Is Canon Working on New, Fast Prime Lenses?

When it comes to Canon lenses, one knows that they are getting their worth for what they are paying for. The L-series, for instance, has been popular amongst many photographers for this reason. But while they have plenty of longer-range lenses, there are about nine options in th…

“If Artemis II is successful, the astronauts will...

“If Artemis II is successful, the astronauts will be the first humans to reach the moon’s orbit in more than 50 years, and their path around its far side will take them farther into the universe than any human being has previously traveled.”

Toward a Human Future for AI

I was invited by Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie, of the Imagining the Digital Future Center at Elon University, to contribute my thoughts to their latest study, titled Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the Age of AI: Experts Call for Radical Change Across Institution…

Flursday

Big fact YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users. Here's almost looking at you Imagine scattered bits of coffee grounds, floating in space in front of your face, a few inches to a few feet away. Among them, blurred filaments float around, like zero-gravity worms. These are bits of…

What Pro Photographers Understand that Amateurs Don’t

Buying camera gear is expensive and your warranty won't matter. Insurance is cheaper! Our photography insurance program is designed to be there when photographers really need it! We're giving you more than the competition can in different ways! Here's a little-known fact: the wa…

Photographers: Here’s The Escape from Social Media You Wanted

This has been a very long time in the making, and I'm very excited to finally make this happen. The Phoblographer is launching workshops for photographers who want to find ways to grow beyond just what all the social media content developers and YouTubers tell you you need. And…

Open Thread #3

Well, I’m back from my west coast trip, but I came home totally sick, the SSL cert for KDO wasn’t automatically renewed1 so the site was down for several hours this morning, and my car has decided it’s suddenly out of brake fluid? Oh and I haven’t even seen Project Hail…

The Best APS-C Cameras for Photojournalism (There Are Only Two)

Photojournalism is one of the few genres that requires one to get the best device possible. For starters, the device has to be sturdy but also quite quick. There is also the need for good image quality and high ISO results for the best output. While there are many cameras in the…

“ ICE Tours VT provides guided bus tours to many...

“ICE Tours VT provides guided bus tours to many of these facilities, where you will learn about the scope, scale, and history of DHS in Vermont. Think Hollywood star tours, but instead of celebrity mansions you get federal surveillance infrastructure.”

Recently

I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just got back from Atmosphere Conf in Vancouver and settling into a false Brooklyn summer. ReadingI read so much this month but have little to share here. Despite trying to keep a rich,…

The Curious Olympus Camera Selling Like Hotcakes

Olympus has introduced some brilliant cameras over the years. The companies PEN F, E-P5, OM3 are some models that continue to be important for photographers. While it is believed that the Micro Four Thirds or Four Thirds system is now redundant, the truth is far away from that.…

35 Photographers. One Title. The World Food Photography Awards Shortlist Is Here

Food photography is one of the most underrated forms of the medium. Food not only allows one to reconnect with the traditions of a place but also with multiple communities that shape it. In fact, food is one of the easiest ways to understand a culture that may be fading away. Fo…

The 3 Best Full Frame Cameras For Dynamic Range

Mirrorless cameras have come a long way over the years. From Sony's first a7 series to Nikon's Z system, mirrorless cameras have come a long way in terms of performance. With many photographers trying to get the most details out of their cameras, there is a new demand for camera…

“ LLM-generated passwords…appear strong, but...

“LLM-generated passwords…appear strong, but are fundamentally insecure, because LLMs are designed to predict tokens – the opposite of securely and uniformly sampling random characters.”

Great Unreleased Track From Kendrick Lamar: Bloody Murder

This has been out in the world for a while, but I just ran across it the other day: Bloody Murder is an unreleased track recorded during the studio sessions for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. It samples Radiohead’s Everything In Its Right Place and it’s gooood. Available on YouT…

From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is...

From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is “a new public data platform that provides monthly, utility-level estimates of residential electricity rates and bills across the United States going back to 2021…”

Creation

Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to...

Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds, including psilocybin, DMT, and psychedelic compounds secreted by the Sonoran Desert toad.

On Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything

I was thankful to read Marcin Wichary’s review of Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything. I first heard about the book months and months ago; it sounded potentially interesting but I was afraid it was going to suffer from a now-familiar myopia of the “tech” old guard…