TechByter Worldwide 2019-05-26: Luminar Works with Lightroom, but also Threatens Lightroom. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

Luminar is a new photo editing application. Although it may not yet be a serious competitor for Adobe's Lightroom Classic, it does offer some useful features and works with Lightroom. In Short Circuits: Fans of magazines will find two on-line options worth checking out: Apple News Plus (formerly Texture), which has a $10 monthly fee, and Flipster, which is available for free to patrons of many libraries. Microsoft has an easy way to add emoticons to any document or email, but still lags when it comes to adding more common symbols. In Spare Parts (only on the website): Robocall scams are becoming more prevalent and senior citizens are proving to be lucrative targets for the scammers. • One manufacturer of drones will be adding new safety features to many of its products.