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Generative AI Needs to Respect Artists

Both the US and UK governments are considering the use of copyrighted material from the creative industries in training data for AIs, particularly Generative AI. The tech companies want to do this with few restrictions and without cost, citing "fair use". As it stands at the moment, the UK Government looks to be leaning towards the tech companies but judges

Vintage Posters Galore!

The advertising posters of the mid-20th Century are incredibly evocative of a different era that ran from wartime necessity to the adventure of travel and foreign places. It's that particular style of brash colour, typography and sheer style that draws us in. If you're like me, then Free Vintage Posters will be right up your street. It's a big collection

TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images

As it's still early Advent, it's not quite that period between Christmas and New Year where "The Best of 2016" features grace the front page of every media outlet. Still, that hasn't stopped TIME announcing its 100 Most Influential Images of All Time. Fortunately, TIME has done a much better job than most and this feature explores the background and

Huion Digital Artist’s Glove

I recently purchased a Huion brand Digital Artist Glove for Drawing Tablet via Amazon for use when drawing and painting with my Surface Pro 3 using the Microsoft Pen digital stylus. The idea of a digital artist’s glove is to electrically isolate the parts of one’s hand that would normally rest on the surface of a glass capacitive touchscreen when

ArtRage Touch

The Surface Pro 3 I purchased a few weeks ago came with the bundled Microsoft Pen, which is a fancy name for a stylus. At first I didn’t make much use of the stylus, but after a while I decided it was time to experiment with it and see what it could do. Unlike the fat stylus's for sale that

The Most Comprehensive Chart of Spaceships Ever!

One of my favorite things on the Internet is this chart, created by DeviantART user DirkLoechel. The chart contains a large selection of spaceships from a multitude of different science-fiction themed TV, movie, and video game franchises. The chart itself measures in at a whopping 4268x6890 pixels and it gives one "real-world" meter to each pixel, allowing you to get

BASE Sends Photos to Pictures

GNC's Gadget Show Live coverage kicks off with two concept product ideas entered into the British Inventors' Project. First up is Kristina Parkes's BASE which "enables new forms of connection between distanced people, creating a tangible channel of communication through a system utilising flexible displays and remote app-based transmission." In plain English, you send photos from your smartphone using an app