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The simple, durable, and well-made fire pit helped me recalibrate my relationship to the outdoors.

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All those fathers out there posting about #dadlife on social media are changing the face of fatherhood.

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Un método para detectar rostros «retocados con Photoshop» y alertar sobre manipulaciones y fakes

Un equipo de Adobe Research y de la UC Berkeley han publicado un artículo acerca de una técnica para detectar manipulaciones faciales en Photoshop. Básicamente se aplica un algoritmo sobre una foto de una persona y confirma si ha sido manipulada de algún modo o no. ¡El terror de las instagrammers!

Lo que hace el algoritmo es examinar diferentes zonas de la imagen de un rostro para detectar si hay alguna parte que esté clonada, licuada (pasada por el popular filtro Liquify) o borrada.

Lo que intentan los investigadores con este sistema es básicamente intentar responder a estas preguntas:

• ¿Se puede crear una herramienta que identifique rostros manipulados de forma más fiable a como lo hacen las personas?
• ¿Se pueden descifrar los cambios realizados en una imagen?
• ¿Se pueden deshacer esos cambios para ver el original?

A la primera pregunta yo diría que seguramente sí; a la segunda que probablemente también y a la tercera claramente no porque hay cambios de tipo destructivo con los que se pierde información (imaginemos un tatuaje simplemente cambiado por el tono de piel).

Lo interesante sería que una herramienta como esta estuviera a disposición de cualquiera en Photoshop o en una página web a la que bastara subir una foto para obtener una respuesta. Esto también lo podrían usar las apps para añadir uno icono de ¡Ojo cuidao, imagen con retoques! a cualquier foto.

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• Cómo funcionan los filtros de Snapchat y de otras apps similares
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RIP iTunes. Here's where your music goes now - CNET

Apple is splitting up iTunes' duties, with Apple Music taking most of the load.

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Bose Frames Alto review

With the Frames, Bose is digging up fertile new ground in the somewhat stagnant audio genre. But can these audio sunglasses offer enough versatility to make them worth their $200 price tag?

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Awesome Tech You Can’t Buy Yet: Plant-based shoes and a ukulele learning aid

Check out our roundup of the best new crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You may not be able to buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!

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Shyp is preparing for a comeback under new management

Fifteen months after shutting down, Shyp is getting ready to launch again. The startup tweeted today that “We are back! We’re hard at work to rebuild an unparalleled shipping experience. Before we begin operations again, we’d love to hear your feedback in this quick survey. We look forward to working with you and can’t wait to change the future of shipping!”

We are back! We’re hard at work to rebuild an unparalleled shipping experience. Before we begin operations again, we’d love to hear your feedback in this quick survey.

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Most of the survey questions focus on online shopping returns, asking how easy or difficult it was to package the product for return, print the prepaid label, purchase postage or ship the product. The last question offers a hint about what direction the rebooted Shyp might take, asking “When returning a product, how likely would you be to use a service that picked up and shipped the product instead of having to ship it yourself?”

Shyp’s website doesn’t say when it will be back or what services it will offer, but it does mention that Shyp restarted in January 2019 under new management and backed by angel investors “with plans to disrupt the industry with what it does best: cutting-edge technology and a superior customer experience.”

Once one of the hottest on-demand startups, Shyp shut down in March 2018 after missing targets to expand to cities outside of San Francisco. When it first launched in 2014, Shyp initially offered on-demand service for almost anything customers wanted shipped, charging $5 plus postage to pick up, package and bring the item to a shipping company. Eventually it introduced a pricing tier in 2016 as it tried to find new approaches to its business model, before closing down two years later.

If the new Shyp does focus on making online returns easier, it will be bringing back one of its most popular services. The company expanded into online returns in 2015 after noticing that many customers used the app to return products they had purchased online.

TechCrunch has emailed Shyp for more information.

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Ransomware cyber attacks are targeting large companies and demanding huge payments.

A Norwegian aluminium producer is recovering after hackers took thousands of computers offline and demanded a ransom.

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Stranger Things Now Has Its Own '80s-Style Coca Cola Ad

The Coca Cola ad is a strange but everlasting tradition of American pop culture. Coke has advertised in so many different styles and eras that its ads are a bellwether for what pop media was like in any given era of Americana. Which means, of course, it’s about time that Stranger Things got in the game.

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BMW debuts new estate wagon with sixth-gen 3 Series Touring

In 1987, BMW debuted a touring car in the 3 Series model line. That wagon proved to be popular as a compact option in the larger overall market with over a million of those cars sold as the 3 Series evolved. Looking to replicate that success, BMW is launching an all-new 3 Series Touring.

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Trump Says He Doesn't 'Particularly' Believe in UFOs and Come On, Would He Lie About Something?

Donald Trump mumbled his way through a response to a softball question on UFOs and extraterrestrial life in an interview with Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos in a clip released on Saturday. Trump told Stephanopoulos that he had attended a “very brief meeting” on the matter, but that he is not in fact all…

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Scottish crannogs may be older than Stonehenge

Archaeologists from the Universities of Southampton and Reading have determined that some of Scotland's famous lake dwellings are older than Stonehenge. Called "crannogs," the little artificial islands made out of piled rocks have yielded pottery from the Neolithic period that indicate that settlements were built as early as 3640 BCE.

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Former Epic Games production director almost made the mistake of ending Fortnite

Former Epic Games production director Rod Fergusson said that he would have canceled Fortnite if he stayed with the developer. The game only started soaring in popularity when the Battle Royale mode was released a few months after launch.

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The best shows on Hulu right now (June 2019)

It's often overwhelming to navigate Hulu's robust library of TV shows. To help, we put together a list of the best shows on Hulu, whether you're into frenetic cartoons, intelligent dramas, or anything in between.

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Niantic Labs sues hackers who help players cheat in Pokémon Go

Niantic Labs has filed a lawsuit against Global++, who is said to be behind the hacked versions of Pokémon Go and Ingress. The legal action comes as the developer is preparing to launch Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

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Impossible Foods struggles to keep up with Impossible Burger demand

Red Robin and White Castle have reported Impossible Burger shortages, as it appears that Impossible Foods is struggling to keep up with demand. The company will be selling its meat-like patties in retail outlets within the year.

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