Roman Fedortsov is a Russian fisherman who has been working on trawler for 18 years. For the past several years, he has been shooting and sharing photos of the strange and scary deep sea creatures pulled up in his nets from the dark depths of the ocean floor.
Fedortsov lives in the large port city of Murmansk. After high school, he enrolled in a marine-focused university. His specialization is in…
As part of its May 2021 release of Photoshop on Desktop for Mac — version 22.4 — Adobe made a significant change to how the “Save As” command works. Rather than continuing to act as it has across applications on all computers for decades, Adobe altered the basic…
The ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) image colorization were recently brought to public attention when several historical images were altered using digital algorithms.
Irish artist Matt Loughrey digitally colorized and added smiles to photos of tortured…
Google details new AI accelerator chips
May 18, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021.
At Google I/O 2021, Google today formally announced its fourth-generation tensor processing units (TPUs), which the company claims can complete AI and machine learning training workloads in close-to-record wall clock time. Google says that clusters of TPUv4s can surpass the capabilities of previous-generation TPUs on…
The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is soliciting photographers to share photos on Instagram based on monthly themes. Those who participate will be featured on the MoMA’s social channels, but also give the museum significant rights to use the photos “for any…
JumpCloud, the company behind the cloud directory solution, has released a new iOS and Android application to help enterprise IT departments with multi-factor authentication.
“Most organizations struggle to find the balance of appropriate security levels and convenience…
As documented in its release notes, iOS 14.6 includes support for Apple Card Family and Podcasts subscriptions, two service enhancements that will go live once the release goes public. But iOS 14.6 includes several other noteworthy updates, including our first look at updated Music settings for the just-announced Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio and high-quality Lossless audio for Apple Music. The…
Spotify getting accessiblity improvements on iOS/Android including auto podcast transcription
May 18, 2021
Spotify has announced three new accessibility updates heading to iOS and Android over the coming weeks. The most interesting may be a new auto transcription feature for podcasts so users can read their shows.
Spotify announced the accessibility news in a blog post…
Facebook announced today a new way to shop on its platform with Live Shopping Fridays. With this new feature, users will be able to “enjoy shoppable live videos from beauty and fashion brands.”
Facebook says that companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Alleyoop…
Google Photos new ‘Blissful buzz’ Memories collection highlights your best cups of coffee
May 18, 2021
Google Photos growing Memories collections now has a caffeine-focused “Blissful buzz” selection that will showcase some of your best cups of coffee.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has seen many coffee shops and cafes around the globe close, the ability to grab an Americano, cappuccino, or expertly pulled espresso in familiar surroundings has been a missing life experience for many of us…
