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Google Doodle honors Pedro Linares López, Mexican sculptor of ‘alebrijes’

The latest Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of Pedro Linares López, the artist who sculpted the first “alebrijes,” a mainstay of Mexican folk art. Life of Pedro Linares López Pedro Linares López was born on June 29, 1906 — 115 years ago today — in Mexico City. From a young age, Linares learned the ways of papier-mâché sculpting, a form of art known in Mexico as…
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The Best Places to Buy Used Cameras and Lenses in 2021

Ever since I became a photographer, most of the cameras and lenses I have purchased have been used. Most cameras and lenses only come with one-year warranties (though there are exceptions), and since some used gear sellers offer 6-month warranties, that extra half-year is…
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No, The Canon EOS R3 Won’t Be Announced This Week

A recent rumor stating that the highly-anticipated Canon EOS R3 will be announced tonight — or at least more information on the camera will be released — has spread through multiple media outlets. But don’t get your hopes up, the actual launch is still months away. According to multiple PetaPixel sources outside of Canon, the EOS R3 will not be announced tonight nor will any additional…
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Fan Posing for Camera Causes Huge Wreck at Tour de France

The Tour de France was thrown into chaos on Saturday after a careless fan posing for the camera with a cardboard sign caused the entire peloton to crash at the world’s most prestigious bicycle race. During the first stage of the race, which spanned 122.9 miles (197.8km)…
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This Wrist Camera Feeds 35mm Film Through the Strap

Iranian photographer and camera tinkerer Alireza Rostami has created a new homemade wrist camera that operates in a neat way: two 35mm film cassettes are attached to the strap under the wrist, and 35mm film travels through the camera inside the straps. Rostami says the inspiration for the device camera from the tefillin, the set of boxes containing Torah verses worn by adult Jews during…
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Dell releases open source suite Omnia to manage AI, analytics workloads

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Dell today announced the release of Omnia, an open source software package aimed at simplifying AI and compute-intensive workload deployment and management. Developed at Dell’s High Performance Compute (HPC) and AI…
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