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CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new artificially intelligent (AI) program called Make-A-Video that allows users to create a video from a text description. Zuckerberg displayed the capabilities of the program by showing a teddy bear painting a self-portrait, a spaceship landing on Mars, and a baby sloth with a knitted hat trying

Instagram has received a lot of criticism in the last few months. The app’s video-centric changes to compete with TikTok as well the constant suggested posts and advertisements have left many users frustrated. But a new app is trying to fix everything users hate about Instagram and return the app back to what it once

Hurricane Ian has been imaged from space by the International Space Station (ISS) which captured the massive category three storm from 260 miles above. The iconic spacecraft sailed over the eye of the storm yesterday, Monday September 26, as it was gaining strength south of Cuba and moving toward Florida. Captured by the ISS’ external

Fujifilm has announced that it is updating its pricing for consumable photographic products, namely some of its Crystal Archive color paper, photo chemicals, and more. The company says that global pricing for these products is increasing but will vary from region to region. For the United States, it means a 15% increase. “To accommodate the

Facebook users have sued its parent company Meta for allegedly tracking them via an in-app browser on iOS devices despite the strict Apple privacy policies in place. In a proposed class-action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, two Facebook users accused the company of skirting Apple’s 2021

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this stunning photo directly above Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, better known as Mount Doom from the Lords of the Rings movie trilogy. In a truly unique perspective, an astronaut aboard the ISS used a Nikon D5 camera and 1150mm lens to catch the moment the

Meike has announced a new Canon EF to Nikon Z autofocus mount adapter. The adapter promises full electronic control of Canon’s DSLR lenses through a range of Nikon mirrorless cameras. The new MK-EFTZ-B adapter promises support for all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and the Nikon Z5, Z6, Z7, Z50, Z6 II, and Z7 II

The Comedy Pet Photo Awards has announced the winners of the 2022 competition with top honors going to Kenichi Morinaga with his photo of two cats sitting on a fence that makes them appear as if they are headlessly conjoined. The competition says the photo, titled Boom! Boom! and depicts a cartoon-like connection of two

A U.S. paparazzi is suing Australian television network, Channel 7 for defamation over an interview with Meghan Markle’s estranged father, in which he claimed that the photographer conspired to set him up and sabotage the royal wedding. Jeff Rayner, a paparazzi and co-owner of photo agency Coleman-Rayner, was at the centre of a photography scandal

OpenAI, the company behind AI image generator DALL-E, has announced that it will allow users to edit photos that contain human faces. Previously, users were not allowed to produce images with realistic faces for fear of misuse such as creating deepfakes. But now the company says it has made “improvements in our safety system” and

The U.S. government has said it will not share any more footage of UFOs with the public to protect “national security.” In May, the Pentagon held a congessional hearing on UFOs where videos of mysterious objects were shown during the first public hearing on UFOs on Capitol Hill since the 1960s. Now the Navy has

Gavin Newson, the Governor of California, has signed a bill aimed at protecting minors on social media. AB 2273 establishes the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act which is slated to go into effect on July 1, 2024. It “requires online platforms to consider the best interest of child users and to default to privacy and

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the world’s first planetary defense test mission and it has deployed a smaller “mini photographer” spacecraft that will record all of the details of its planned impact with an asteroid. DART is a NASA spacecraft that is designed to deflect an asteroid as part of a test program

Topaz Labs has announced a new program called Topaz Photo AI, a program that it says combines all its best image tools to automatically detect and fix image quality issues using deep learning. Topaz Labs says that until now, it has offered three separate applications that address different image quality issues: DeNoise AI for removing

Google is making changes to Memories in Photos, which might be the biggest update the feature has seen since its launch. The redesigned Memories experience is designed to show more videos, feel more dynamic, and be sharable. Memories was launched in Photos more than three years ago and Google says it was the beginning of

DJI has revived the Osmo name and classic design in the new Osmo Action 3, a 4K action camera that features “extreme” battery life, support for vertical video, dual touch screens, and support for live streaming. The first DJI Osmo Action came in 2019 and featured a very GoPro-like design. The following year, DJI ditched

[embedded content] Westcott has announced the new L60-B 60W Bi-Color COB LED, an “ultra-portable” 60-wat bi-color light designed for video and photo content creators. According to Westcott, the new light is 20% smaller than any other COB LED on the market and has an impressive output for its 3.2 by 3.2 by 5.5 inch size

[embedded content] The photographer who took the last ever photo of Queen Elizabeth II says she was “frail” but “smiley” during the late monarch’s final media engagement. Jane Barlow, who works for the Press Association (the national news agency of the U.K.), revealed that in typical British fashion the Queen commented on how gloomy the

A federal judge has halted the controversial new state law in Arizona that bans people from photographing and filming police officers within 8 feet. The new law, which opponents have slammed as a violation of free speech, was to go into effect on September 24th. The Arizona Republic reports that U.S. District Court Judge John

Instagram will be testing a “repost” feature that would allow users to share other people’s posts in their own feeds. The repost feature was first spotted by social media consultant, Matt Navarra in a video posted on Twitter by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. In the clip, Mosseri uses his own Instagram account to demonstrate the