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DigiKam, a free and open-source raw photo management app for macOS, Windows and Linux, has been updated

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DigiKam is a free, open-source digital photo management app available on Windows, macOS and Linux. The app has just been updated to version 7.7.0, adding numerous new features, bug fixes and camera support.

DigiKam 7.7.0 supports the AOM AV1 Image File Format (AVIF), an open-source video coding format. It’s similar to HEIF. The app also adds read/write support for the JPEG-XL image format in all supported bundles. JPEG-XL support first appeared in digiKam 7.6.0, but there were some issues with animated files, which have now been addressed.

The update uses an updated Libraw version, supporting the OM System OM-1 camera’s raw image files. More than 1,180 different cameras have raw file support in digiKam 7.7.0. The company also notes that the KDE framework has been updated to the latest 5.95 release and Qt 5.15 LTS is used in the Windows and macOS bundle.

9to5Linux reports that the latest version of digiKam includes improved support for SVG files, improved DNG file support, better GIF support and Flatpak support. The software also has a new ‘Ignore face’ button for unrecognized faces when using the app’s thumbnail view. Issues with detecting the Hugin open-source panorama photo stitching and HDR merging program have been addressed. There’s also improved reading of raw DNG files from Adobe Lightroom that have been converted to sRGB color space and TIFF file format.

There are also many bug and crash fixes. The team says that 84 bugs have been triaged.

Looking ahead, version 8.0.0 should be released as a beta test later this summer, and a full release is expected by the end of the year. The team is working on porting the git master branch to the new Qt6 framework. A couple of students are also working on improving the neural network for the application’s Image Quality Analyzer. This feature works to analyze images based on noise, focus, exposure and compression.

DigiKam 7.7.0 is available to download for free here. Click here for more information about the software, features, and capabilities.

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10 Disturbing Photographs From Post-Roe America

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Roe v. Wade has been overturned and we are now all living in the literal Handmaid’s Tale. Already, thousands of harrowing photographs have emerged from the abortion-free hellscape. It’s worse than we thought. We were warned, and we didn’t listen.

These 10 disturbing photos offer a horrifying glimpse into the dark world we now live in. Viewer discretion is advised.

…are you sure you’re ready?

Look at this woman’s face. Her mouth is agape in horror at this baby who should never have been born.

Two siblings compete for meager food resources. This is what happens when fascists get their way.

This is just a hanger. There’s nothing special about it, it’s just a hanger. But in a post-Roe world, it’s a weapon of mass destruction.

Three kids? Imagine the carbon footprint! Mother Earth is crying.

FOUR of them now?! Make it stop!

Another white male brought into the world. Look how sad his mother is. We hope you’re happy, right-wingers.

This dad could be playing video games right now. Instead, he’s going on a boring walk.

This is an artist’s depiction of what the earth will look like in three weeks if more babies are born. Trust the science and stop this before it’s too late.

This woman missed out on a promising career in office management to have a baby. And for what?

Somewhere in post-Roe America, Clarence Thomas is smiling, and probably laughing an evil laugh. Now it will haunt your dreams. Welcome to The Handmaid’s Tale.

NOT SATIRE: Recently, we held a public event on the evening before our annual Wilberforce Weekend to talk about how we can prepare to live in a post-Roe world. A very important aspect of that event was learning how we can respond to the common slogans, the common lines that people often throw around in support of abortion. We asked Stephanie Gray Connors, one of the great apologists for the sanctity of life in our present moment to address some of these slogans and she answered a common pro-abortion statement, “embryos aren’t people.” It was riveting, powerful and needed to be heard by all. Also, at last week’s pre-Wilberforce event, preparing for a post-Roe future, Stephanie answered three more slogans, just like that one. To receive access to the entire evening event, Preparing for a Post-Roe World, sign up for the daily commentary at Breakpoint!

Satan held a press conference today responding to the big loss of Roe v. Wade. He’s doing his best to keep his chin up.

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Two Half Wheel Bike

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If you split a wheel in half, you shouldn’t still be able to ride on it, right? Well, watch this video from The Q, in which he cut two bike wheels and tires down the middle, connected them with a long chain and positioned them so one half is always touching the ground. Miraculously, the bike rides just fine.

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Kyle Rittenhouse Debuts New Video Game and Of Course, You Can Shoot Things In It

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Kyle Rittenhouse, our favorite rapscallion, surveyed the land and thought about how next to trigger the left and the media (but I repeat myself). They are still upset he was found not guilty of first-degree murder by acting in self-defense against a pedophile. If he comments on gas prices, they can’t calm down. But this new venture? Young Kyle is getting into the video game industry. It’s a shooting game. A turkey shooting game. And someone wrote the words "fake news" on the side of the turkeys.

You hunt fake news turkeys. Kyle Rittenhouse developed a video game that allows you to hunt fake news turkeys as Kyle Rittenhouse.


