Junkgirl™ has added a photo to the pool:

Niigata, Japan

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As one of the esteemed (ok, maybe that’s a bit much) pro team members for the 3 Legged Thing brand, I’m excited to introduce you to the new kids, James and Jason! And, if it’s not obvious, by ‘kids’ I mean TRIPODS.

If you’re not interested in my technobabble, head straight to the Kickstarter (First 24hrs is the BEST pricing)

The team sent out James and Jason, though due to some recent medical issues I’ve not had a whole lot of time to use them, though I did take James with me up to Canberra, and as I was travelling swift and light, he was absolutely perfect as a compact, travel ready tripod.

Unlike most of the regular crowd of 3 Legged Thang Photographic Tripods, James has no middle column, so, as a 6’3″ person I did have to work with a lower view-point, but also my camera and a lot of cameras, have flippy screens so it’s ZERO issue.

You can grab ‘Early Bird’ pricing in the first 24hrs on the 3 Legged Thing Kickstarter Here

I’ve also had one product shoot and, again, keeping the carrying of extra ‘stuff’ on the lighter side, James was perfect for what I needed to do – he’s a very capable, perfectly compact carbon fibre tripod worthy of a second glance.

Let’s talk ‘Jason’ for a minute! I haven’t had a chance to get to know Jason aside from “Whoa, he’s big!” Great for a super sturdy, yet strangely compact due to the middle column thing.

This big guy, Jason, is BIG, he’s proper tall even without his middle leg, the photo below is of Jason towering over my “regular” tripod, the 3 Legged Thing Winston v2.0 Combo (A fave) and while there’s a tiny bit of perspective helping him look large, he is a genuinely tall tripod.

I’ve been a fan of 3 Legged Thing for years, I’ve worked with them, and I’m also a member of their Pro Team. But the team there like us to tell it straight, and I don’t recommend gear I don’t genuinely rate.

I love their gear and am very happy to recommend it, or other products in their range. If you have questions about which tripod model is right for you, feel free to ask in the comments.

You can jump on their early bird pricing here on Kickstarter

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Wall Street billionaire’s meeting with John Healey comes amid deep speculation over higher windfall tax on banks in October budget

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of the largest US bank, JP Morgan, is to warn John Healey against raising taxes on banks in his inaugural budget in October.

The Wall Street billionaire will meet the new chancellor on Wednesday and caution him that higher taxes could put investment and employment in the UK at risk, it is understood.

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Zangeres en TikTok-fenomeen Zara Larsson sprak zich recent uit tegen de hoge kaartprijs van haar eigen shows. Organisatoren maken zich juist zorgen over de lage prijzen waarvoor tickets soms doorverkocht worden. Hoe bepaal je de prijs voor een popconcert?

Tencent has patched up a zero-click vulnerability that security researchers used to create a worm capable of spreading through calls on WeChat. With more than 1.4 billion monthly active users, WeChat is among the most popular apps in the world. According to researchers at Calif, its VoIP stack contained a memory corruption bug that could enable a trusted contact to take control of a user's account simply by calling them. Calif called the flaw WeWorm, describing it as the first zero-click worm capable of spreading through WeChat calls on both iOS and Android. Calif released a demo of the vulnerability in action this week, and although Tencent has pushed fixes to address the attack on August 21, the team that found it is still withholding key details. In Calif's demonstration, the exploit took control of a victim's WeChat account within seconds, without the recipient answering the call. The compromised account then called another contact and repeated the process without user interaction. Declining the call stopped infection, but answering it or allowing it to continue ringing did not. An attacker could also try again when the recipient was away from the phone, the researchers said. "Exploitation takes only seconds, and gives us full control of the WeChat account," Calif said. "We can read and send messages, make calls, and act on the victim's behalf." The exploit requires the attacker to be on the victim's friends list. Calif argued that this offered limited protection because a compromised account could be used to target its trusted contacts. Calif said the WeWorm exploit could be chained with other vulnerabilities to compromise an entire device rather than only a WeChat account. It did not disclose the full attack chain. "Chained with other Android and iOS bugs we've reported and are helping fix, it can lead to full control of the device," the researchers said. "[Attackers] could exploit another app, gain root access using techniques like those in OEMpocalypse, take over the victim's WeChat app, and use it to attack you." Calif said it used AI to find the vulnerability and develop its first remote code execution (RCE) exploit in about two days. Tencent later confirmed the researchers' findings. The researchers said they published their high-level findings to highlight how AI could make such capabilities available beyond "well-funded, sophisticated actors." Calif plans to present the full analysis of WeWorm "at an upcoming conference." Ryan Fedasiuk, an adjunct assistant professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program, described the discovery of WeWorm as "an extremely serious incident." He called on the US and China to maintain open communication and share information as AI increases the potential scale and severity of cyber threats. The Register asked Tencent for additional comment. ®

OSLO (ANP) - De afscheidsdienst voor koning Harald in de Domkerk in Oslo is afgelopen. Even na 14.00 uur werd de kist met daarin het lichaam van de overleden koning de kerk uitgedragen. Vlak daarna volgde een fly-over van de luchtmacht. Vier gevechtsvliegtuigen vlogen in de zogenoemde missing-manformatie over de stad.

De kist wordt na de ceremonie naar fort Akershus gebracht. Dat gebeurt opnieuw in een rouwstoet. Dit keer loopt van de Noorse koninklijke familie alleen koning Haakon mee, de rest van de familie gaat per auto. Haakon wordt geflankeerd door de koningen Carl Gustaf en Frederik van Zweden en Denemarken.

Eerder op woensdag begeleidden vrijwel alle koninklijke gasten de kist van Harald. Ook koning Willem-Alexander, koningin Máxima en prinses Amalia liepen mee in de stoet. Prinses Beatrix kwam per bus aan bij de Domkerk.

In fort Akershus vindt later woensdagmiddag nog een besloten afscheid plaats voor Harald. Daarna wordt de koning bijgezet in de koninklijke crypte.

Vietnamese officials have said they expect the visit to deliver a “breakthrough” in Russian-Vietnamese oil, gas and nuclear power cooperation.

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Vandaag is de dag! De Champions League begint voor Feyenoord, en dat met misschien wel de mooiste uitwedstrijd. De Rotterdamse supporters zijn massaal afgereisd naar Barcelona om hun club te steunen, en uiteraard te genieten van de Catalaanse zon. Mis hier niets!

Vandaag is de dag! De Champions League begint voor Feyenoord, en dat met misschien wel de mooiste uitwedstrijd. De Rotterdamse supporters zijn massaal afgereisd naar Barcelona om hun club te steunen, en uiteraard te genieten van de Catalaanse zon. Mis hier niets!