I’ve been a professional photographer for over a decade, shooting everything from editorial photo stories, to product photography and landscape, travel and street photography in my personal work. In that time, I’ve learned there are three main types of camera that all photographers need to own. And I’m not talking about brands, like a Sony …
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Have you ever wondered about the distance between Tatooine and Naboo without all those hyperspace jumps conveniently speeding up space travel? Or where Coruscant is in relation to Alderaan? How about Obi-Wan Kenobi’s accumulated mileage during the Clone Wars? The good news is that the force is with you: All of your geographical-based questions can …
AI companies might find it harder to access the entire web to train their large language models after the internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare said this week it would block AI data crawlers by default. It’s the latest front to open in an ongoing fight between the creators of content and the AI developers who use …
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Leaks about the iPhone 17 have been pouring in for more than a year. We’ve seen reports of a new selfie camera, faster MagSafe charging and a new purple (or green) color. We’ve even heard rumors that Apple might change how frequently it launches new iPhone models, from once a year to twice. But when …
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Your phone’s personal hotspot feature can come in handy in so many ways. For instance, if your home internet is experiencing an outage or if you brought your laptop to a cafe that doesn’t offer Wi-Fi access, you can instead use your cellular data plan to get your other devices online. All recent iPhone and …
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Image: Rob Schultz/Foundry Amazon Prime Day 2025 is nearly here, and if you’ve been eyeing those juicy laptop deals, now’s the time to commit and jump in. This year, Amazon’s switching things up. Instead of the usual two-day event, Amazon has lengthened it to four days (July 8th to July 11th), giving you more time …
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Image: Madmaxer/iStock Online backup is your protection against any disaster that might befall your computer or local storage devices. Mechanical failure, acts of malice, or natural disasters are serious threats to the data you have stored on your PC. While I always recommend keeping a local backup for quick restores (see our roundup of the best …
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Image: Rob Schultz/Foundry The ergonomics of your desk and chair greatly influence how good you feel after a long session at your PC. But you don’t have to spend a ton on an office chair or standing desk—especially not at the moment, in the lead-up to next week’s Amazon Prime Day. Popular chairs and desks …
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Image: Rob Schultz/Foundry One of the easiest ways to enhance your PC experience is to get a better monitor. It doesn’t require any upgrades for your desktop or laptop, and it shines up the primary way you interact with almost everything: the visuals. Prime Day is upon us again, but even before it lands on …
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Nearly eight months after Amazon announced it was phasing out its ad-supported Freevee streaming service, the standalone Freevee app is still widely available. Now it appears the app’s days are numbered. On the July 1 update for the Apple App Store version of the Freevee app, a new note reads: “The Freevee app will be …
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