DP Review Thursday May 5, 2022
After Apple first introduced its first MacBook Pro with an integrated SD card reader back in 2012, memory manufacturer Transcend released half-sized SD cards that were designed to sit flush with the side of your device to add storage without adding any additional bulk. These devices became less relevant when Apple removed SD card readers from its ‘Pro’ laptop lineup in 2015, but now that the SD card readers are back with Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro models, so is Transcend with its new JetDrive Lite 330 SD cards, notes DP Review. Read the full Story >>
Los Angeles Times Thursday May 5, 2022
Artist Barbara Kruger’s famed 1989 piece “Untitled (Your body is a battleground)” is trending on social media after the leak of the U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling that would gut abortion rights, notes columnist Caroline A. Miranda in the Los Angeles Times. “The graphic remains relevant artistically,” she writes. “It is the modern, feminist, second-person counterpoint to Uncle Sam insisting, ‘I Want You for U.S. Army.’” Kruger tells Art News, “The striking down of Roe should come as a surprise to no one." Read the full Story >>
THE VERGE Thursday May 5, 2022
TikTok is opening up a new way for creators to make money, reports The Verge: The company plans to start sharing a cut of revenue with top creators when their videos run alongside certain ads. The program mirrors how YouTube pays out creators, and it could lead to more significant payouts from the platform, which has yet to offer a substantial way for creators to make money. The new program, called TikTok Pulse, allows ads to be specifically run alongside “the top 4% of all videos on TikTok.” Read the full Story >>
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Wonderful Machine Thursday May 5, 2022
Motels are one of the few distinct parts of Americana. There's a reason they're so often depicted in films: The light they cast spreads a sense of silence, a melancholy but important solitude. Over
ten years ago, while traveling across the U.S. by car, San Francisco-based photographer Saroyan Humphrey took his first photo of a motel television. "At first," he says, "it was mostly … Read the full Story >>
