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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reversed course and is no longer banning a famous World War II-era photo of a sailor kissing a woman from VA facilities. The photo was taken in Times Square on V-J Day, the date in the summer of 1945 when victory was declared over Japan, and has become controversial in recent years after the woman in the photo made clear that the kiss wasn’t consensual.“Let me be clear: This image is not banned from VA facilities - and we will keep it in VA facilities,” Secretary Denis McDonough…

Earlier this year, NASA's Terra satellite was zipping over the Gulf of Mexico when one of its instruments snapped a photo of some odd-looking clouds.The clouds looked like someone had taken a hole punch to the sky.This unusual phenomenon isn't new. Researchers have been documenting it since the 1940s, according to NASA. But it wasn't until about 15 years ago that scientists finally found an explanation.The features are officially called cavum clouds, but are sometimes nicknamed hole-punch clouds or fallstreak holes.…

Artie Beaty/ZDNETWhen it debuted more than a decade ago, Photo Sphere was a simple but fun photo mode that allowed users to take 360-degree photos of their surroundings and then either upload them to Google Maps or Google Street, or view them in a Google Cardboard headset.The feature was a fan-favorite for quite a while and had been on every Google phone from the Nexus to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 Pro -- it's still absent. That makes sense given that the mode was cut out of Camera 9.1,the version the Pixel 8 shipped…

A new photo of Odysseus released by NASA illustrates just how rough the lander’s journey to the Moon has been, shining a light on its spunky resilience against all odds.Moon Knight Gives Us HopeTaken on February 22, the day the lander touched down on the Moon, the photo shows Odysseus, affectionately called “Odie,” with a clearly broken leg on the lunar surface. While the photo might not look all that encouraging, Intuitive Machines explained that a perfect storm of events managed to work in Odie’s favor. Not only did…

The Galaxy S24 series smartphones come with One UI 6.1, which brings many useful features, especially related to the camera. One of those features is the ability to turn any frame from a Motion Photo into a 12MP still image. During the launch of those smartphones, Samsung said that it would offer that feature to older phones/tablets but it hadn’t specified to which devices it would offer the feature. Well, today we have information on the matter. Samsung could offer the upgraded version of Motion Photo to the Galaxy S22…

Have you seen a photo on social media recently that appears to show a man in 1980s-style clothes smoking a cigarette in McDonald’s? The image has gone viral, racking up over 21 million views at the time of this writing. But it’s completely fake. The image was made using generative AI.ChatGPT’s Creator Buddies Up to Congress | Future TechThe image, which features a man with long curly brown hair and a mustache, instantly grabbed attention when it was first posted to X on Tuesday. The man looks like he’s smoking a cigarette…

Nowadays we all take a lot of photos but only the best ones tend to see the light of day on Instagram. The rest gather virtual dust in our Photos app or in iCloud storage. Granted, the vast majority of the ones I take aren’t worthy of going anywhere else. But if you want to save photos to remember a holiday or dig out a bunch of your favorites to give to someone as a gift, you might want to make a photo book. I know how retro that sounds, but the best photo book apps allow you to create a fancy photo book really easily…

Microsoft is stepping up its game in the realm of AI-powered photo editing with the introduction of Generative Erase, a feature set to revolutionize photo manipulation on Windows PCs. This move follows in the footsteps of tech giants like Google and Samsung, who have integrated similar AI-driven tools into their devices.Generative Erase, announced by Microsoft for its Photos app, promises users the ability to selectively erase elements from their photos with the help of AI, reported The Verge. While not as flashy as some…

“Pressure makes diamonds, but ram pressure can make stars!" the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wrote in a social media post as it shared an image of a dwarf galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 54 million…

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