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US Army floats the option of fielding high-altitude balloons

November 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is now carving out a path to field high-altitude balloons to provide an additional but less expensive layer of communications, connectivity, range extension and surveillance capabilities, adding resiliency to the service’s existing architecture of space assets and aircraft supporting multidomain operations. Recent tests and experiments with high-altitude balloons…
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My 10 Year Search for the Perfect Camera Brought Me Back to APS-C

November 9, 2020
In 2015, I fully committed to switching from my Nikon DSLR system to a Sony mirrorless system starting with the Sony a7 II. Up until that point, I had always held on to my Nikon D700 and D800 as my workhorse cameras for weddings and commercial shoots but experimented with Olympus, Sony, and Panasonic for my travel photography. In 2020, I’ve made another big leap and switched from my full frame…
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Photoshop vs Luminar 4: Which Performs Sky Replacements Better?

November 9, 2020
Adobe recently added the ability to do easy and accurate sky replacements in Photoshop, very similar to a feature that was the main reason to pick up Skylum Luminar. So, which is better? In this 18-minute video, YouTuber Serge Ramelli decides to find out. Ramelli tests multiple photos on both platforms to see which of the two programs worked better with the same base image and sky replacement.
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Stable Android 11 arrives for Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro in China

November 9, 2020
Xiaomi’s Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are now officially updated to Android 11 in China. The new firmware update comes with Xiaomi’s MIUI 12.2.2.0 RJBCNXM and sits at 3GB in size. It comes two months after Xiaomi published its first stable Android 11 beta for the Mi 10. For now, the OTA update is limited to users running the Chinese ROM though it is possible to flash it manually. You can head to the…
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