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Kenneth McKenzie’s Lost Photos from World War II

November 12, 2020
I met a man who owned a ton of his uncle’s photos he took during his time in World War II. The images by Kenneth McKenzie start in Vancouver and Banff where they did their training, then all across Europe. Kenneth McKenzie with his Brownie in hand and Caesar by his side. While there are many images like these, what makes these special in my opinion is that each of the images has a handwritten…
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Help wanted: Google Photos wants your assistance in training its machine learning algorithms

November 12, 2020
Android Police is reporting that Google Photos has been asking its users to help improve its algorithms. While this is not Google’s first foray into crowdsourcing help in improving its recognition software, the latest survey, which is rolling out to users on Android, is asking for volunteers to label their images. Last year, Google Photos asked users to identify faces in images to help…
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Best cameras under $2000

November 12, 2020
As you approach the $2000 price point you’ll find flagship APS-C and Four Thirds cameras, built for speed and durability. You’ll also find a handful of full-frame ILCs and DSLRs, with their own unique selling points. Even though they cost more, we’ve…
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Google Photos Wants You To Donate Your Time to Train Its Algorithm

November 11, 2020
Google Photos has for some time asked users to verify its results for facial recognition or image content accuracy, but now the app is taking requests one step further: it’s asking you to label all your images from scratch, not just verify results, to help train the algorithm. One of the tenents of creating a machine learning system is to give it properly labeled datasets that it can learn…
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