Twitter is opening applications for a limited test of its Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces features. US-based users can apply separately for each program through Twitter’s mobile app; Super Follows are restricted to iOS, while Ticketed Spaces are available on iOS and Android.
Twitter will select a “small group” of users to test its new monetization features, both of which were announced…
Sonic dashes into Minecraft
June 22, 2021
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Minecraft has added Sonic the Hedgehog DLC today, just in time for the Sega mascot’s 30th birthday tomorrow (June 23).
This isn’t just a pack of Sonic cosmetics. The DLC gives you access to what…
A new mother in the UK has started a public campaign to outlaw nonconsensual breastfeeding photos in public places after she says she was photographed by a “creepy” man while nursing her baby.
The Manchester Evening News reports that 32-year-old Julia Cooper was…
Lenbaby Launches New ‘Pinhole-Style’ Obscura Lens
June 22, 2021
Lensbaby, a company known for making unconventional lenses and unique optics, has announced its latest lens: a three-in-one Pinhole-type optic called The Obscura.
The Obscura lens is based on the camera obscura, “a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole” which dates back to the fourth century BCE and is…
Dibakar Roy, from Kolkata, India, uses the power of remarkable composition thanks to shadows, patterns, subjects, and perspective to take this seemingly ordinary part of everyday life for farmers into the extraordinary.
Farming paddy — which is both the term of a field…
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Nvidia today launched two new products, AI LaunchPad and Fleet Command, designed to connect companies with infrastructure designed for AI workloads. AI LaunchPad delivers access to Nvidia-powered…
ThinkWhy applies AI to better determine compensation
June 22, 2021
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Workforce analytics company ThinkWhy announced today it is adding a feature that leverages the AI capabilities of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) application platform to analyze compensation trends across more than 20,000 classes of jobs.
That capability will enable human resources (HR) teams to better refine an offer for…
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TechSee, which describes itself as an “intelligent visual assistance” company, today announced the launch of Eve Cortex, a platform that teaches itself to recognize thousands of products, models…
Why I Bought a Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246)
June 22, 2021
I used to view digital Leica cameras as a classic example of style over substance. Surely this is a perfect example of a company developing a luxury brand on the back of their, admittedly wonderful, history and heritage.
In a world of ever-increasing sensors, rapidly…
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Google today announced the launch of Visual Inspection AI, a new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solution designed to help manufacturers, consumer packaged goods companies, and other businesses reduce defects during the manufacturing and inspection process. Google says it’s the first dedicated GCP service for manufacturers…
