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Former White House advisors and tech researchers co-sign new statement against AI harms

June 15, 2023
Two former White House AI policy advisors, along with over 150 AI academics, researchers and policy practitioners, have signed a new “Statement on AI Harms and Policy” published by ACM FaaCT (the Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency) which is currently holding its annual conference in Chicago. Alondra Nelson, former deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and acting…
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Apple's new 15.3-inch MacBook Air is already $100 off

June 15, 2023
Apple has just released its new 15-inch Macbook Air, and it’s already touting a $100 price cut. Amazon had already run a pre-release sale knocking $50 off the price but the retailer has now discounted the 256GB model in Starlight from $1,300 to $1,200 (Space Gray and…
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Epic Games launches MetaHuman Animator to capture high-quality human faces with an iPhone

June 15, 2023
Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Epic Games has launched its MetaHuman Animator, a tool that enables developers to capture high-quality human faces using just an iPhone and a PC. And as you can see in the video of the guy here, it’s pretty amazing at making simulated people. The company said the tool can…
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Hands on with the retro-inspired Fujifilm Instax SQ40

June 15, 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Introducing the Fujfilm Instax SQ40 We recently got our hands on Fujifilm’s newest square format instant film camera: the Instax SQ40. The SQ40 has a similar retro-inspired aesthetic as the Instax Mini 40, but shoots the larger format square film. From a specs perspective the SQ40 is similar to the Instax SQ1 that launched in 2020, but the black and silver SQ40…
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Capture One's photo-editing app arrives on iPhone

June 15, 2023
Capture One has brought its eponymous photography app to the iPhone. Photographers can connect their camera to their phone and shoot images directly to the app. Capture One works with more than 500 cameras, the company says, including Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Leica and Sigma models. The app can automatically apply edits to images as your camera sends them to your iPhone. As such, Capture One…
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