DP Review Thursday January 5, 2023
Samsung’s newly announced ViewFinity S9 monitor bears a striking resemblance in looks and specifications to Apple’s Studio Display announced last year, notes DP Review. The 27-inch monitor features a 5K display that covers 99 percent of the DCI-P3 wide color gamut—essentially identical to Apple’s Studio Display. But while the Studio Display comes with a glossy screen by default and requires a $300 upgrade for its ‘nano-texture glass’ matte finish, Samsung’s ViewFinity S9 comes with a matte finish with no option for a glossy coating.
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Wonderful Machine Thursday January 5, 2023
Fires that swept through Rapa Nui (Easter Island) on October 5, 2022 irreparably damaged the ancient sacred statues-human figures carved from volcanic ash, known as moai. It was just two days before
the fires that Susan Seubert captured some of the last photographs of the island's stone statues before the devastation. Her images were featured in a National Geographic article about the island, its … Read the full Story >>
Mashable Wednesday January 4, 2023
As technology evolves, so does our collective vocabulary. The coming year is sure to bring prominence to plenty of tech buzzwords you haven’t heard yet, notes Mashable, which defines some terms you may be encountering. They include some you may already be using—from AI and Stable Diffusion and avatar—and some you may not, such as extended reality, or simply “ER”—an umbrella term for virtual reality, augmented reality, and everything in-between.
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Blind Wednesday January 4, 2023
In her first book, Entre nous, photographer Clara Belleville, a onetime assistant to Paolo Roversi, turns her lens to young people idling away their summer. Almost nothing happens, and it’s beautiful, declares Blind. “Nothing ever happens. There is no staging, no critical moments, no parties or birthday cakes, everything is in suspense. It’s summer, we are free to live,” says Belleville, adding, “I’ve always believed that photography allows you to hold on to everything before it disappears.”
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