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Photography isn’t improving? Technique will only get you so far – maybe it’s time to head outside your comfort zone

August 12, 2025
If you feel like you’re not getting any better at photography, you might be focusing too much on technique and not enough on external factors such as location, lighting and subject. Think of the old adage, you’ve got to be in it to win it. Well, you’ve got to see it to snap it. If you pore over Wildlife Photographer of the Year, dreaming of capturing such exquisite images, but only…
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DefenseNews

What to know about the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

August 12, 2025
The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West — quite literally — in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering. Whether it can lead to a deal to produce peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2 years after Moscow’s invasion remains to be seen. Here’s what to know about the meeting…
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GamingNews

McDonald's Pokémon Card Giveaway Ends Early Amid Restaurant Chaos, Scalping and Widespread Food Waste, as Fans Buy Dozens of Happy Meals Only to Dump Uneaten Burgers

August 12, 2025
McDonald’s has announced the early end of a Happy Meal Pokémon card promotion in Japan, after the chain was swamped by fans buying up dozens of burgers just to extract the packs found within them. Photos and videos of the ensuing chaos posted to social media show arguments among customers ignoring the chain’s limit of five meals per person, countless untouched Happy Meals dumped by…
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ComputersNews

Microsoft faces lawsuit over Windows 10’s end of support

August 12, 2025
We’re now two months from the planned end of support date for Windows 10, and it seems tempers are running high as tensions continue to build. A man from Southern California filed a lawsuit against Microsoft last week, according to one news report. The reason for the…
ComputersNews

Former Intel CEO Barrett says customers should bail out Intel

August 12, 2025
Is there a way that Intel can be saved? Former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett thinks so, and it isn’t the way the company’s former board members suggest. Intel should have a number of its customers invest a total of $40 billion in the company to ensure a steady supply of chips, the company’s former chief executive wrote over the weekend. Barrett’s comments come as current chief…
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