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How Image Stabilization Physically Works: Magnets, Gyros, and Floating Glass
Tilt a 600mm lens by a tenth of a degree, a movement too small to feel, and the image it projects slides about a millimeter across the sensor. Nearly every stabilizer in a modern still camera exists to cancel that millimeter while the shutter is open, either by shoving a piece of glass sideways or…
Anonymous Men Have Turned Cyberharassment Into a Group Sport—Here’s One Woman’s Side of the Story
This week on Uncanny Valley, we take you behind our feature on the women struggling after being targeted by the burnerverse.
I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.
Why Exposure Isn’t a Setting: It’s a Decision
One issue in the photography community has always lingered, and only tenured photographers seem to grasp it: exposure is a decision, not a setting. [ Read More ]
Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
Call for Me—a feature that’s exclusive to the Pixel 11 series—gives robocalls a new meaning.
The Composition Habit That Fixes Cluttered Street Photos
You keep taking pictures of anything that catches your eye, and back home they look off without any obvious reason why. Crowds pile up, harsh sun bites, and the frame reads as noise instead of a subject. [ Read More ]
Nikon Has Forgotten the Photographer
I love Nikon cameras. I've been using them since I bought a secondhand EL2 in 1984. I've owned more Nikon cameras than I care to remember, and just last month, I acquired an F from 1972. So this isn't an anti-Nikon article, nor am I arguing that Nikon makes bad cameras. Quite the opposite. I’m a…
What Contact Sheets Reveal About How You Actually Shoot
Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" shaped how you think about photography more than almost any other idea, yet plenty of newer shooters read it backward. That misreading quietly stunts a skill that separates strong photographers from average ones: knowing how to pick the right image out of a…
Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Are $100 Off Right Now
They’re some of my favorite open earbuds, and matching their lowest price ever.
Retouch Skin and Clothing Without Ever Leaving Camera Raw
Adobe Camera Raw now handles a full retouching workflow, blemish removal included, without pushing you into layers and manual cloning. The new one-click Remove tool runs on AI, finds imperfections you might miss on your own, and gives you sliders to pull the effect back instead of forcing an…
An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later
The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
SeaWorld Wants to Make You Horny
The Orlando theme park’s immersive Halloween experience now includes hot, brooding guys in an homage to romantasy antiheroes—and it’s leading to record-breaking ticket sales.
The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why
A growing body of research is putting the ovary in a new light, not as an egg factory with an expiration date, but as an organ that shapes women’s health long after the fertile years have passed.
Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane
Nor’easters are usually a winter phenomenon. But this week’s storm is arriving earlier than usual, and it could take on some characteristics more typical of tropical systems.
Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
Once seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes. It’s made getting laid a whole lot harder.
The Best Early Prime Day Robot Vacuum Sales Are From Roborock (2026)
One of the best things to buy during (or leading up to) sales events is expensive home gadgets. These Roborock robot vacuums are already on markdown.
Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon
One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.
Viltrox's Tiny 20mm f/2.8 Air Lens Comes to L-Mount
At $168, the Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Air is likely one of the cheapest full-frame 20mm autofocus lenses on the market. L-mount shooters now have it as an option, part of a batch of four affordable Viltrox primes arriving for the system this week. [ Read More ]
The Best Linux Laptops (2026): System76, Framework, and More
Whether you want a beast of a machine with dedicated graphics or a light, easy-to-upgrade PC, we have the perfect rig for you.
Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History
No, it’s not aliens, but a phenomenon caused by magnetic activity that astronomers have never before been able to pin on a specific planet.
