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Xbox gets AMD FidelityFX — laying groundwork for Super Resolution

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. During its Game Stack Live event this week for developers, Microsoft revealed that it is incorporating AMD’s FidelityFX tools directly into the Xbox Series X/S game development kit. This enables studios to get parity between their PC and Xbox versions of a game. But this implementation of FidelityFX also serves as a…
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Google rolls out new AI-powered features for Meet

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Google today announced a number of updates to Google Meet, including a refreshed user interface, features powered by AI, and tools that aim to make meetings more engaging. Among the highlights is a…
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‘Time Travel’ Photos Honor the 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

Photographer and “time travel photographer” Patrick McNicholas has spent the last three years compiling historic images from the Tulsa Race Massacre and recreating them in the same location in the modern-day to create final photos that blend the past and present. McNicholas says that the project, titled Tulsa Past to Present, started “by accident” in February of 2018. “A friend and…
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In the Field with the Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM Lens

After the release of the Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master lens, I thought that that was it: Sony finally released my dream lens. But on a call with Sony a few weeks ago I was told that “something was coming, and it had my name on it.” That could only mean one thing: the one…
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Five Beginner Lightroom Editing Tips to Dramatically Improve Your Photos

Want to get the best out of your photos this year? Using one photo as an example — a photo I took in Paris with a Canon 5D Mark II to prove it can be done with a camera of nearly any age — I will show five easy tips that will make dramatic differences in your images. Correct the exposure for the story you want to tell To me, one of the best ways to get great results in landscape photography…
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MobileNews

Samsung SmartThings now lets you use an old Galaxy phone as a sensor for home automation

Early this year, Samsung teased a new program that would give old Galaxy smartphones a new life by repurposing them for smart home functions. This week, the first of those functions is rolling out with Samsung SmartThings using older phones as sensors. Starting today in beta in the United States, United Kingdom, and Korea, “Galaxy Upcycling at Home” has begun. The program starts by…
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