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Data labeling platform Snorkel AI nabs $85M

August 9, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Data labeling platform Snorkel AI today announced it has raised $85 million in a series C round co-led by Addition and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, with participation from Greylock, GV, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nepenthe Capital, and Walden. The round, which brings Snorkel’s total raised to $135…
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Eden AI launches platform to unify ML APIs

August 9, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Large cloud vendors like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM offer APIs enterprises can use to take advantage of powerful AI models. But comparing these models — both in terms of performance and…
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Macro Photos of Insects: A Slightly Different Approach

August 9, 2021
Photographing insects in the field demands higher shutter speeds, a steady hand, and a smaller aperture to ensure sharpness. On warm summer days, insects are mobile and easily found. However, they provide minimal opportunities to carefully compose an image – they are too…
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Testing Macro Diffraction and Bokeh of the Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S

August 9, 2021
Shortly after taking delivery of the new Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S lens, I made a series of photographs to test its diffraction and bokeh characteristics using the 45MP Nikon Z 7II camera in a real-world situation. After manually focusing the lens, I locked focus and made a series of exposures. All exposures were made in aperture priority with the camera set to ISO 64. The camera was mounted on…
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Why Are Hasselblad Cameras So Expensive?

August 9, 2021
For most, Hasselblad is a name that has been associated with iconic photographs and technical quality — and a huge price that reflects that. However, has Hasselblad always been a premium photography brand, and why are they so expensive? The Swedish manufacturer of…
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Canon and Sony Made up 70% of (Weak) Camera Sales in 2020

August 9, 2021
Canon and Sony made up a vast majority of the camera sales in 2020, which saw a 40% dip in market size globally during what was an incredibly rough year for the industry and the market is only predicted to shrink further. As part of a major annual report by Nikkei — the…
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Ancestry.com’s New Terms Allow it to Use Your Family Photos for Anything

August 9, 2021
On August 3, Ancestry.com — the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world — updated its terms and conditions to include new language that gives it the right to use any family photos uploaded to its system for anything it likes, forever and without limits. Ancestry’s updates to its terms and conditions focus mainly on changes to the rights it has as a company to use photos that are…
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AI’s real effect on jobs? It’s complicated

August 9, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. To some, AI is a job killer. To others, it is a job enhancer. But like every other form of labor development since the first farmer hitched an ox to a plow and displaced a hundred field hands…
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iPhone 13 purchase planned by 44% of US iPhone owners

August 9, 2021
If you’re planning on an iPhone 13 purchase this year, you’re in good company, according to a new survey. It revealed that some 44% of current iPhone owners in the US plan to buy one of this year’s models. When it came to specific models, the standard iPhone 13 was the most popular choice, followed by the iPhone 13 Pro Max. The survey also identified which of the rumored new features was the…
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