Apple just dropped a research dataset to help train AI image editing models

Apple has released Pico-Banana-400K, a highly curated 400,000-image research dataset which, interestingly, was built using ...

How to save your old photos before it’s too late

If you’re like most people, you probably have boxes of old photos tucked away somewhere -snapshots of family, friends and ...
CNET

Want to Take a Picture Without Touching Your iPhone? Here's How

1. Connect your compatible AirPods to your iPhone. 2. Tap Settings. 3. Tap your AirPods in the Settings menu. In the new menu, you can choose either Press Once or Press and Hold. This refers to how ...

Apple wants to improve everybody's AI image editors with new training dataset

A new Apple research paper argues that AI imaging editors are currently trained on inadequate image sets — so Apple ...
Travel + Leisure

How to Use Flight Price Alerts to Save Money on Your Next Trip

Who wouldn't want to save a few extra bucks on their next flight purchase? While fares fluctuate based on a number of factors including demand, seasonality, and specific routes, there are some savvy ...
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'Use it or lose it': wildlife sanctuary urges Bendigo to support operation

The general manager of a central Victorian wildlife sanctuary, which has been battling a tough two-year period, including falling victim to an alleged "bitumen bandit" scam, is urging the community to ...
KCCI Des Moines

Gov. Kim Reynolds issues executive order to require state agencies to use E-Verify and SAVE

BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS IS NOW CALLING FOR ALL STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO USE FEDERAL SYSTEMS TO VERIFY EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY AND CITIZENSHIP. THIS COMES ...
Wired

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign. “The first sign that it was AI was that it didn’t look great,” ...
Yahoo

Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie About Portland “Riots”

President Donald Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing fake photos of a fake riot. The official social media accounts of the Oregon ...
The Raw Story

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

Adam Nichols is Raw Story's Editor-in-Chief. He has more than 25 years of journalism experience, which includes working for the New York Daily News, the New York Post and DNAinfo, a startup site that ...
WSET

Neighbor arrested after illegally using gun to save woman being attacked by dog: Police

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A woman has serious injuries after a dog attack, but now her neighbor, who stepped in to save her by illegally using a gun, is facing a charge. According to the Roanoke ...
IEEE

Image Denoising Using Green Channel Prior

Abstract: Image denoising is an appealing and challenging task, in that noise statistics of real-world observations may vary with local image contents and different image channels. Specifically, the ...