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1. Some Google Pixel 3 users claim their photos aren’t saving
(English/engadget)

If you're having issues with your Google Pixel phone not saving photos, you're not alone. According to reports on Reddit and Google's own forums, some owners of Google Pixel 3, 3XL, 2 and ...

2. Instagram's bullying, stalking, and harassment crisis
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... machine-learning technology to better detect bullying in photos. When approached for comment, a Facebook spokesperson referred me to Instagram’s communications team. Instagram declined to speak on the ...

3. Sony's HX99 camera packs 30X zoom into an ultra-compact body
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How do you make a point-and-shoot camera appealing when the smartphone in your pocket can already take great photos? By stuffing a ton of features into a design that's almost as easy to carry as that ...

4. Adobe Photoshop CC for iPad promises 'real' mobile image editing
(English/engadget)

You might have noticed that Adobe's slew of announcements at its MAX conference made a reference to Photoshop CC coming for iPad. As it turns out, it's a pretty big announcement -- and it might ...

5. Booze in a 'juice' box
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...  Photos by: Thersa Matsuura Read the rest Read all  ...

6. Adobe conferma: Photoshop completo anche su iPad
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Adobe presenta Photoshop CC per iPad, una versione completa del software di fotoritocco per il tablet, simile a quella desktop: ecco i dettagli. The post Adobe conferma: Photoshop completo anche su iPad ...

7. Adobe launches Premiere Rush CC for YouTube creators
(English/engadget)

At its big MAX 2018 shindig, Adobe unveiled a host of new apps for content creators on the go, including a new video editor called Premiere Rush CC for YouTubers and Photoshop CC for iPad. It also unveiled ...

8. Douglas Rushkoff's sobering view of Universal Basic Income
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... Universal Basic Income Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Scam photo by photosteve101 Read the rest Read all  ...

9. Apple is using backpacks to collect map data in San Francisco
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Apple's quest to improve Maps' accuracy appears to include some on-foot action. Former Engadget writer Dante Cesa has posted photos of an Apple Maps worker carrying a backpack loaded with cameras, ...

10. Facebook's 3D photos are here
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... beginning to roll out 3D photos to everyone, allowi... Read all  ...

11. Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths"
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... of the apartments she cleans, working from the photos she takes to provide documentation to the relatives of the deceased. She works from a mix of off-the-shelf dollhouse miniatures and items she sculpts ...

12. Gig economy leaving you behind? Here's 6 ways to find your side hustle
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... of Abobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lighthouse and more. Read the rest Read all  ...

13. Couple's 'maternity shoot' turns weird
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... photo album with all the photos from the shoot. photos by Li Carter, used with permission Read the rest Read all  ...

14. Homeless people in San Francisco are hotwiring electric scooters
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... stashed at tent cities around San Francisco. Photos of people extracting the batteries have been posted on Twitter and Reddit. Rumor has it the batteries have a resale price of about $50 on the street, ...

15. Adding Images/Graphics to Labels with Libreoffice
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Photos, greeting cards, business cards, inserts for CD jewel cases created using LibreOffice, using you own graphics. Read all  ...

16. How to cook and eat a gourmet meal in Antarctica
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... nutella, you name it. He pulls it off. Everything is possible with hunger, determination, and the right fuel. Below, some of the fun photos from his adventures. [via] Read the rest Read all  ...

17. The notch on the Pixel 3 XL sucks
(English/engadget)

The deep notch on the Pixel 3 XL isn't a huge surprise. It was first revealed in leaked photos posted by an XDA forum user on June 6th. Some people hoped, or prayed, that it wasn't real or could ...

18. Secret box truck 'night market' pops up again in NYC
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... one for a little while... Read more: Photos: A Secret Box Truck Art Carnival Materialized Briefly In Brooklyn photos by Alix Piorun for Gothamist, used with permission Glitter gun fight Read the ...

19. Instagram uses machine learning to spot bullying in photos
(English/engadget)

Instagram can already thwart some bullying in comments. Now, however, it can do the same for photos. The social service is introducing a system that uses machine learning to "proactively" spot ...

20. Famed Guinness Records star with the longest fingernails has chopped them off!
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Remember the photos of Shridhar Chillal and his insanely long fingernails that were featured in so many editions of the Guinness Book of World Records? After 66 years, Chillal has cut them off! At the ...

21. Something Awful receives legal threat over hotlinked image of Hitler fan
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... their client's submitted photos. An automated system then flags the suspected offending site, spits out a super scary legal threat based off a template, and delivers it to the site owner. Upon receiving ...

22. Glorious collection of control panel photos
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Control Panel is a fantastic visual blog "in praise of dials, toggles, buttons, and bulbs," a companion to the Control Panel group on Flickr. Read the rest Read all

23. How to get all your stuff out of Facebook before deleting it
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Ronald Langeveld has had enough, but realized you have to do more than simply quit: you gotta get years of your stuff out, too. He posted instructions on exfiltrating all your photos, comments and posts ...

24. Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking on sale for $3 in Kindle edition
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... I love the book Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking by Masaharu Morimoto, which has recipes for all the classic Japanese dishes. It's available in the Kindle edition (with lots of color photos) ...

25. Own a drone? Law enforcement will soon be allowed to shoot it down
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I own a DJI Spark. It's not the most expense drone out there, but it's a good one. I love its ability to take video and photos from angles that I could never manage from the ground. I do not, however, ...