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Oscar-nominated filmmaker is reinventing nature and landscape photography and this beautiful free ebook highlights how

When Pen Densham’s teenage daughter picked up one of his old cameras and started playing around, she inadvertently sparked a creative transformation in her father. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker – whose credits include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft and TV shows like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone – watched her ignore every conventional rule of photography. Then…
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Amid affordability crisis, White House plans to raise your fuel costs by $23B

The White House will formally announce its planned hike in US fuel costs by $23 billion tomorrow, according to Reuters. Since the beginning of this year, the occupants of the White House have been on a mission to raise costs for Americans. This mission has encompassed many different moves, most notably through unwise tariffs. But another effort has focused on changing policy in a way that will…
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DefenseNews

Canada could use EU loans for next-gen warplane, submarine purchases

MILAN — Canada has become the first non-EU country to join the bloc’s flagship rearmament program, Security Action for Europe (SAFE), whose funds could support Ottawa’s fighter jet and submarine procurement. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced this week that his government struck a deal to join the EU’s €150 billion initiative that provides loans for joint military procurement…
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ComputersNews

The screwed-up Mad Men 4K stream on HBO Max is getting fixed

The new, 4K version of Mad Men on HBO Max was supposed to deliver the ground-breaking AMC series with near-perfect visual fidelity. Instead, it was a debacle. Not only were a number of episodes mislabeled, but in a crucial scene early in the period series—the infamous…
ComputersNews

RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung

The price of eggs has nothing on the price of computer memory right now. Thanks to a supply crunch from the “AI” bubble, RAM chips are the new gold, with prices on consumer PC memory kits ballooning out of control. In an object lesson in the ridiculousness of an economic…
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How to use your security camera’s 2-way audio (without being weird about it)

Two-way audio is standard on most consumer security cameras these days. Most people try it once, talk to their dog through the mic, laugh at the delay, and never think about it again. That’s a shame, because this tiny mic-and-speaker combo can make your camera far more useful than a silent video feed ever could. Used well, it can stop a package thief in their tracks, make delivery drop-offs go…
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