TNW
This AI tool generates your creepy lookalikes to trick facial recognition
2 min · · A free new tool called Anonymizer uses GANs to transform your profile photos into AI fakes. · Shared by 141, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nige Roberts-Willson, Bob E. Hayes
National Geographic
Best of the decade
9 min · · Journey through National Geographic’s most powerful photographs of the decade · Shared by 133, including Philipp Laurim, Rick Powell, Loubna Rais, Mario Clemente, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Vala Afshar
The New York Times
After Atomic Bombings, These Photographers Worked Under Mushroom Clouds
7 min · · A new book of photos documents the human impact of the bombings that ended World War II — and challenges a common American perception of the destruction in Japan. · Shared by 126, including Marcos, Christian Surchi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, luis antónio santos, Matthias Lampe, Rick Powell, Bryan William Jones
CNN
This man says he's stockpiling billions of our photos
6 min · · Clearview AI's cofounder Hoan Ton-That claims his company has scraped billions of photos from the internet, including popular sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — all to help law enforcement… · Shared by 120, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Amber Mac
The Intercept
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
8 min · · What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. · Shared by 109, including Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Luca Like, Liliane Ferrari ™, Esther Schindler, John C. Havens (he/him), Michael Seemann, Naomi Klein, Klaus Eck, David Weigel, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Tom Connor, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
CNET
Your face mask selfies could be training the next facial recognition tool
4 min · · Researchers are crawling the internet for photos of people wearing face masks to improve facial recognition algorithms. · Shared by 102, including Matt Navarra, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Faik Ersoy, Nige Roberts-Willson, hardmaru, Privacy Matters, Lam Thuy Vo, Neeraj K Agrawal
DIYPhotography
If you're not improving as a photographer, these could be the reasons why
3 min · · In everything you do in life, there’s always room for growth and improvement. Photography is no exception. However, there are times in life when we feel like we’re stagnating and not getting any… · Shared by 101, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Boing Boing
Photo of mice brawling on a subway platform wins wildlife photography award
2 min · · Sam Rowley’s fantastic image of mice brawling over crumbs on a London Underground platform won the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People’s… · Shared by 93, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tom Connor, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Daniel Schwarz
ianvisits.co.uk
British Museum makes 1.9 million images available for free
2 min · · The British Museum has revamped its online collections database, making over 1.9 million photos of its collection available for free online under a Creative Commons license. · Shared by 90, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Esther Schindler, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Craig Mod
The Atlantic
Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2020
6 min · · Some of the winning and honored images from the 2020 Small World Photomicrography Competition · Shared by 88, including Christian Surchi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Amish Jani, John Hagel, Gisele Navarro, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Photos: The Influenza Masks of 1918
6 min · · A collection of images from a century ago of people doing their best to keep others and themselves safe, during a global health crisis · Shared by 87, including Simon C, Christian Surchi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Product Hunt 😸
25,000 AI Photos - 25k diverse & customizable free stock photos generated by AI
· We're sharing a free collection of 25k HiRes stock photos with customizable AI-synthesized people. For this collection we focused on increasing diversity in model appearance. Reach out if you want us… · Shared by 86, including Lisha, Yisong Yue, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Matteo Furia, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, hardmaru, ἀποκαραδοκία, Alexander Seifert
National Geographic
17 photo books perfect for armchair travels
8 min · · The world‘s best photographers reveal Greek beaches, the American heartland, poignant family scenes—and glamorous cats. · Shared by 81, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Atlantic
Photos: Earth Day 50
9 min · · Images of our world from recent years, glimpsing aspects of our environment, how it affects and sustains us, and how we affect it · Shared by 79, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The New York Times
How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology
13+ min · · Millions of Flickr images were sucked into a database called MegaFace. Now some of those faces may have the ability to sue. · Shared by 79, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Stammy, Craig Brown, PhD, Privacy Matters, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram, Alexis Sanders, Thomas Pleil, Thomas Power, Matteo Fogli, Jane, Kashmir Hill, MIT Press
PetaPixel
Looking vs. Seeing as a Photographer
6 min · · I’d like to share some thoughts here on being a musician before I get to the difference between seeing and looking as a photographer. Please bear with me. · Shared by 78, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rick Sammon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