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"The media is nothing but a bunch of turkeys with nothing better to do than push their lying agenda and destroy innocent people’s lives. […] Help me fund the lawsuits to stop these fake news turkeys."

You can preorder at RittenhouseGame.com. It’s to raise money for his Media Accountability Project so the defamation lawsuit can finally begin.

Kyle is working with Mint Studios. CEO Mint Chip — I’m trusting the Washington Examiner that’s his real name — felt the need step in after he saw what the media did to Rittenhouse. "Before the trial, you couldn’t even mention his name in a positive manner on social media without getting banned. The truth literally got you suspended. We fight for the truth."

Unfortunately, it does not look like the turkeys are named after our favorite fake news personalities. No Gobbles Stelter or Whoopi Goldfowl. Also, due to Kyle’s young age, he wouldn’t know to recreate the WKRP Turkey Drop. Only, where you need to stop the White House from bombarding a MAGA rally with Iive turkeys.

Kyle Rittenhouse is hunting fake news in a video game. The kids got some stones. I’ll give him that.

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The Office But with Minions

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In a way, the staff on The Office are kind of like the Minions from Despicable Me. They each have a quirky personality, and they all work for an annoying boss played by Steve Carrell. To celebrate the release of the new movie Minions: Rise of Gru, Illumination Entertainment released this special remake of The Office’s opening credits.

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Insane Footage of What a Heavily Armored Toyota Land Cruiser Can Withstand

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There’s a thrilling scene in one of the Captain America movies where a heavily-armored SUV driven by Nick Fury comes under attack. The vehicle withstands an incredible amount of damage.

There’s a terrifying scene from last year, where a failed heist in South Africa yielded real-life footage of an armored 70 Series Toyota Land Cruiser coming under fire. It, too, withstood an incredible amount of damage, though not the Marvel-movie level.

Just how much punishment could a real-world armored SUV take? Canadian firm Inkas Armored Vehicle Manufacturing should know, as they specialize in the design and production of armored vehicles for embassies, paramilitary groups, law enforcement agencies, executive protection companies, security companies and civilians.

This month Inkas released footage of the insane testing done to certify one of their modified Land Cruiser 300s. To design effective ballistic and blast protection, this is what their test mules are subjected to—a grenade on the roof, a grenade beneath the car, land mines, 15kg of dynamite, nearly 800 rounds fired by assault rifles:

"In order to obtain the certification, the armored Land Cruiser 300 endured extensive ballistic testing, which specifically targeted the potential points of failure where the vehicle would be most susceptible to penetration during an attack. The INKAS Armored Land Cruiser successfully proved its reliability in the field – withstanding over 780 rounds of ammunition from various calibre firearms, 6 roof-level hand grenades (DM51), 4 underbody hand grenades (DM51), 2 land mines (DM31) as well as a 15kg TNT (equivalent) explosion from a 2 meter distance."

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New Thor: Love and Thunder Footage Reveals an Unexpected Ragnarok Connection

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Thor and Star-Lord devise a new handshake in Thor: Love and Thunder.
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With Thor: Love and Thunder just two weeks away, you might have a strong desire to stop watching new footage. You’re going to see the film. Maybe you already have tickets. Do you really want to see more clips that could spoil the action, jokes, and story writer-director Taika Waititi has in store?

For some of us, the answer is “No.” For others though, the answer is “Oh hell yes, give me everything.” This post is for those people. A brand new mini-trailer has just dropped for the fourth Thor film, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, and Christian Bale, and it reveals that Love and Thunder shares some important DNA with the previous Thor film, Ragnarok. Take a look.

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You might remember in Ragnarok, Thor puts together “The Revengers,” a team he hopes can band together to defeat his sister, Hela. It was Thor, Hulk, Valkyrie, and Loki, with Korg and his friends joining up soon after. Well, in Love and Thunder, we now know that he’s building a new team. Korg and Valkyrie remain but now there’s also Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and some mythical goats.

Knowing Waititi though, you get the sense this is a bit of a fake-out. Would he really go back and do the same type of thing two times in a row? Thor might, which is probably the driving force here, but Waititi will almost certainly subvert it in some way. We’re anxious to find out if we’re right.

This clip also makes us wonder just how much are the Guardians of the Galaxy in this film? They’re at the beginning, we’re guessing, because that’s the last time we saw Thor, but do they come back for the final act to face Gorr? Seems plausible. In fact, and I’m just riffing here, but one would guess if Thor: Love and Thunder has any credit scenes, the journey of the Guardians is likely to be a focus. Maybe even a Gamora or Adam Warlock tease?

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Oh, and yes, that is a badass Jean Claude Van-Damme homage there with Thor doing the splits. It fits in perfectly with the bright, ‘80s vibe Thor: Love and Thunder is going for. It’s out July 8.

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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