Jaron Schneider

A bride was treated to an unexpected encounter with Tom Hanks when the famous actor bumped into the wedding party as they exited their downtown Pittsburgh hotel en route to the ceremony.

Instagram has announced that its product tagging feature is coming to everyone in the United States over the next few months as part of its overarching goal to move away from photography and towards video and shopping.

Getty Images has announced what it says is the industry's first model release that reflects advancements in data privacy and security as well as covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, and biometric data security.

Sony has announced the 16-35mm f/4 Power Zoom (PZ) lens, a G Series (not G Master) zoom that promises highly responsive and comfortable operability with the zoom ring and can be controlled by the lens, by the camera, or by a remote.

Insta360 has announced the ONE RS, a modular action camera that features the same three-part design of the ONE R of a battery, processing unit, and swappable lens module, but all upgraded to provide a ton of versatility in a small package.

CineStill has announced a new 400 speed color film for 35mm and 120 medium format called 400Dynamic. This 400 ISO daylight-balanced color film is starting in limited supply now with plans for larger-scale production down the line.

Photographer Christopher Dormoy's "Eternal Spring" timelapse film was inspired by global warming. Dormoy says that melting ice is beautiful and symbolizes spring, but it can also symbolize the problematic aspects of our climate.

A new report that looked at the EXIF data from the North Korean state media photos has given some insight into what equipment photographers in the country are using. Nikon was the most favored last year, specifically the 2014 D750 DSLR.

DJI has announced the Matrice 30 series, what it is calling a "new generation of commercial drones." The M30 and M30T feature 15 m/s wind resistance and the ability to fly in heavy rain and temperature as low as -4 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA has published a series of gorgeous photos of the sun rising behind the curvature of the Earth, also known as an oribtal sunrise, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS).

V7 Labs has created a new artificial intelligence-based (AI) software that works as a Google Chrome extension that is capable of detecting artificially generated profile pictures -- like the ones above -- with a claimed 99.28% accuracy.

Linktree, the company that makes landing pages that can provide a host of links to other sites and is most popular on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, has been valued at $1.3 billion.

Nikon has filed a patent for a new type of sensor that would allow it to perform both a rolling and global shutter operation. It's not the first time the company has proposed such a design, but it expands on the use case of a previous filing.

IMAX is developing a new film camera and is tapping the likes of visionary directors Jordan Peele and Christopher Nolan to help design it.

Sony has joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) as its latest steering committee member. The C2PA is an open, technical standards body addressing the prevalence of misleading information online.

The reviews for the Apple Studio Display have started to come out and one unexpected complaint centers around the webcam, which some have categorized as disappointing. Apple says it's not "behaving as expected" and intends to fix it with software.

Acer, a brand more well known for personal computers, parts, and accessories, has quietly jumped into the photography market with the launch of a line of CFexpress memory cards.

Facebook has announced that it will be doubling the video recording limits of the Facebook Ray-Ban Stories sunglasses from 30 seconds up to a minute. The glasses are also launching in Spain, Austria, Belgium, and France.

Flickr is taking a stand on artistic nudity. The company says that as the world's largest independent photographer-focused community, it is encouraging the publication of any kind of photography without the fear of bans or account deletion.

Researchers from Cornell University have designed a photo-taking robot that understands aesthetically pleasing composition. It already excels at photos for Real Estate or AirBNB, but could be trained to use its skills anywhere.

NASA has announced that the James Webb telescope has completed the fourth and fifth stages of its alignment and scientists say that the performance of its imaging system is at or beyond their most optimistic expectations.

Venus Optics has announced the new Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 MFT APO lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The company says that the shallow depth of field creates "dreamy" background defocus and the APO design limits color fringing.

Skylum, the company that produces the Luminar series of software products, has its main development center in Kyiv, Ukraine. But, despite Russia's invasion upsetting its normal workflow, the company has managed to push an update for Luminar Neo.

