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A new update to Lux Optics' anti-algorithm Halide camera app for the iPhone and iPad adds two new photography looks and support for the variable aperture on the new iPhone 18 Pro's main camera . Halide isn't the first alternative to the native iOS camera app to add support for the new feature, but it offers more finite control over aperture settings than other third-party apps. The iOS camera app limits aperture adjustments to just four presets, but both the BlackMagic Camera and Moment Pro Camera II apps expand that to 10 presets in 1/3 stop increments, similar to what most digital cameras offer. Halide Mark III goes even further by lettin … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002642/halide-ios-camera-app-update-iphone-18-pro-max-variable-aperture

The only noticable difference is that the camera oval is shorter. | Image: Android Headlines Google isn't making any significant design changes to its upcoming midrange Pixel update, judging by the leaks shared by Android Headlines . The image renders made by OnLeaks are potentially our first look at the Pixel 11A, which aside from having a slightly rounder oval-shaped rear camera module, looks almost indistinguishable from both the Pixel 10A and Pixel 9A . It seems the chunky display bezels sported by those predecessors will also carry over as they're present in these leaked images. It makes the phone look very dated compared to the wider Pixel 11 series lineup, but a previous report from Mystic Leaks suggests the Pixel 11A will at … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002072/google-pixel-11a-leaked-renders-first-look

In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian's Door. Vivian's Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. The work sometimes put it in close contact with these companies' financial data, which was stored on its systems. But suddenly, concerned callers from all over the world warned they'd been getting emails "begging for money" - which she hadn't sent. The organization's third-party IT team pulled its systems offline for three days while they investigated the issue and plugged up the vulner … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001427/ai-is-supercharging-hacking-and-your-local-hospitals-and-banks-arent-ready

In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched that too. OpenAI's latest attempt to repair fractured relations with a mathematical community it has repeatedly alienated is to consult a new independent advisory group of elite practitioners. But mathematicians speaking to The Verge , including one of the group's members, describe a messy and confusing affair bearing many of the hallmarks of OpenAI's previous rushed forays into mathematics, suggest … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001477/openai-math-advisory-group

Walmart says it won't change product prices based on your personal information or the time of day, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal . In a letter to customers , Walmart CEO John Furner writes that the company's switch to digital shelf labels is meant to save store associates time, rather than dynamically change prices. "Your income, shopping history, urgency or what we think you could pay won't change the price," Furner writes. "And whether you're buying groceries or electronics on a hot afternoon or in a sudden rush for an item, it's never a reason to charge you more." Furner adds that it won't use conversations with its Sparky … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1001492/walmart-dynamic-pricing-digital-shelf-labels

This mossy green looks great, but the 9 Pro Max is also launching in black and silver. | Image: Honor Honor launches its new Magic 9 flagship phones in China today, and the 9 Pro Max features a design revamp, a capable camera, and a colossal battery. This is Honor's first flagship launch - Robot Phone aside - since it announced its collaboration with camera company Arri. The initial impact is twofold. The new camera island is Arri-inspired, drawing from the "three-lens turret" design first introduced in 1937's Arriflex 35, complete with a knurled texture around the main lens. Arri has played a part in the camera itself, contributing the ability to shoot in Arri LogC3, together with 14 preset Arri Look LUTs, access to Arri's wider library o … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1001219/honor-magic-9-pro-max-arri-cameras-snapdragon-battery-design-china