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These Photos of Underwater Flowers Look Like Paintings

January 19, 2021
Underwater photographer Barbara Cole is best known for her beautiful portraits of people—stunning creations that seem to walk the line between photography and painting. But her most recent project, Appearances, explores a different subject: flowers. Finding herself deprived of subjects in the midst of lockdown and social distancing, Cole “set out in search of connection during a time of…
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You Can Have Your Home Blurred for Privacy in Google Street View Photos

January 19, 2021
Google Street View cameras have now captured over 170 billion photos from 10 million miles around the globe. But if you’re not comfortable with the fact that anyone can “visit” your home digitally, did you know you can request to have it blurred from public view? Certain things in Google Street View (e.g. faces and license plates) are already automatically blurred out by AI. In order to…
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Apple shares shot on iPhone 12 photos – from portraits to pie

January 19, 2021
In a somewhat random press release this morning, Apple has emphasized some of the features of the iPhone 12 camera systems, and shared some “shot on iPhone 12” photos. These range from portraits to pie. The photos are, as you’d expect, beautiful examples of what can be created with the phone given a creative eye and a little know-how … Apple stresses the computational photography…
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Android 11 begins rolling out for TCL 10L

January 19, 2021
TCL has now started rolling out the solitary full OS upgrade promised for the affordable TCL 10L in the form of Android 11. While it’s great that the surprisingly impressive device is getting the latest OS upgrade, it’s worth noting that beyond Android 11, the TCL 10L will only receive a further year of security patches before it’s left in the dust. The update was spotted rolling out as…
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