An arresting photograph of a flock of thousands of geese in mid-flight from the point of view of another bird has been announced as the overall winner of the Drone Awards 2021, the main international contest of aerial photography. The award is part of the International Festival of Visual Arts Siena Awards, and the winning images from eight categories will form the exhibition “Above Us Only Sky” in Siena from October 23rd till December 5th 2021....

A group of independent researchers at AlgorithmWatch recently had to shut down an Instagram research after a backlash from Facebook. The group had been studying Instagram’s algorithm and how it works. However, they claim that Facebook threatened with a lawsuit, so they were forced to bring the research to a halt. AlgorithmWatch published a post revealing their side of the story. It reads that the research was voluntary-based. Volunteers were asked to install a browser add-on that scraped their Instagram newsfeeds....

According to the DxO tests, the camera of the iPhone 8 Plus is the best they’ve tested so far. It scored the impressive result of 94, but could Samsung Galaxy Note 8beat it? DxO hasn’t tested this phone’s camera yet, but SuperSafTV’s Safwan Ahmedmia has. In this video, you can see a side-by-side comparison of iPhone 8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8. He tests the quality of the video, audio and photos, in terms of sharpness, low-light performance, dynamic range, background blur and so on....

O problema que cerca a legalidade do IPTV não é o uso da tecnologia em si. Está em como ela é utilizada. Então a pergunta certa não é se o IPTV é legal, mas se o uso que está fazendo dela o é. Em outras palavras, você está usando o IPTV para assistir de graça — ou por um preço muito abaixo do cobrado pelas empresas — canais ou serviços de streaming que são originalmente pagos?...

I watched a video from Atlanta-based commercial photographer and OneLight wizard Zack Arias last night. I hadn’t planned to watch it all as I was headed to bed, but I found it very interesting. So, I ended up watching the whole thing and going to sleep far too late. The video covers Zack’s thoughts on Unsplash, and it makes Zack’s position quite clear. He’s not happy. Zack had the chance to talk with Unsplash founder, Mikael Cho to voice some of his concerns....