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Detect edited photos with image analyzer Izitru

As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Thanks to editing tools like Photoshop, it can be hard to tell what’s real on the web. There have been a number of forensic tools available to those wishing to investigate suspect images, but likely none so easy to use as Izitru, the service introduced on Monday by Dartmouth professor Hany Farid. Izitru, pronounced a bit like “is it true,” lets you upload a photo and automatically get a computer’s analysis of whether…

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One man is chronicling the history of a digital universe

As reported on The Verge. By Andrew Webster After a decade of epic battles, ‘Eve Online’ gets its historian After spending months climbing the ranks of the Ubiqua Seraph corporation, on April 18th, 2005, Istvaan Shogaatsu’s moment had finally arrived. He had gained the trust of the corporation’s CEO, Mirial, and while the two were alone on her ship he issued a command that led to the ransacking of nearly every Ubiqua Seraph office and hangar…

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Hipstamatic’s Makers Introduce Cinamatic, A New Video Editing App

As reported on TechCrunch. by Catherine Shu Digest Comes To Android The makers of Hipstamatic, the app that was introduced in 2009 and gained a loyal following for its square-format photos and filters before Instagram took over in ubiquity, has launched a new video editing app called Cinamatic. Cinamatic is currently available for iPhones and costs $1.99. Additional filters are available as in-app purchases. Cinamatic uses the same formula as Hipstamatic: first you take a square-format video of three to 15 seconds, then…

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NASA investigates how to keep crew healthy during deep space missions

As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON Now that we’re this close to sending humans to Mars, NASA thought it best to start preparing for one of its biggest goals: deep space exploration. Three NASA Ames Research Center studies that aim to explore the effects of deep space exploration on astronauts’ health just got a total of $17 million in funding. One of the proposals is looking for ways to mitigate spatial disorientation after a lengthy space flight, while another will…

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Adobe Voice lets amateurs make videos like a pro (sort of)

As reported on Engadget. BY EMILY PRICE Whether you’re doing a book report or trying to show someone how to boil an egg: video can make it a heck of a lot easier for you to get your point across. Adobe’s new iPad app, Voice, hopes to make the often time-consuming experience of creating your own such videos a lot faster and easier. The app guides you through making a sharable vid, from the conception of…

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