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The updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac that were announced earlier this year as well as the video capture app Final Cut Camera are available today.

Tech privacy company Proton announced new photo and video backup capabilities on iPhones Thursday, giving users a new way to save their memories.

In a new study conducted by The Wall Street Journal and an academic researcher, Instagram's algorithm was found to have repeatedly recommended sexual videos to young teenage users -- some as young as 13 years old.

Moment is preparing to hold its first-ever "Mega Warehouse Sale" in Seattle on June 22, promising up to 70% off cameras, lenses, bags, gimbals, drones, and more.

HAD Design Studio announced the Xuutbox, what it claims is the first portable studio solution that allows for the high-end photos and videos anywhere thanks to a collapsible, magnetic box with interchangeable sides.

Consider this scenario: as a professional photographer, you were all set for an exciting photoshoot with your client. But despite your best efforts, it didn’t go as planned.

Since it is being produced by a company that already has a hard time keeping its GR III cameras in stock, it should come as no surprise then that pre-orders for the Pentax 17 have been far greater in number than anticipated and that there may be a significant wait to deliver them all.

A new bill in Congress is aiming to make social media platforms accountable for any AI-generated deepfake porn images displayed on their site.

Photographer Henry Diltz was the official photographer for the Woodstock festival in 1969 and is one of the most important recorders of the music scene during the 1960s and 1970s.

Florida is the "most selfie-obsessed state" in the U.S., according to a recent study.

TikTok may soon have ads featuring AI-generated versions of popular creators and stock actors to add a “human touch.”

Sony announced that Reuters selected Alpha and XDCAM cameras along with G Master lenses and Sony audio gear to equip its video journalists around the world.

While Instagram is known for copying competitors' features, it's TikTok now copying Instagram with its new "Whee" app.

Not only did we get a new enthusiast-level digital camera this week in the Z6 III, Pentax and Fujifilm both released new film cameras that very same day. The PetaPixel Podcast team is joined by Ted Forbes to discuss!

Lexar is bolstering its mid-range SD card options with three new capacity options. The Silver line, which sports solid max read and write speeds and a V30 rating, comes in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacity options for as little as $15.

DJI may have been right to be worried about its potential ban moving through the United States legislation as the Countering CCP Drone Act narrowly passed through the House of Representatives this past week.

Scientists have captured incredible footage of a deep-sea mother squid clutching dozens of unusually huge eggs.

The city of Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to a photojournalist after it sued him for publishing hundreds of images of undercover officers that were accidentally given to him by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

For her new book, Hope, National Geographic photographer Cristina Mittermeier decided on a non-traditional route so she can have more creative control to present her work in the very best light.

Unistellar, best known for its smart telescopes, has announced that its Envision smart binoculars will land on Kickstarter next week.

Neurapix is AI-powered software designed to help professional photographers save time and energy when processing and editing photos. While there's a lot of great discussion about AI in photography, many users feel comfortable with AI that reduces friction in their workflow.

Less than two weeks after significant outrage concerning Adobe's Terms of Use, fueled in part by poor communication, a lack of trust, and good old-fashioned misinformation, Adobe has delivered its promised revised Terms of Use, complete with new explainer text and assurances.

Retrospekt, a Milwaukee-based design studio that refurbishes retro cameras, announced the InstantArt limited-edition series of Polaroid 600 instant film cameras that features pixelated aesthetics of 1980s computer graphics emblazoned on a camera that debuted in 1981. Fitting!

Sandmarc is no stranger to interesting iPhone photography accessories, and the company's newest product is perhaps its most unusual yet, a macro probe lens for iPhone.

Apple has revealed that it will label AI-generated images made with its new Image Playground tool.

A man was jailed for trespassing near the active Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park while trying to take photos.

Profoto has announced the Fresnel Small, a light modifier that promises to create a precise beam of light. The new modifier works alongside a wide variety of Profoto lights.

A satellite designed to eliminate the increasing amount of space junk orbiting the Earth has homed in on a 36-foot (11-meter) discarded rocket upper stage to take a remarkable photo.

Fujifilm announced the Instax Wide 400, the latest in the Wide series that captures large, 3.4 x 4.25-inch instant prints.

The brand-new film camera from Pentax that has been in development since 2022 is finally here. Called the Pentax 17 and teased last month, it is a half-frame, vertically oriented, fixed-lens camera that captures two 17mm x 24mm pictures within a single 35mm-format frame.

Following the initial product release launched last March, Aputure has announced the refresh of the Infinibar product family with the addition of new four-light kits and accessories adding even more functionality to the lineup.

Photogram's Alice Camera has been a long time coming. Unveiled in early 2021 as an AI-assisted Micro Four Thirds camera, the camera was supposed to finally release in October 2022. That target came and went, but Alice isn't dead -- it is arriving to initial pre-order customers next month.

United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called on Congress to implement warning labels on social media in a guest op-ed in The New York Times Monday.

ON1 Photo RAW 2024 launched last November, quickly followed by version 2024.1 in December and 2024.3 a couple of months ago. In typical fashion, ON1 has released a significant overhaul about half a year later, bringing version 2024.5 to photographers later this month.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Adobe in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that the software company obscures fees and makes it illegally tricky for users to cancel software subscriptions.

The race for AI video is really beginning to heat up with a slew of models suddenly being released and Runway, which has been releasing models longer than most, has just dropped its latest model Gen-3 Alpha.

100 photographers have donated prints for a limited-time sale to raise money for ocean conservation groups.

Sirui has announced the expansion of two new autofocus lenses for its budget-friendly f/1.2 Sniper series. The addition of the $399 16mm wide-angle and 75mm telephoto lenses for the APS-C system complements existing 23mm, 33mm, and 56mm lenses, offering creatives a much more comprehensive set of tools to capture whatever life throws at them.

During Monday's Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Adobe and TikTok announced a new collaboration that would integrate the social media app's commercial music library into Adobe Express.

Arguably, the Sony a7 IV has been the top dog in the mid-range camera space since it released in late 2021. And it's an excellent camera, as is 2023's Canon EOS R6 II. However, the Nikon Z6 III does something those cameras haven't: be more than a compromise.

The mother who took the photo behind the "Success Kid" internet meme has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against former U.S. congressman Steve King who claimed that he made "fair use" of the image in campaign ads.