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Hirofumi Yamamoto

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NIKKEI, Visual Journalist video and photo analysis, photography, and 3D reconstruction.

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New: Visual Strory
TEPCOโ€™s Nuclear Reactor Restart and the Rising Power Demand Driven by AI

vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics...

As the spread of AI increases demand for data centers, Japan is promoting the use of nuclear power.

22.01.2026 11:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New: Visual Investigation

Is North Korea's 'princess' walking a path toward succession?
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a young daughter.
Using AI facial recognition technology, Nikkei analyzed 14,115 hours of Korean Central Television footage.

25.11.2025 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New: Visual Investigation
Inside North Korea's bizzare beach resort ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต
A symbol of the current honeymoon with Russia

vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics...

The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, a sprawling seaside resort on North Korea's eastern seaboard, opened its doors this summer.

29.08.2025 00:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Is the World Going to Do About Iranโ€™s Uranium?

New on Bloomberg : โ€œWhat Is the World Going to Do About Iranโ€™s Uranium?โ€

05.08.2025 04:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Map from the Atlas of surveillance, showing over 13,000 datapoints across the US

A screenshot of the Map from the Atlas of surveillance, showing over 13,000 datapoints across the US

We just added 100 more Texas agencies using Flock Safety automated license plate readers to the Atlas of Surveillance. As police tech spreads, you can count on EFF to track it and fight for your rights.
www.atlasofsurveillance.org/

31.07.2025 03:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 167 ๐Ÿ” 53 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A World of Misery, From 200 Miles Up

On one of the most unbelievable satellite images I've ever seen, showing hundreds of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks north of Rafah.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/w...

30.07.2025 01:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1298 ๐Ÿ” 558 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Magnitude 8.7 #earthquake in Kamchatka, following a M7.4 last week - may be largest earthquake since 2011, 8th largest on record globally, #tsunami warning in place for US west coast and Canada - the historic 1952 M9 closely caused a destructive tsunami across the Pacific

30.07.2025 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 539 ๐Ÿ” 317 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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็ตŒๆธˆใฎๆตใ‚Œ3Dใงไฝ“ๆ„Ÿใ€€ๆ—ฅ็ตŒ๏ฝฅFTใŒใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒช๏ฝคApple Vision Proๅ‘ใ‘ - ๆ—ฅๆœฌ็ตŒๆธˆๆ–ฐ่ž ๆ—ฅๆœฌ็ตŒๆธˆๆ–ฐ่ž็คพใจ่‹ฑใƒ•ใ‚ฃใƒŠใƒณใ‚ทใƒฃใƒซใƒปใ‚ฟใ‚คใƒ ใ‚บ๏ผˆFT๏ผ‰ใฏ28ๆ—ฅใ€็ฑณใ‚ขใƒƒใƒ—ใƒซใฎใ‚ดใƒผใ‚ฐใƒซๅž‹็ซฏๆœซใ€ŒVision Pro๏ผˆใƒ“ใ‚ธใƒงใƒณใƒ—ใƒญ๏ผ‰ใ€ๅ‘ใ‘ใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒชใ€ŒMoney Machine๏ผˆใƒžใƒใƒผใƒžใ‚ทใƒณ๏ผ‰ใ€ใฎๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž็‰ˆใ‚’ใƒชใƒชใƒผใ‚นใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใƒฆใƒผใ‚ถใƒผใฏ3D๏ผˆ3ๆฌกๅ…ƒ๏ผ‰็ฉบ้–“ๅ†…ใงใ€็ตŒๆธˆใฎใŠ้‡‘ใฎๆตใ‚Œใ‚’ไฝ“ๆ„Ÿใงใใพใ™ใ€‚ๅคง้˜ชใƒป้–ข่ฅฟไธ‡ๅšใฎ่‹ฑๅ›ฝใƒ‘ใƒ“ใƒชใ‚ชใƒณใง8ใ€9ๆ—ฅใซ้–‹ๅ‚ฌใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใ‚คใƒ™ใƒณใƒˆใงๅ…ฌ้–‹ใ•ใ‚Œใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅŒใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒชใฎ่‹ฑ่ชž็‰ˆใ‚’2024ๅนด9ๆœˆใซใƒชใƒชใƒผ

NEW: "Money Machine" in Japanese

FT and Nikkei have released the Japanese version of the Apple Vision Pro app Money Machine, with Nikkei engineers leading the localization. Check it out!

