THE VERGE Wednesday March 6, 2024
The newest MacBook Air models come with M3 chips and can support two external displays when their lids are closed, notes The Verge. The 13- and 15-inch laptops are “up to 60 percent faster” than the M1 MacBook Air, according to Apple, which promises performance gains in photo and video editing apps. Both devices come with a Liquid Retina display and up to 500 nits of brightness. They also include an upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E, which adds support for the 6GHz band and faster download speeds. The 13-inch version is priced at $1,099. The 15-inch model costs $1,299.
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The Atlantic Wednesday March 6, 2024
The wildfires that recently swept across the Texas panhandle are the second-largest in U.S. history and the largest in Texas history, notes Time. The largest of the fires—which spans nearly 1.1 million acres—began at Smokehouse Creek and was 15 percent contained as of Sunday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Evacuations and and disaster declarations have been declared, adds The Atlantic, which features photographs of the disaster from Nick Oxford (Reuters); Patrick Ryan (Reuters); and others.
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Yelp Wednesday March 6, 2024
There’s more than restaurant ratings at Yelp, notes PetaPixel: With wedding season ramping up, the crowd-sourcing site has revealed its list of America’s top 100 wedding photographers in 2024. Yelp says that to compile its listing, a data team analyzed submissions, ratings, review volume, and community input. To ensure a level of geographic diversity, photography businesses in nearly every state — except Alaska and the Dakotas — made the list. Nearly every company has a five-star average rating, with the rest sporting 4.5 stars.
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David Schonauer Wednesday March 6, 2024
"Why does war exist? It is who we are...Enough of us, anyhow, to make a mess of things." So notes Magnum photographer Peter van Agtmael in his new book "Look at the U.S.A," a chronicle of post-9/11
America. Van Agtmael began documenting America's war in Iraq in 2006, nearly 20 years ago. "I began to understand the U.S.A. when I was in Iraq," he … Read the full Story >>
