In a recent blog post, Google has introduced their new AI that can judge your photos based on both technical and aesthetic quality. According to Google researchers, the new network “sees” the photos almost like the humans would. With time, it could get even more accurate, and its application could affect image editing processes, judging images in competitions and more. Assessing the technical quality of the images shouldn’t be a problem for neural networks....

The Sonos Ray is set to launch at a price of $279. The leaks previously pointed to the speaker costing $249, so it’s launching at about 12% more than what we expected. This might throw off some potential customers, but not many. The Sonos Ray has a price and a launch date The Sonos Ray has a price and a launch date Now that you know how much this speaker is going to cost, it’s also important to know when it’s going to actually come out....

Cosplay, fantasy and photographing it has become huge over the last decade or so. At comic cons around the world, people show up as their favourite video game, TV and movie characters. And every year they just get better and better, closer the originals that inspire their creation. In the last few years, developments in technology and electronics have allowed some to take it up to the next level. This particular suit of “Sovereign” armour from Melissa Ng at Lumecluster is a perfect example....

I am quite fascinated by both thunderstorms and photos from an airplane. But what about taking a photo of a rare weather phenomenon straight from the cockpit? This is exactly what Swiss pilot and photographer Sales Wick did while en route to Brazil. He captured pretty rare St. Elmo’s fire and it looks like the airplane is engulfed in it. The photo is impressive and scary at the same time, and I just had to contact Sales and find out more about it!...

I always find videos of storm chasers fascinating. The things that will make them turn around and go in the opposite direction to everyone fleeing harm’s way and actually seek out imminent danger is something that I find simultaneously admirable and baffling. But it’s an incredibly dangerous job, and it’s not always possible to put actual humans in the path of a category 4 or 5 hurricane. So, enter the drones....