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Canon EOS R5 Versus R6: Which Is Right For You?

August 4, 2021
Wondering which oc Canon’s new mirrorless cameras is right for you? Photographer Kevin Raposo breaks down twenty of the major features and deciding factors between the Canon EOS R5 and the Canon EOS R6. Raposo explains that he personally owns the R6 and has had the “extensive opportunity” to shoot with the R5 over the course of two months. As a result, he has been able to extensively test…
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Photos of Beirut One Year After the Port Explosion

August 4, 2021
The explosion that happened last year in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, has moved everyone. The Port of Beirut explosion on August 4th, 2020, didn’t just make it to the headlines for days, but it also massively impacted the beauty, life, and development of the Paris of the…
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WhatsApp Adds Snapchat-Like, View Once, Disappearing Photos

August 4, 2021
Facebook’s WhatsApp chat application is adding a feature that was initially popularized by Snapchat: view once, disappearing photos and videos. The app is rolling out support for the feature this week. Facebook says that even though photos and videos have only grown in importance for most people, it doesn’t believe that everything shared needs to have a permanent digital record. In addition…
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Here Are the Best Astrophotography Photos of 2021

August 4, 2021
The Royal Observatory astrophotography competition — which is the largest such competition in the world — has announced its shortlisted images from this year’s submissions. A part of the Royal Museums Greenwich, the Royal Observatory is dedicated to enriching…
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Microsoft details AI model designed to improve Bing search

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Microsoft today detailed a large neural network model it’s been using in production to improve the relevance of Bing searches. The company says the model, called a “sparse” neural network, complements existing large Transformer-based networks like OpenAI’s GPT-3. Transformer-based models have been getting a lot…
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iPhone camera embedded into display a step closer as tech improves

August 4, 2021
An iPhone camera embedded into the display is likely Apple’s long-term plan as it works toward its ambition of an iPhone being effectively “a single slab of glass.” That possibility got a step closer today as two early players both claim to have improved on the fledgling technology. We saw some first attempts more than a year ago, but the results weren’t very impressive ……
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