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Looking at reality without filters

Author of business books, Nishka Rathi (42) who devours fiction for Young Adults, believes books meant squarely for adults are often cynical and predictable. She particularly returns to the work of Diana Wynne Jones and Terry Pratchett because “the way their books tackle situations and talk about reality is neither highly depressing nor very positive.” Rathi believes adults see people through many filters: “’Oh, they’re from this community, or that area, so they’re like this’. But kids see things as they are. So in…

How to change filters on your DJI Mini 3 Pro without breaking your drone

DJI Mini 3 Pro along with the DJI wide-angle lens. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETThe DJI Mini 3 Pro that act like sunglasses for your drone, allowing you to capture cinematic shots or take amazing long exposure photos, or there are wide-angle lens First, turn the drone off. You can can change the filters with the drone on (or even running), but it's not recommended.Next thing you need to know is what part of the camera you're removing. A big mistake that many do is think that they're trying to remove this bit below.

AI-generated selfies could be the next Snapchat filters

Like any novel technological development, text-to-image AI models are slowly moving from the R&D stage to the phase of “making weird stuff for social media.” Case in point is the phenomenon of the AI-generated selfie, which splices your likeness with different artistic styles and themes using machine learning. Think of it like the next Snapchat filter: a quick way to make your face look goofier than normal. Or goofy in a different way. There are a few methods to make your own AI-generated portrait right now, like the…

The Republican National Committee is suing Google over Gmail’s spam filters

The Republican National Committee is suing Google. According to (via The Verge), the organization filed a lawsuit with California’s Eastern District Court on Friday. The complaint accuses Google of sending “millions” of RNC campaign emails to Gmail spam folders in an extension of the company’s “discriminatory” filtering practices. “At approximately the same time at the end of each month, Google sends to spam nearly all of the RNC’s emails,” the complaint claims. “Critically, and suspiciously, this end of the month period…

Google Sued by Republican Committee Over Email Spam Filtering, Firm Says Filters Reflect Users’ Actions

The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November's midterm elections — an allegation Google denies.The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California Friday evening, accuses Gmail of “discriminating” against the RNC by unfairly sending the group's emails to users' spam folders, impacting both fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts in pivotal swing states.“Enough is enough — we…

Republican committee sues Google over email spam filters

The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November's midterm elections—an allegation Google denies. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California, accuses Gmail of "discriminating" against the RNC by unfairly sending the group's emails to users' spam folders, impacting both fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts in pivotal swing states. "Enough is enough—we are suing Google…

Super-Dry California Is Set to Approve a $140 Million Water Desalination Plant

A man performs maintenance work in the reverse osmosis building at the Carlsbad Desalination plant Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Carlsbad, California. The facility is the Western hemisphere’s largest desalination plant, which removes salt and impurities from ocean water. Photo: Gregory Bull (AP)California regulators are likely to approve a new water desalination plant today as state officials look for solutions to ongoingwater shortages, as the state struggles through its worst drought in over 1,000 years.The California

Tumblr adds new filters and hints at looser moderation rules

Tumblr is adding a new filtering feature called “community labels.” Contrary to speculation from some users, Tumblr’s parent company, Automattic, says its broader rules haven’t changed so far — but the feature might lay the groundwork for a more liberal moderation policy.Community labels, announced yesterday, make the site’s moderation tools more granular. Tumblr is asking users to tag posts that depict or reference three categories of content: drug and alcohol addiction, violence “similar to what you might see in an…

Some political emails allowed to skirt Gmail spam filters

If, like me, you spend as much time these days deleting unwanted crap from your Gmail inbox as you do actually using it for its intended communicative purpose, get ready for — surprise! — more of the same from the Search giant. This week, Google is reportedly set to launch a pilot program, whereby political campaign emails that normally would have been filtered into your Gmail spam folder are going to, instead, join the overrun wasteland of your main inbox — giving you even more digital flotsam to purge and putting…