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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This is why you shouldn't use Apple's highlighter tool to censor sensitive info
A recent Reddit post details the danger of using a popular built-in tool in the iOS image editing menu. The tool, commonly ...
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I pimped up my house with these cool LEDs and I’m still a loser
I thought that adorning my studio with some LIFX Beam LED lights will make it more Instagrammable — and bring me joy. Little ...
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CHEAP: Save... stylishly, with the $75 WD 3TB My Passport Ultra HD
Most of us have lost some digital data and, to be honest, that sucks. Luckily, this discount on a WD 3TB My Passport Ultra ...
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CHEAP: This DJI Mavic Air drone kit is $150 off — fly my pretties, fly!
Drone technology has moved on so much you can get professional level equipment for consumer-grade prices. Just like the DJI ...
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Google announces the dual-camera, notchless, & face-unlocking Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
Google has announced its new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones, which include a range of exciting updates to satisfy the most ...
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Street photography with Huawei's P30 Pro only made me love my camera more
I wanted to love the Huawei P30 Pro camera... but shooting street photography with it has only made me miss my real camera ...
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Violent stalker finds Japanese artist's home by zooming in on her eye
Phone cameras are getting scarily sharp. So much so that a disturbed stalker was able to track down the address of a popular ...
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These are the countries that keep the most photos on their phones
It turns out South Korea, Malaysia, and Switzerland are the countries where people store the most photos on their phones, ...
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Leak: Google's Pixel 4 could include an astrophotography mode
Our phones get better at capturing images in low light every year, but as far as I know, no phone has been good enough to ...
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Facebook now asks for consent to scan your photos (but only on new accounts)
Facebook today announced it'd be rolling out its facial recognition settings to everyone -- and that and that it'd be turned ...
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This app uses AI to add a Pixel-style night photography mode to your iPhone
In the past couple of years, every major Android phone has had a night mode feature. While we might see Apple bring a night ...
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What the hell does the wide-angle lens on your phone do?
Ever looked at your phone and wondered what all the different cameras are for? We're here for you. And this time, we're looking ...
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How to report fake news on Instagram
Instagram today announced it's giving an option to its users to report fake news. It'll use this data to train its Ai algorithm. ...
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CHEAP: A 1TB SanDisk portable SSD for $166 (47% off)? Bag that shit up
What a juicy deal: store your troubles away with this massive 47-percent discount on SanDisk's 1TB Extreme Portable SSD for ...
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Fujifilm's $10,000 beast of a camera, the GFX100, has a faulty shutter button
Fujifilm says a "small percentage" of its $10,000, 100-megapixel GFX100 cameras suffer from "a loosening of the side shutter ...
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Google’s Gallery Go is a lightweight Photos alternative that works offline
Google has boosted its app lineup for Android Go with Gallery go – a lightweight version of Photos that uses machine learning ...
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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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There’s a secret hidden inside the binary code on Alan Turing’s new £50 note
The Bank of England slipped a hidden binary code in the design of the new £50 bill which features computer pioneer Alan ...
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Here's how algorithms can protect us against deepfakes
Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons ...
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CHEAP: You only have THIS WEEKEND to get $100 off the Samsung Galaxy S10 range
There's only this weekend left to get $100 off one of the Samsung Galaxy S10 range of phones, so move fast before time runs ...
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Research: The best way to stop the spread of fake photos is education
It can be hard to tell whether a picture is real. Consider, as the participants in our recent research did, these two images ...
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This repulsive app generates nudes from photos of clothed women
If you think creating anyone's nude photos or deepfake was a difficult task, think again. An app called DeepNude has developed ...
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CHEAP: Photograph your loved ones' SOULS with $200 off the Google Pixel 3 XL
Google's Pixel 3 XL is one of the best phones on the market. Now it's got $200 off its list price, it's an even better deal ...
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How to make one of those 'Best of' Instagram collages
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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Hackers steal 100,000 traveler photos from border patrol database
US Customs and Border Protection said that one of its subcontractors had been breached in a "malicious cyberattack," exposing ...
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The new iOS Photos app makes it easier to manage and edit photos
Photos takes a few cues from Adobe's Lightroom
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CHEAP: Save EVERYTHING with this WD 4TB external drive, now 41% off
Everyone needs some storage – and we've got you covered with this Western Digital My Passport 4TB external hard drive for ...
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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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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 ...
