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The Best Photos from GuruShots’ ‘Beach Days’ Challenge

GuruShots, the “World’s Greatest Photo Game,” has announced the winners of its “Beach Days” challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 53.4 million votes. The “Top Photographer” winner of the contest is amuhlh of the United States (whose photo is seen above). The “Top Photo” winner is Jiří Králík of Czechia: The “Guru’s Top Pick” winner is Yanni PA of the…
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How to Plan Out Milky Way Photos

Plan your work and work your plan. That’s what… someone important once told me? Anyhow, in my opinion, planning out your Milky Way shots is absolutely one of the best ways to increase the likelihood you will be shooting bangers. Aloha! My name is Daniel Stein, and I’m…
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Photographer Recreates Large Format Film Look with a Digital Camera

Ukrainian photographer Olexiy Shportun has created an image capture device that combines a digital camera with a system that resembles a large format film camera to produce dreamy, bokeh-rich still-life photos and portraits. Shportun’s full camera system is huge and slow to use by modern standards, but it allows him to achieve images that have a shallow depth of field and dreamy quality that…
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8K Video Shootout: Sony Alpha 1 Versus Canon EOS R5

How does the powerful Sony Alpha 1 stack up against the less expensive Canon EOS R5 when it comes to video performance? LensProToGo has shared a video comparison that puts the two cameras against one another in an 8K shootout. Announced early in 2021, the Sony Alpha 1…
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EleutherAI claims new NLP model approaches GPT-3-level performance

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. AI-powered language systems have transformative potential, particularly in the enterprise. They’re already being used to drive chatbots, translate natural language into structured query language, create application layouts and spreadsheets, and improve the accuracy of web search products. OpenAI’s GPT-3, which may be…
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macOS Monterey enhances iPhone and iPad apps on M1 Macs with full-screen video, Apple Pay, more

With the introduction of macOS Big Sur last year, Apple announced that users would be able to run iPhone and iPad apps on their M1 Macs. The experience has proven mixed, with major differences in performance and compatibility from app to app. With this year’s release of macOS Monterey, Apple is making several enhancements to improve the experience of running iPhone and iPad apps on M1 and future…
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