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In drought-stricken Cape Town, weve been living with just 50 liters of water per person per day since the beginning of the year. Thats 13.2 gallons. It doesnt go far when you think about how often you turn on the faucet each day for drinking, cleaning, flushing toilets, showering, washing dishes, and doing laundry.

Like many households, weve shut off the water supply to the toilet and religiously collect our grey water to refill the cistern instead. Its an elaborate... more

She was Leningrad’s lost photographer. Russian photographer Masha Ivashintsova (1942-2000) photographed constantly but never showed her work to anyone. In late 2017, a relative stumbled on boxes of negatives and undeveloped film gathering dust in an attic. Published here, some for the first time, are some of the 30,000 images from the remarkable discovery.

Masha Ivashintsova was born into an aristocratic family whose assets, including a luxurious apartment in... more

Want to relive the glory of SpaceX’s first-ever Falcon Heavy launch? Check out this epic new 2-minute short film titled, “Falcon Heavy & Starman.” It was created by Jonathan Nolan, the co-creator and director of the hit TV series Westworld and the brother of filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Elon Musk teased the short film last week ahead of SXSW:

Will be at SXSW Sat/Sun with Jonah & Lisa, who created Westworld. Jonah made... more

In 2016, Instagram changed the way the images of the users you are following are displayed in the app from a chronological feed, to a much-debated "algorithm feed", causing a fairly heavy backlash among its user base.

The chronological feed wasn't even kept alive as an option, meaning that since this change users have had to rely on the intelligence of Instagram's... more

When Mehrdad Oskouei, a well known Iranian filmmaker, was planning to produce his last film Starless Dreams he asked one of his former students,... more

A 1923 Leica 0 series camera was just sold for 2,400,000 (~$2,957,304) at auction, setting the new record for world’s most expensive camera.

The historic purchase was done at the 32nd Westlicht camera... more

A private helicopter being used for a photography flight crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday, killing the 5 passengers on board who were “tightly harnessed” when the chopper became submerged. The pilot managed to escape.

The helicopter was owned and operated by... more

A private collector in Asia just bought her or himself the most expensive camera ever sold at auction, making away with an ultra-rare Leica 0-series no. 122 for the mind-boggling price of 2.4 million (approximately $2.97M USD, or 2.15M)a sum reached when you combine the hammer price of 2 million with the 400,000 premium.

The auction took place on Saturday at the famed WestLicht auction house in Vienna, where Leica majority owner and chairman of the board Andreas Kaufmann was there to... more

The team at iFixit.com has taken apart Samsung's brand new Galaxy S9 Plus flagship smartphone and given it a pretty low repairability score of 4/10 points. The testers... more

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Olympus' latest update to its light-and-compact Pen series comes in the form of the E-PL9. The camera incorporates some design updates, including a more substantial grip, as well as some hardware improvements, like a built-in flash and a newer sensor capable of 4K video. Throw on a prime or the svelte 14... more

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