Facebook has introduced a new research project that’s impressive and scary at the same time. TextStyleBrush uses AI to recreate your handwriting based on a photo of it, as hinted in its very name. And all it needs is a single word and a single photo of it. TextStyleBrush reminded me of that app by Google Arts & Culture that transfers style from a painting onto your photo. It pretty much does the same thing, only it copies the handwriting style instead of the painting style....

The program is called “Fairphone Easy,” and it is designed for hometown customers only, the Netherlands. While you might not be eligible to use the program or are not even interested in Fairphone products, it’s worth knowing about it. As per the company announcement, the “Fairphone Easy” program is available from €21 a month if you choose the five-year plan. However, if you can keep the phone longer and damage-free, you can be eligible for getting two, four, and eight euro reductions in the monthly price....

We’ve all seen or been involved in different kinds of scams. Reddit user snarko7 draws our attention to a collaboration offer targeted at photographers that may be one of them. Although it will cost you only $14 if you fall for it, there’s a lesson behind it. It will help you if anything similar happens to you, with more money involved. This person says a camera bag company reached out to them with a collaboration proposal....

How do you feel when you see a major historic document right before your eyes? And what about seeing dozens of images that testify about the past? A series of images by Henryk Ross from the Nazi-occupied Jewish ghetto could make you feel the connection with the past you’ve never felt before. The series of images is very strong and emotional, and it could draw tears to your eyes. Some of them are also very graphical and not easy to digest....

Like probably every photographer out there, I was determined to see and shoot the comet NEOWISE. I’m not very skilled at astrophotography, but come on – this is something you see once in a million years (or 6,800, to be exact). So, I set out to find the best observation spot, find the comet, and shoot it. Did I succeed? Nope. But did I love every minute of this adventure? Hell yes!...