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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-15 08:50:38

AI image generators like Nano Banana have increased realism by mimicking phone camera traits in contrast, exposure, and sharpening to avoid the uncanny valley (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
theverge.com/column/843883/ai-

AI image generators are getting better by getting worse
AI image generators are getting way better at creating realistic fakes, by making image quality a little bit worse.

@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social
2026-02-14 14:30:49

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
A recent review in #Science highlights knowledge gaps of the "calcifying plankton" role for biogenic carbon removal in #climate models. Coccolithophores (algae), f…

image/jpeg a scanning electron microscopic image of an algae cells covered in round porous plates that look like inflatable lifeboats. Public domain.
image/jpeg a microscope image of a group of yellow, puffy, star-shaped plankton covered in little holes. Source Alain Couette CC-BY-SA 3.0.
image/jpeg a microscopic nearly transparent snail with a tight spiral shell extends its feeding structure. Source NOAA, public domain.
image/jpeg a microscopic photograph of a spherical organism covered in long pointed spikes. Rhabdosphaera clavigera from Montiero et al. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0.
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-14 09:16:17

A silent scenery in four acts...
(Selenium-toned[1] 4x6 salt print (still in final wash) plus previous work-in-progress stages... see alt text for details)
The picture/motif itself is one of my personal favorites and was taken 4 years ago in the Alpstein massif, when clouds were spontaneously forming around us, creating a wonderful light/scene/drama and a dear memory... now also as print which likely will/can outlast myself
[1] The tones will become more neutral once dry...…

Photo of a photo: A sepia tinted monochromatic salt print in a photo tray water bath during the final stage of the development process. The photo emulsion was hand painted on the paper with a brush and has some fuzzy edges in the bottom half (likely from removing the masking tape a little too early) The subject photo shows a romantic multi-layered mountain scene with towering rock faces quickly being engulfed by clouds forming around them, further down smooth grassy meadows and groups of swi…
Darkroom view of the same photo in another tray during development. The red light makes the contrast of the image appear more strong...
Another darkroom view of the same photo, taken just a few moments before the previous image. Here showing the undeveloped print as it looks just after UV exposure. Only the darkest parts of the image are somewhat recognizable already.
Top-down desk view of the negative laid atop the already masked off (but otherwise unprepared) paper. Some earlier exposure time test strips and images are scattered around...
@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-14 12:20:11

Third world looksmaxxing Facebook groups

Abï Shek: Do i have potential....!! 😅💔 *image of perfectly normal looking man*
Anonimowny uczestnik: Girls call me The True Adam. Most women rate me at least 9/10. Can you guy rate me on an honest scale of 1-10? *image of guy who looks like hes had worrying plastic surgeries done on him*
Javen Richmond: Guys can you rate my face and tell me what type of face I have *image of literal child*
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-13 16:18:20

“In a recent meeting where BBC studio executives again voiced problems, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices. I chose the latter. It broke my heart.”
– @…
Told you folks he’s a good egg :)

b9AcE is anti-fascist (@b9AcE@todon.eu)
To be "voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump [and] numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry … were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter." says comedian and author Robin Ince, quitting BBC's Radio 4 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/13/comedian-robin-ince-quits-as-host-of-bbcs-infinite-monkey-cage

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-02-11 12:20:00

SafeMoon: CEO von Kryptogeldfirma muss über acht Jahre ins Gefängnis
Der ehemalige CEO von SafeMoon muss mehr als acht Jahre ins Gefängnis, er hat Investoren um Millionen betrogen. Ein Komplize ist nach Russland geflohen.

Betrug bei Kryptogeldfirma: CEO von SafeMoon muss 100 Monate ins Gefängnis
Der ehemalige CEO von SafeMoon muss mehr als acht Jahre ins Gefängnis, er hat Investoren um Millionen betrogen. Ein Komplize ist nach Russland geflohen.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-14 08:51:08

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4

IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-13 23:06:00

Google announces MedGemma 1.5 with improved medical imaging support, and MedASR for medical dictation, both available on Hugging Face and Vertex AI (Google Research)
research.google/blog/next-gene

Next generation medical image interpretation with MedGemma 1.5 and medical speech to text with MedASR