The Times of Israel Tuesday July 12, 2022
A software engineer working for Google has created program that uses artificial intelligence to scan through hundreds of thousands of photos from World War II to help identify victims and survivors of the Holocaust. In an interview with The Times of Israel, the engineer, Daniel Patt, 40, noted that he worked on the software as a side project but is being joined by a growing team of engineers, researchers, and data scientists. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, website, there is no single list identifying the victims and survivors of the Holocaust; research to find individuals' stories has required following leads on minimal information, adds Mashable. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 12, 2022
Elon Musk, whose on-again, off-again acquisition of Twitter has been one of the more entertaining sideshows of the spring season, recently held a meeting with employees of the social-media app to
explain his ideas on how to revolutionize modern communications. But his genius-level ideas turned out to be pretty standard: Musk said he wanted Twitter to be more like TikTok. Everybody wants
everything to … Read the full Story >>
Digital Camera World Monday July 11, 2022
There was a time when being a professional photographer meant that you were just that, a photographer. But is that still the case today? And does this profession still exist? If it doesn’t, does that mean that anyone who takes photos can call themselves a professional photographer? Digital Camera World discusses the changes that have overtaken the photography profession. Read the full Story >>
International Portrait Photographer of the Year Monday July 11, 2022
Thailand-based photographer Jatenipat Ketpradit’s portrait of warriors from the Suri tribe of Ethiopia is the overall winner of the 2022 International Photographer of the Year competition. “I always stay with the tribal people at least one week per tribe,” he says. “The Suri tribe is one of the hardest to reach in Ethiopia. They live on a high mountain that is difficult to approach from the outside world.” The guns the warriors carry in his photo allegedly originated from the Cold War-era arms smugglers, notes DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
