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Developer Ninja Theory announced today that an optimization patch for Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is available now for Xbox Series X/S
This update adds support for ray tracing, 4K resolutions, and 120hz. It also introduces improved particle effects and details, along with a chapter select.
We’re excited to…
Eden AI launches platform to unify ML APIs
August 9, 2021
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Large cloud vendors like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM offer APIs enterprises can use to take advantage of powerful AI models. But comparing these models — both in terms of performance and…
Data labeling platform Snorkel AI nabs $85M
August 9, 2021
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Data labeling platform Snorkel AI today announced it has raised $85 million in a series C round co-led by Addition and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, with participation from Greylock…
Macro Photos of Insects: A Slightly Different Approach
August 9, 2021
Photographing insects in the field demands higher shutter speeds, a steady hand, and a smaller aperture to ensure sharpness.
On warm summer days, insects are mobile and easily found. However, they provide minimal opportunities to carefully compose an image – they are too busy flying, feeding, and living life. Choosing a complementary background for the image is a rare privilege afforded by the…
Shortly after taking delivery of the new Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S lens, I made a series of photographs to test its diffraction and bokeh characteristics using the 45MP Nikon Z 7II camera in a real-world situation.
After manually focusing the lens, I locked focus and made…
Canon and Sony made up a vast majority of the camera sales in 2020, which saw a 40% dip in market size globally during what was an incredibly rough year for the industry and the market is only predicted to shrink further.
As part of a major annual report by Nikkei — the…
Why Are Hasselblad Cameras So Expensive?
August 9, 2021
For most, Hasselblad is a name that has been associated with iconic photographs and technical quality — and a huge price that reflects that. However, has Hasselblad always been a premium photography brand, and why are they so expensive?
The Swedish manufacturer of photographic equipment and medium format cameras — both analog and digital — is known for delivering high image quality and…
The UN has a new online photo exhibition titled Plastic is Forever. Captured by photographers from around the world, the stark images reveal how mankind’s use of plastic has impacted the daily lives and environments of people and animals across the globe.
Crying girl…
AI’s real effect on jobs? It’s complicated
August 9, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
To some, AI is a job killer. To others, it is a job enhancer. But like every other form of labor development since the first farmer hitched an ox to a plow and displaced a hundred field hands…
On August 3, Ancestry.com — the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world — updated its terms and conditions to include new language that gives it the right to use any family photos uploaded to its system for anything it likes, forever and without limits.
Ancestry’s updates to its terms and conditions focus mainly on changes to the rights it has as a company to use photos that are…
