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Photos of Kuwait 30 Years After the Gulf War

September 15, 2021
Kuwait is known for its oil, the Gulf War, the Daguet division, and the “Desert Storm” operation. But what most people are not privy to is its rich history, heritage, and architecture. It is a country where more than 90% of the population lives in its capital, Kuwait…
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The Photos of 9/11, Twenty Years Later

September 15, 2021
Prior to the advent of social media and smartphones, and on the cusp of the shift to digital photography, the world witnessed September 11, 2001. Visually captured in a way that no single event had been documented before, 9/11 has been seared into our collective…
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Axelera, which is developing an AI accelerator chip, raises $12M

September 15, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Axelera AI, a Dutch AI semiconductor startup, today emerged from stealth with $12 million in seed funding led by Bitfury, a security and infrastructure provider for the Bitcoin blockchain. Innovation Industries Fund participated in the round, which the company says will support…
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Nikon Was Almost Named ‘Nikorette’

September 15, 2021
In a documented but little-known fact, Nikon was very close to being instead named “Nikorette.” The name was only changed when executives were afraid that the word sounded “weak.” Capa Camera Web recently published an article (first spotted by Nikon Rumors) that…
MobileNews

iPhone 13 versus iPhone 12 performance comparisons missing from keynote

September 15, 2021
There was one interesting thing missing from yesterday’s keynote: Despite all the time Apple spent talking about the chips, there was no iPhone 13 versus iPhone 12 performance comparison. Usually, Apple tells us how much faster and more powerful the latest iPhone is compared to the previous model, but this time it didn’t do that – leading some to conclude that there’s a good reason for…
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Apple discontinues 256GB iPhone SE following iPhone 13 introduction

September 15, 2021
Amid other shakeups to the iPhone lineup this week, Apple appears to have quietly discontinued the 256GB variant of the iPhone SE. Until this week, the iPhone SE was available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB configurations, but Apple’s online store now indicates that only the 64GB and 128GB options are available. Apple hasn’t made any other adjustments to the iPhone SE in terms of price, so…
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