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Lightroom's April 2023 Update Adds AI-Powered Denoise and More Adobe recently implemented its April 2023 Lightroom update, and the enhancements include several outstanding features everyone should try. Continue Reading . . . https://digital-photography-school.com/lightroom-april-2023-update/

Conan the Barbarian I have a soft spot in my heart for this movie, being that this is one of the first movies I can remember seeing. As I grew up I never stopped enjoying this movie and could come away with something new every time I watched it (now around 50+ times). The movie is multi-layered. Continue Reading . . . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082198/

Three new Star Wars movies are on the way Though we’re living in a golden age for Star Wars series, a new trio of big-screen projects are definitely underway that will each tell epic stories from different points in the franchise’s history. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/23673917/star-wars-new-movies-lucasfilm-actors-directors

Whale Approaches Boat Captain To Ask Him To Do Her A Helpful Favor For the past 20 years, Paco Jimenez Franco has been a whale watching captain in the waters of Ojo de Liebre, a lagoon on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. There, he’s had a front row seat to these extraordinary animals — sightings of whom Franco regards a gift. Continue Reading . . . https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/whale-approaches-boat-captain-to-ask-him-to-do-her-a-helpful-favor

E-fuels could keep combustion engine cars on the road in the EU past its 2035 climate deadline Luxury carmakers’ push for synthetic e-fuels has weakened the European Union’s plan to get internal combustion engines off the road in the future. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23660005/e-fuels-internal-combustion-engine-car-european-union-2035-climate-deadline

The race for more battery materials could cause ‘irreversible’ damage under the sea From electric vehicles to renewable energy, the future runs on batteries. That’s driving soaring demand for raw materials used to make batteries, including nickel, cobalt, and copper. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658352/ev-battery-deep-sea-mining

Biden administration bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware In an executive order signed Monday, President Biden barred federal agencies from using commercial spyware that threatens US national security or carries a risk of improper use by foreign governments and individuals. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/biden-administration-bans-federal-agencies-from-using-commercial-spyware-182812610.html