The Library of Congress has created something really cool. It’s called the Newspaper Navigator, and it’s an AI-powered image search that lets you browse through over 1.5 million newspaper photos from over 16 million pages worth of digitized newspapers published between 1900 and 1963.
The Newspaper Navigator project is the brainchild of Computer Science PhD student Benjamin Charles Germain Lee…
If you have deep pockets and have been dying to edit your high-res photos on a ginormous touchscreen, you may want to take a look at the 85-inch Microsoft Surface Hub 2S, which will begin shipping in January 2021. It’s a $22,000 display that can run Adobe…
Samsung Unveils ‘Next-Level’ 980 PRO SSD with 7,000 MB/s Read Speed
September 23, 2020
Samsung has just unveiled the latest and greatest in NVMe SSD technology with the release of the 980 PRO: the company’s first PCIe 4.0 solid state drive that’s “designed for professionals and consumers who want cutting-edge performance in their high-end PCs…
The Market For Discontinued Photographic Film
September 23, 2020
My fridge was recently full of instant film. I mean that literally, it was not possible for me to put any more packets of the film into the fridge without risking damaging them.
I had acquired all of the film one day when my printer sent me an email asking if I wanted to purchase 93 packs of Fujifilm FP-100C for 2,790 Swiss Francs (~$3,000) in Switzerland. That’s ~$32.50 per box, about three…
Canon EOS R5 vs Sony a7R III Dynamic Range Test: Has Canon Caught Up?
September 23, 2020
Portrait photographer and YouTuber Manny Ortiz recently set out to compare the new Canon EOS R5 against his go-to workhorse, the Sony a7R III. But in addition to doing a general side-by-side usability comparison, he was looking at one thing in particular: dynamic…
Moment Unveils CineBloom Diffusion Filters for ‘Dreamy, Film-Like Vibes’
September 23, 2020
Moment has announced its new CineBloom Diffusion Filters. The lens filters are designed for both cameras and phones and help you capture “dreamy, film-like vibes” straight out of a camera.
“The CineBloom Diffusion Filter takes the edge off your digital sensor,”…
Mastercard’s VP of AI talks bots, NLP, and why fintechs need AI for customer service (VB Live)
September 23, 2020
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AI has been around for a long time — it’s only in the last three or four years that people…
I have an Xbox Series X, and you have questions — ask them
September 23, 2020
Microsoft has sent me a preview version of the Xbox Series X, and that’s about all I can say about the next generation game console at this point. Oh, I guess I can also share this one (1) image of me with said Xbox Series X.
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— Jeff Grubb…
Fantastical adds 12 home screen widgets for iOS 14, Scribble support on iPad, more
September 23, 2020
Fantastical users can now take advantage of iOS 14 home screen widgets. A new update to the app today brings a wide array of home screen widget options, as well as support for new Apple Pencil features on iPad and more.
In total, Fantastical for iOS offers 12 different…
If Apple follows its own rules, you’ll soon be able to stream your Xbox to your iPhone
September 23, 2020
Last week, I showed you why Apple’s App Store guidelines will never permit Microsoft’s xCloud or Google’s Stadia cloud gaming services in their current forms.
But Microsoft has another form of game streaming that isn’t against Apple’s rules at all, and the company has all but confirmed it’s currently working to bring it to your iPhone.
Take a look:
here’s my first look at…
