DroneDJ Wednesday November 27, 2024
In October, the US House of Representatives passed the Countering CCP Drones Act, as part of a bipartisan effort to ban Chinese-made drones in the US. The legislation “would add DJI to the Federal Communications Commission’s Covered List, meaning that new models of DJI drones would be effectively prohibited from operating on communications networks in the US,” noted Commercial UAV News at the time. Now, after the election of Donald Trump as president, what does the future look like for DJI? “Trump has spoken of toughening relationships with China, including high tariffs, and with the law’s goal to strengthen U.S. drone companies, this has Trump written all over it,” notes Drone DJ.
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DAZED Wednesday November 27, 2024
Photographer Luo Yang’s striking portraits of Chinese immigrants in Europe tell a story of the Asian diaspora in a different way—showing her subjects as they want to be seen, notes Dazed. The work is on view through Dec. 28 in the exhibition “Diaspora Birds” at the Migrant Bird Spacein Berlin. “Recording their stories – their experiences growing up between two different worlds, their emotions, confusions, joys, struggles, and courage – is meaningful in itself. Capturing their existence is, in itself, something beautiful,” says Yang.
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The Telegraph Wednesday November 27, 2024
Earlier this year we noted that Canadian police had recovered photographer Yousef Karsh’s iconic “Roaring Lion” portrait of Winston Churchill, which had been stolen from the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa. Now new details about the saga emerging. An Italian lawyer has come forward to explain how he unwittingly became embroiled in the theft after purchasing what he thought was a copy of the portrait at auction for £4,200 (about $5,300). “It immediately grabbed my attention, not just for its beauty but because I am fascinated with the figure of Winston Churchill,” the lawyer, Nicola Cassinelli, tells The Telegraph. See also: the New York Post. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday November 27, 2024
Are you one of the many people who've been "shopping like a billionaire" with Temu? Last February, when the Chinese-owned online marketplace for weirdly discounted goods ran a Super Bowl ad, CBS News
reported that Temu ranked as the top downloaded free shopping app on both Google Play and Apple's App Store. But, noted NPR, that explosive growth "has also fueled skepticism from consumers … Read the full Story >>
