BBC Wednesday March 13, 2024
BBC News has introduced a new feature to confirm where an image or video has come from and how its authenticity has been verified. The feature uses the Content Credentials system spearheaded by Adobe to embed this information within the image or video itself – helping to counter disinformation when the content is shared outside the BBC. Visitors to the BBC News site will now see a new button saying ‘how we verified this’ underneath images and videos on BBC Verify content. “This approach helps us counter disinformation, AI-generated deepfakes and other forms of fake or manipulated content,” noted the BBC in an announcement.
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David Schonauer Wednesday March 13, 2024
The early 1950s saw the rebirth of fashion following the desperate years of World War II. It was a "golden age," in the words of Christian Dior, the designer who helped launch the period of exuberant
creativity in 1947 with the unveiling of what came to be called the "New Look"--opulent designs that celebrated ultra-femininity with rounded shoulders, cinched waists, and full skirts made … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Tuesday March 12, 2024
The National Football League employs advanced technology in many ways, but it still relies on a physical chain to measure first downs. That may be changing, notes PetaPixel, which report that after testing optical tracking to measure downs at two stadiums last season and during Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, NFL team owners are slated to vote on use of the technology ahead of the 2024 season. At this year’s Super Bowl, there were 165 Sony cameras used for CBS’s broadcast, including two dozen cameras with 4K zoom capabilities that were available to league officials during replays and official reviews, adds PP.
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OPEN CULTURE Tuesday March 12, 2024
Send some art to a friend! The U.S, Postal Service plans to release a set of 16 stamps featuring the photography of Ansel Adams. Due to be unveiled on May 15, the stamps will feature iconic US landscapes, including Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, Monument Valley in Arizona, the Grand Tetons, the Snake River and more, notes Open Culture. Adams’s “ability to consistently visualize a subject — not how it looked in reality but how it felt to him emotionally — led to some of the most famous images of America’s natural treasures,” notes the USPS.
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