@data.ft.com
@theboysmithy.ft.com

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

28.07.2025 03:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: Visual Investigation

Proliferating Scam Centers in Myanmar: โ€œPrisonsโ€ Along the Border Show Three Distinctive Features

vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics...

07.07.2025 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In which Republican support for bombing Iran jumped 30 points in a week www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

24.06.2025 21:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Fordow, Iran: Enrichment Facility May Lie Beneath Strike

According to the U.S. military, a B-2 stealth bomber departed Whiteman Air Force Base on the morning of June 21 (ET) and dropped a bunker buster on the Fordow facility via a transatlantic route.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

23.06.2025 10:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Fordow, Iran: Enrichment Facility May Lie Beneath Strike

The Fordow uranium facility is believed to lie 80โ€“90 meters underground. A GBU-57 bunker buster, capable of penetrating up to 200 feet, was likely used to target it.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

23.06.2025 10:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fordow, Iran: Possible Uranium Enrichment Facility Beneath Impact Site

Satellite and diagram analysis suggests centrifuges may lie beneath the Fordow impact crater.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

23.06.2025 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Largest Underground Sites in North Korea Kim Jong-un visiting the Kanggye Tractor Plant. Image: Rodong Sinmun, June 2013. There are over 2,500 underground sites in North Korea that ...

As with Fordow, the search for ventilation shafts and other small external structures are critical to helping understand the scale and purpose of underground facilities, such as those in North Korea.
From AccessDPRK, NK's Largest Underground Facilities mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-...

22.06.2025 13:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Color Name API Get human-readable color names from hex codes using our simple REST API.

meodai.github.io/color-name-a...

21.06.2025 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

20.06.2025 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation Fake AI videos relating to the conflict have gained over 100 million views online, BBC Verify finds.

The Iran-Israel conflict marks the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.06.2025 05:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 211 ๐Ÿ” 111 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Significant damage in downtown Tel Aviv/Ramat Gan.

Maslawi Elite Tower, 32.082825, 34.805663

Glass blown out in at least a two-block radius from the tower.

19.06.2025 05:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 127 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video

Following the Israeli strikes, aircraft have been avoiding Iranian airspace.

According to data from Flightradar24, which tracks global air traffic, planes disappeared from Iranian skies.

13.06.2025 11:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ใ‚คใƒฉใƒณๆ ธ้–ข้€ฃๆ–ฝ่จญใง็ซ็ฝใ‹ใ€€ใ‚คใ‚นใƒฉใ‚จใƒซๆ”ปๆ’ƒใ‚’ๆ˜ ๅƒใงๆคœ่จผ - ๆ—ฅๆœฌ็ตŒๆธˆๆ–ฐ่ž ใ‚คใ‚นใƒฉใ‚จใƒซ่ปใฏ13ๆ—ฅใ€ใ‚คใƒฉใƒณใฎๆ ธ้–ข้€ฃๆ–ฝ่จญใ‚’ๅซใ‚€ๆ•ฐๅใ‚ซๆ‰€ใ‚’ๆ”ปๆ’ƒใ—ใŸใจ็™บ่กจใ—ใŸใ€‚้ฆ–้ƒฝใƒ†ใƒ˜ใƒฉใƒณใฎๅธ‚่ก—ๅœฐใงใ‚‚่ขซๅฎณใŒๅ ฑๅ‘Šใ•ใ‚Œใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ€‚ใฉใ“ใŒ่ขซๅฎณใ‚’ๅ—ใ‘ใŸใฎใ‹ใ€‚SNSใซๆŠ•็จฟใ•ใ‚ŒใŸๆ˜ ๅƒใ‚„ๅ†™็œŸใ‚’ๆคœ่จผใ—ใŸใ€‚ใƒŠใ‚ฟใƒณใ‚บใฎๆ ธๆ–ฝ่จญใง็ซ็ฝใ‹ใ‚คใƒฉใƒณไธญ้ƒจใƒŠใ‚ฟใƒณใ‚บใฎๆ ธๆ–ฝ่จญใŒๆจ™็š„ใซใชใฃใŸใ€‚้ฆ–้ƒฝใƒ†ใƒ˜ใƒฉใƒณใ‹ใ‚‰ๅ—ใซ็ด„230ใ‚ญใƒญใซไฝ็ฝฎใ™ใ‚‹ใ€‚ใ‚คใ‚นใƒฉใ‚จใƒซใฎใƒใ‚ฟใƒ‹ใƒคใƒ•้ฆ–็›ธใฏ13ๆ—ฅใ€X๏ผˆๆ—งใƒ„ใ‚คใƒƒใ‚ฟใƒผ๏ผ‰ใงๆผ”่ชฌๅ‹•็”ปใ‚’ๅ…ฌ้–‹ใ—ใ€ใ€ŒใƒŠใ‚ฟใƒณใ‚บใซใ‚ใ‚‹ไธป่ฆใช

NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video

The nuclear facility in Natanz, central Iran, was targeted.
We verified footage posted on X and confirmed flames and thick black smoke near the site.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

13.06.2025 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video

We verified videos and photos posted on social media.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

13.06.2025 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A new satellite imagery analysis by Dr. He Yin of Kent State University shows that nearly all of Gaza's crops, tree cover and grassland have been damaged in Israel's invasion โ€” devastation that some have said should be prosecuted as "ecocide."

11.06.2025 01:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I believe the Kaliningrad and St Petersburg (and more?) spoof-jammers have increased their reach significantly.

The area around Baltic Sea presently affected by electronic warfare directed at GNSS/GPS-receivers is enormous, larger than before.

Bbl with a timelapse. Nb, this is reach at 10-30k ft.

27.05.2025 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 227 ๐Ÿ” 81 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far The death toll from the war already dwarfs the numbers killed in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza over many decades.

The death toll of Israelโ€™s war in Gaza, according to this investigation, includes 266 entire nuclear families (two parents and their children) of three, 192 entire nuclear families of four, 171 of five, 121 of six, 50 of seven, 17 of eight, 10 of nine, 3 of eleven, and 1 of fourteen.

27.05.2025 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 318 ๐Ÿ” 154 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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New & not new details of GPS/GNSS Spoofing, Jamming,Anomaly,Faults,Bug,Hack or Magic

The New Blender of Moscow

New Spoofing GPS/GNSS configuration in Moscow, Russia.

Putin's stinky guy shit his pants ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿค“

#Jammer #Jamming #Spoofer #Spoofing #GPS #GNSS #EW #ElectronicWarfare

26.05.2025 12:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New & not new details of GPS/GNSS Spoofing, Jamming,Anomaly,Faults,Bug,Hack or Magic

Spoofing GPS/GNSS in Moscow, Russia

Putin's stinky guy shit his pants ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿค“๐Ÿฅณ

#Jammer #Jamming #Spoofer #Spoofing #GPS #GNSS #EW #ElectronicWarfare

26.05.2025 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.

Again, cannot stress enough how much people should have fought the proliferation of automatic license plate readers when they had the chance.

27.05.2025 23:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 90 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

A powerful and moving #dataviz.

23.05.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Orleans jail escape: Maps and videos show how it happened

New on USA Today : โ€œNew Orleans jail escape: Maps and videos show how it happenedโ€

21.05.2025 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway Once you find one author with an AI-generated face and potential AI-generated books, Amazon will helpfully direct you to more

None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway. Here's an article on Amazon authors with GAN-generated faces and the books these authors publish (which appear to be almost entirely devoid of original human-created content).
conspirator0.substack.com/p/none-of-th...

13.01.2024 00:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 85 ๐Ÿ” 54 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4