Instagram has made good on its promise to add more parental controls to its app with the launch of Family Center, a hub where parents can access supervision controls and resources from experts.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says that NFTs are "hopefully" coming to Instagram in the next few months. Additionally, he said that the company plans to allow users to mint them within the application.

Photographer Thomas Blanchard has captured the unstable mixture of water and sodium acetate. When subjected to even light agitation, the solution moves from a liquid to a solid, a process he captured in brilliant 8K resolution.

The Photography Ethics Center is asking all photographers to commit to publishing a statement of ethics on their websites. By doing so, the hope is that all photographers will think more proactively about the ethics of their work.

Researchers from Australia have reverse engineered the visual system of hoverflies, an insect that feeds on nectar, to detect the acoustic signature of drones from as far as four kilometers away (about 2.5 miles) even in noisy environments.

ON1 has announced its next-generation technology that is powered by what it calls state-of-the-art neural networks for image upscaling: Resize AI. The company says it can enlarge photos and create realistic details with spectacular results.

Foxconn, the company that Apple uses to assemble its devices, has closed its Shenzhen manufacturing facility due to a COVID outbreak, leading to concerns over supply disruptions.

A new detailed analysis of the modern poster child for UFO footage makes the case that the object in the video is not anything other than glare on the Navy jet's gimbal camera system.

While the M1 Ultra is the last M1 chip Apple is making, it certainly isn't going to be the company's last ever. A new report alleges multiple new chips in the pipeline as well as a refresh of the Pro Display XDR.

DJI has denied accusations that it is limiting the capabilities of drone technology used by the Ukrainian army after rumors spread on social media that the Chinese consumer drone manufacturer was throttling its AeroScope technology.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of Hong Kong have developed StyleNeRF, a 3D-aware generative model that creates high-resolution photorealistic images that can be trained on unstructured 2D images.

It's not a situation many would likely have seen coming, but the White House has briefed a group of 30 TikTok influencers on the United State's approach to Russia's War on Ukraine.

Panasonic's new Lumix GH6 appears to be more popular than the company anticipated as today it announced that it may take some time for everyone who pre-ordered the camera to receive it.

Just a week after Russia announced that it had banned Facebook, Meta's other popular platform Instagram will be blocked in the country on March 14.

Yongnuo has announced a new autofocus-quipped YN85mm f/1.8 for Nikon Z-mount cameras in China that is very inexpensive given the performance the company promises photographers can expect.

Google has announced that the Google Photos app is getting expanded functionality for Portrait Blur, which will allow it to be used on many more subjects.

Meta's Head of Youth Pavni Diwanji, who was responsible for overseeing Instagram's highly controversial version of its product aimed at children, is leaving Meta as part of a restructuring.

Russian prosecutors have reportedly asked a court to ban Meta's Facebook and Instagram and called the two social network platforms "extremist." If approved, it would criminalize the operations of the two companies in Russia.

Computational photography pioneer Marc Levoy argues "straight photography," an idea popularized by Ansel Adams, is a myth.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has published a 10-minute long relaxing video of 29 different species of jellyfish, from tiny delicate drifters to giant deep-sea behemoths.

Last year, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) launched the ASMP Academy. Today the organization announced that it has partnered with Sony to grow into an even more comprehensive resource for photographers.

Sabrent has announced the DS-SKRT-D16TB Thunderbolt 3 Dual NVMe SSD Docking Station that promises to turn any Mac or PC into a powerhouse workstation thanks to tons of fast SSD storage and a wealth of ports.

Irix has announced a new 21mm f/1.4 lens for Canon, Nikon, and Pentax DSLRs. The lens is based on the 21mm T1.5 cinema lens the company announced in February.

Ricoh has announced that it is releasing its GR IIIx in a new limited edition model called the GR IIIx Urban Edition Special Limited Camera. It features a different metallic gray finish and navy-blue ring around the lens barrel as well as exclusive accessories.