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Your smartphone could recognise you just by the way you hold it
New Scientist - 16 Aug 2022 23:40
An artificially intelligent algorithm has learned to recognise people from the way their hands shake when they hold a smartphone
Godox Lux Junior Review. One of the Best Flashes We've Used
The Phoblographer - 16 Aug 2022 06:00
Years ago, Fujifilm made a small flash for photographers that folks didn't purchase because it was too weak. But of course, there was surely still demand for one when doing street photography. And for years, the modern c...
Flat and Fun 16MP Digital Camera is Made out of Paper
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 21:32How People Adapt to Cybersickness From Virtual Reality
Neuroscience News - 16 Aug 2022 01:00
Those who are prone to motion sickness have a harder time adapting to cybersickness and different virtual reality environments. However, people can adapt to the effects of VR-associated cybersickness by playing the same ...
TikTok Brings Basic AI-Generated Art to the Masses
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 22:49Meet the Environmental Hacktivists Trying to 'Sabotage' Mining Companies
Motherboard - 16 Aug 2022 15:00
A group of environmental hacktivists are targeting mining and oil companies in Central and South America, leaking their internal emails.
Brain Support Cells Transfer Their Mitochondria to Fight Free Radicals
Neuroscience News - 16 Aug 2022 01:32
Astrocytes enhance healing following a brain hemorrhage by transferring their mitochondria to damaged neurons.
AI Tech Let Deceased Woman Talk to Mourners at Her Funeral
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 23:14Apple Employee Says She Could Be Fired for Video on iPhone Security
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 19:28Our Canon EOS R5 Review Update Has Fascinating Feedback
The Phoblographer - 16 Aug 2022 12:00
There aren't many cameras I've seen generate so much hate from the internet like the Canon EOS R5. A ton of it came from the Sony audience. But I've been using the camera for years now, and it's still pretty incredible. ...
WeWork founder Adam Neumann secures $350 million for new housing startup
L.A. Times - 16 Aug 2022 02:42
The investment will be the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz's largest check written for a single round of backing in the fund's history.
New Hubble photo of Orion Nebula is stunning and hypnotic
BGR - 16 Aug 2022 01:16
Hubble has captured a new photo of the Orion Nebula, and it is absolutely breathtaking. The photo is mostly centered around a celestial cloudscape in the nebula, which includes a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 505. Herbi...
New Role for Blood-Brain Barrier in Neuron Function and Damage
Neuroscience News - 16 Aug 2022 00:46
The signals that originate in the cells of the blood-brain barrier also play a direct role in controlling what happens to the neurons the barrier is protecting.
Hackers Attack UK Water Supplier, Apparently Send Ransom Demand to the Wrong Company
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2022 23:45
Hackers infiltrated the corporate-side of a utility that supplies water to about 1.3 million people in the United Kingdom. However, the apparent data breach may not have been the one the cyber-criminals were aiming for.
Zillow Only Wants to Be Fined Once for 2,700 Photo Copyright Infringements
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 21:34AstrHori's $329 85mm F2.8 tilt macro lens is available for six mirrorless camera systems
DP Review - 16 Aug 2022 20:22
Update (Wednesday August 16, 2022 at 3:30pm ET): The original version of this article originally stated this was a tilt-shift lens. That is incorrect - it is a tilt-only lens. The article has been updated to correct this...
U.S. Copyright Office Argues Warhol's Use of Prince Photo Was Not 'Fair Use'
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 19:38Single-shot ultrafast multiplexed coherent diffraction imaging method
Phys.org - 16 Aug 2022 19:07
In a study published in Photonics Research, researchers from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a new scheme for single-shot ultrafast multimodal ...
Skylum to Release 6 More Paid Extensions for Luminar Neo This Year
PetaPixel - 16 Aug 2022 16:59DevSecOps adoption is low but packing a punch in user organizations
TechRepublic - 16 Aug 2022 15:00
Technical limitations are barriers to success but a new report finds that DevSecOps could be a game changer and will see growing market traction. The post DevSecOps adoption is low but packing a punch in user organizatio...
Google Meet's new update makes background blur and effects a bit cleaner
Android Central - 16 Aug 2022 14:29
Google Meet has rolled out a few improvements for its background blur and effects, making them much more accurate.
Scientists, A Startup, And the Hemsworths Are Trying to 'De-Extinct' the Tasmanian Tiger
Motherboard - 16 Aug 2022 14:00
A new effort to bring the thylacine back from the dead could also have benefits for its living relatives.