One of Meta's advertising partners in China has been linked to thousands of Facebook and Instagram ads promoting "nudify" apps.

An image of the pop star Charli XCX, taken by photographer Harley Weir, has been acquired by the U.K.'s National Portrait Gallery.

A retired French tourist has spent three months in prison for taking a photo of a train while on holiday -- with his worried family receiving no information about him or his whereabouts since his arrest.

It's been 89 years since Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world, and despite numerous attempts, her airplane has still not been found.

France became the first country in the European Union (EU) to ban children under 15 years old from using social media.

The 2027 Pirelli Calendar features an all-Indian cast of women and celebrates the legacy of the country's most celebrated photographer Raghu Rai.

It's well-known that U.S. President Donald Trump likes to play golf during his downtime, but the Czech Republic President Petr Pavel likes to photograph motorsports on his weekends.

A very special Leica prototype lens designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be auctioned in October, and it's a wild piece of photographic history.

Arizona State University is now offering a bachelor's degree in content creation for aspiring social media influencers.

Two Chinese lens companies are teasing new, very different lenses. 7Artisans is teasing what appears to be an ultra-wide full-frame prime lens, while SG-image is gearing up to launch a fast standard prime for APS-C cameras.

An EMT worker, who says she turned off cameras pointed at patients in the back of ambulances, has filed an $800,000 lawsuit - claiming she was fired for protecting the privacy of patients who were unaware they were being filmed.

Apple is set to enter the world of smart glasses -- a move that is full of perils for a company that has made privacy one of its defining principles.

Shocking footage of a longtime San Francisco photographer being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at an airport has sparked outrage online.

A grazing grizzly bear got within mere inches of a wildlife photographer who says that despite the proximity, he was never scared.

Instagram is reportedly banning videos filmed on Meta smart glasses that feature harassment of strangers in public places.

In the United States, it is legal to film in a public space. Photographers, especially those working in the media, know about this First Amendment right.

Just days after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put Xtra and other similar companies in its crosshairs, Xtra suddenly removed the Muse 2 Pro from its website, halted preorders, and said it would start refunding customers.

Canon released new firmware updates for the EOS R6 Mark III and EOS R6 V cameras this week. Arguably the biggest addition of all is the ability to shoot with flash on the R6 V.

An anxious travel consultant working from home for a British travel company successfully sued the company for discrimination after it made her turn on her camera during meetings.

Looking for a new action camera before your next adventure? This week's deals include substantial savings on action cameras, handheld gimbal cameras, 360-degree cameras, and a wide range of accessories from GoPro, DJI, Insta360, SmallRig, Xtra, and more.

As expected, Viltrox has announced its first lenses for Micro Four Thirds.

After years of decline, it feels like cinema is having a moment. Ticket sales at the box office are up year on year and Hollywood is on course to have its best summer since the pandemic. What's more, an iconic L.A. theater is reopening.

Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from a photo agency that claims audio from its video of his heated exchange with a photographer was used in a song without permission.

Police are hunting for a suspect after $20,000 worth of professional camera gear was stolen from a parked car.

Indian police are investigating allegations that a photographer married two sisters and their cousin who he had been working for.

As tech companies continue to invest unprecedented amounts of resources and money in building the latest AI models, one aspect is generally neglected: creating tools that can detect AI imagery.

With how expensive memory cards are these days, it makes sense that photographers and videographers want to rely on as few of them as possible without sacrificing data security or performance. A new app, Stow, aims to help creators know when their cards are properly backed up and safe to wipe, getting them ready for the next job.

Megadap has announced the M2RF, the world's first adapter that turns Leica M-Mount lenses into autofocus primes on Canon EOS R Series mirrorless bodies, APS-C and full-frame alike.

Other World Computing's (OWC) Express 4M2 Ultra is a compact Thunderbolt 5 NVMe RAID solution, promising ultra-fast speeds thanks to its all-NVMe flash storage, and it's available now pre-loaded with 4, 16, 8, and 32TB capacities.

There is increasing backlash against smart glasses. Some owners even say they're scared to wear them now. As part of a growing anti-smart glasses sentiment, or at least concern about how people may use smart glasses, there's a new iPhone app designed to alert users when smart glasses may be nearby.

Premium photo lab and printer WhiteWall has a new CEO, Petra Felgen. PetaPixel spoke to Felgen to learn more about her vision for WhiteWall and how the company will continue to provide high-quality services for photographers and other artists.

Falcam has announced the new TagBatt series, a line of rechargeable camera batteries that combines built-in USB-C charging with Apple's Find My tracking technology. Available in both Sony NP-FZ100 and Canon LP-E6 versions with Canon and Fujifilm versions in the works, the batteries are designed to help photographers keep track of one of the easiest accessories to misplace while offering a convenient charging solution.

Shoten Kobo Co., Ltd. announced a very fast, extremely limited new lens based on a classic and very rare pre-war vintage cinema lens, the Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 5cm f/1.5.

Elon Musk says that Grok Imagine, an AI image and video generator, will make a version of The Odyssey before the year is out.

A growing number of eyewear brands are developing glasses designed to interfere with facial recognition systems and surveillance cameras.

Scientists have filmed the Arctic bobtail squid in its natural subzero habitat for the first time, including the rare discovery of a mature female tending to its eggs.

An activist group has created a spoof billboard ad on a London bus stop, taking aim at Meta's AI smart glasses.

A tourist was filmed taking selfies dangerously close to a huge wild bison in a national park -- just weeks after a photographer captured a man being hurled eight feet into the air by one.

A photographer has been arrested for allegedly using exotic animals, including a lemur and a spider monkey, in unlicensed photoshoots.

A marine biologist filmed an orca slamming into the side of a sunfish -- causing it to explode into literal pieces.