A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography.
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Hands-on: OPPO's Reno pizza-slice selfie camera is slow, but delicious
OPPO's new phone, Reno, has a pretty interesting feature: a pizza-slice shaped selfie camera. We got our hands on one, so ...
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Instagram is demoting posts to hide offensive and sexually explicit content
Instagram will now start demoting content it feels that is inappropriate that includes sexually suggestive content or offensive ...
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Meet Katie Bouman, the STEM hero behind today's black hole photo
Astronomers today published the first ever images of a celestial phenomenon we’ve long known to exist, but were unable ...
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What's a time-of-flight (ToF) camera and why's it on my phone?
Ever wondered what a time-of-flight (ToF) camera is? And what it does? Well, worry no more, we've got the answers for you. ...
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NBC's tool will tell you if IBM's used your photos to train its AI
IBM failed to notify Flickr users that it was using their pictures to train an AI - and you could be one of them. Here's ...
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Fujifilm X-T3 review: a camera too good to be true (and yet, it is)
Fujifilm's X-T3 is an extremely versatile camera that delivers both excellent video and still image quality – at an affordable ...
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How to free up space on your phone with Google Photos' unlimited backup service
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Nokia 9 Pureview's five-camera setup promises quality over versatility
In the past six months, we’ve seen plenty of phones with three cameras, and a bunch with four cameras too. Now, Nokia has ...
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Our relationship with dick pics is complicated
Why do men send dick pics? Some research and popular commentary suggests it's for reasons of narcissism and over-confidence. ...
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How to stop WhatsApp from downloading photos automatically
WhatsApp is probably one of the most used apps all over the world. And people send photos to each other freuqently that clutters ...
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Facebook lets you search for pictures of your female friends, but not your male ones
Well, this sounds familiar.
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How to help AI find human trafficking victims
If you could help rescue human trafficking victims by downloading a free app and taking a selfie in the next hotel room you ...
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Viral images of the Nairobi terror attack victims failed journalism
An article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya. The ...
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The race to become the most-liked Instagram post has been won by an egg
A photo an egg has racked up the most likes of any single post on Instagram: 24 million. And it beat the last record holder ...
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Our obsession with taking photos is changing how we remember the past
Last year I visited the Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia – one of the best art museums in the world. I was expecting ...
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How to take better portrait mode photos on any phone
Ah, portrait mode. Ever since Huawei pioneered the depth-sensing tech and Apple ran with it, it seems every other Instagram ...
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How numb are we to Facebook's fuck-ups at this point?
What would have been a PR nightmare last year is just a blip on the radar for Facebook in 2018.
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How to delete Facebook without losing your friends and photos
Casey Neistat wrote an article back in 2014 how he 'fixed' his Facebook by unfriending people who shared too much. I ...
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Phone makers, stop lying about how good your cameras are
Phones aren't as good at taking photographs as standalone cameras - yet. It's time to stop misleading customers about what ...
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Get more cats on your Instagram feed by cheating the algorithm
If you’re anything like me, a blue-eyed tabby cat coquettishly peering at the camera from under its lashes makes you want ...
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Everything Apple announced at its 2018 iPhone event
It's that time of year again. Apple CEO today Tim Cook took to the stage to announce all of the latest and greatest in Apple ...
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‘Enhance’: Browser game mocks Hollywood hacking tropes
You know those evidence-gathering scenes in 90s and 00s tv shows and movies that treat looking at photographs like a particularly ...
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Inside Google's plan to stalk your social media accounts
Google, once again, is excited about social media. But not in the ways you might think; this isn't about another in a failed ...
