Gaia space agency’s one-billion-pixel camera. It contains 1.7 billion stars in our…

    Instagram testing slow motion video, Story reactions and a mute button

    Apr 30, 2018 John Aldred

    According to The Verge, it seems that Instagram are testing out a bunch of new features. Amongst them, there’s slow-motion video for Stories, Story reactions,…

    DxO to release updates to Nik collection in June despite going into receivership

    Apr 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    When Google abandoned Nik Collection, DxO Labs acquired it and announced plans to develop it further. Despite going into receivership recently, DxO Labs hasn’t given…

    Lexar has run out of XQD cards – no more until Summer

    Apr 30, 2018 John Aldred

    When Longsys acquired Lexar from Micron last September, it threw the storage card world into disarray. What was happening to all of Lexar’s products? Were…

    Think your photos are Instagram-worthy? Ask BBC Tomorrow’s World AI chat-bot for analysis

    Apr 28, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    Ever wonder why your photos aren’t getting enough likes on Instagram? Well, visit BBC Tomorrow’s World‘s Facebook page for a little experiment. As soon as…

    LumiWatch is a projector smartwatch that turns your arm into a really bad touchscreen

    Apr 27, 2018 John Aldred

    The idea of a smartwatch that could project a “screen” onto your arm with an interactive touch UI has been around for a while. But…

    Photographer disqualified from wildlife photo contest for submitting an image of stuffed anteater

    Apr 27, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    National History Museum has announced that it’s disqualifying Marcio Cabral’s winning photo from the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Cabral’s image titled The…

    Pinterest now uses AI to let you filter photos by skin tone

    Apr 27, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    Pinterest has just rolled out a new, AI-powered feature that lets you browse through beauty images by skin tone ranges. Visiting Pinterest is one of…