Heritage Auctions Monday April 22, 2024
An auction of May 2 devoted to photographer Vivian Meier features a collection of vintage prints, negatives, transparencies, and personal ephemera. Titled “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision," the auction is the first to offer prints made by Meier—the nanny whose work was discovered in a storage unit after her death. The sale showcases the evolution of Maier’s photography: Lots include prints from her earliest camera work exploring the streets and landscapes of rural France. Proxy bidding is open until May 2.
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CNN Monday April 22, 2024
Apple’s smartphone sales tumbled a stunning 10 percent last quarter, according to market research firm IDC. The may reason: iPhone sales in China fell sharply. “The company has lost momentum in China as nationalism, a rough economy and increased competition have hurt Apple over the past several months,” reports CNN. Samsung had been the top smartphone manufacturer for the past 12 years. Apple took the crown last year – but only for one quarter. Samsung took the top spot back in the first quarter of 2024, IDC reported.
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nofilmschool Monday April 22, 2024
Blackmagic’s newly unveiled URSA Cine 12K LF is “huge news” for indie filmmakers and professional videographers looking to shoot high-end cinema-quality footage, declares NoFilmSchool. The camera features a cinematic large format sensor with a massive 16 stops of dynamic range, a lightweight, robust camera body, built-in in ND filters for shooting in varying conditions, high-peed wifi, 10G Ethernet or mobile data for network connections, and more. It shoots at up to 80 fps in 12K, 144 fps at 8K and 240 fps at 4K and has 8TB of built-in high-speed storage. Price tag: $14,995.
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David Schonauer Monday April 22, 2024
OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence
systems, reported The New York Times recently. OpenAI, noted The Times, "cut corners" by creating a tool allowing the company to harvest text transcriptions from YouTube videos to make its AI systems
smarter. That's one of the … Read the full Story >>
