We got to see a demonstration of a cool ComfyUI template that NVIDIA created to showcase how quickly their RTX 5090 GPU can process image generation locally on a laptop computer. Most people think we need a high-end server farm in the cloud to do all of these new “Artificial Intelligence” imagery, video, and text generation, but there are numerous smaller models that can actually run locally and can run pretty nicely if you have …
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Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, recently tweeted a long post that complains about “What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.” He’s referring to the internet as a whole but may not realize the hypocrisy of his statements. A number of countries are starting to implement laws enforcing privacy violating technologies such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning …
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Thin is in again. Apple used to brag about the thinness of the iPhone 5, 6, and now the iPhone Air. But is there such a thing as being too thin? I think so. A smaller surface area is slippery Usually people hold a phone in a hand with fingers wrapping around the side. It’s the natural way to hold something, but when something is too thin, there really isn’t enough surface area on the …
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UPDATE Jan 27, 2026 – even more lawsuits now Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption | PCMag New Lawsuit Claims that Meta Can Read All the WhatsApp Users Messages Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy – Bloomberg Meta can access all WhatsApp chats, lawsuit claims; Company replies – The Times of India Meta sued over claims that WhatsApp messages are fully secure – The Economic Times UPDATE Oct …
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I’ve been using Wacom tablets for computer graphics since I could afford the cheapest one they made in 1997 as a broke college student. Since then, I’ve used many graphics tablets, tablet PCs, and pen tablet displays. Wacom is still the industry standard, and still my favorite, and now I’ve been able to test their latest innovative pen display; the Wacom Movink. This one is a significant departure from the thick and heavy pen displays …
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The Bild Expo first started in September of 2023 as a big 50th anniversary for the B&H Photography & Video super store. After attending that, I figured it was just a one-time event for the photography store’s big birthday, but in 2025 a second Bild Expo was scheduled. It was actually even bigger than the previous one two years ago. It is great to see that maybe a new big photography expo will regularly come …
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