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The White House says it wants to "cryptographically verify" videos of President Joe Biden in a bid to fight AI-generated deepfakes.

New research has revealed that deepfake attacks using "face swap" technology surged by 704% in 2023.

Skylum, the company behind the Luminar Neo editing platform, and Fujifilm have partnered to host 50 free photo walks across the United States, giving photographers a chance to not only see their local cities in a new light but also try out new Fujifilm gear.

Flickr is celebrating its 20th anniversary. From the early days of the internet through to today, the photo-sharing site that is now home to everyone from amateur photographers through NASA has certainly come a long way.

In what could be one of the most impactful changes to the algorithm, Instagram and Meta's answer to X, Threads, will no longer suggest political content to users who don't opt in.

Lee -- the biopic of Lee Miller which stars Kate Winslet as the iconic photographer -- has finally got a release date.

TikTok and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, are suing the European Union (EU) over a segment of the Digital Services Act that requires the companies to pay a fee to cover the cost of regulating them.

A week after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled during a Senate hearing on child safety, the company announced new protections for teens navigating sextortion scams.

Meta announced Tuesday it will begin labeling images detected to be AI-generated across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

An upcoming board game the turns players into travel photographers is taking off on Kickstarter.

When the Holga first launched, it didn't quite capture people the way its creator hoped... but it did spark something.

Meta's Reality Labs, the division responsible for its virtual reality endeavors, had its best quarter ever, but still lost more than $4 billion.

When British photographer Mike Lane's car was stolen in October, he also lost a good amount of gear that was inside. Not long after, Lane spotted his tripod -- one item stolen from his car -- for sale on eBay. This is where his journey really begins.

CEOs of the largest social media companies in the United States testified in front of Congress Wednesday before the lawmakers launched into questions of their own.

After an Australian news station used an edited image of a female member of Parliament -- specifically increasing her breast size and exposing her midriff -- the network tried to pass the blame onto Photoshop. But Adobe says the facts don't line up.

Hal Buell, who led The Associated Press’ (AP) photo operations and made the pivotal decision to run Nick Ut's Napalm Girl, has died.

U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would criminalize the spread of nonconsensual deepfake porn -- in direct response to the sexually explicit AI-generated photos of Taylor Swift that went viral last week.

Influential music photographer Brian Griffin, who shot Depeche Mode's first five iconic album covers, has died.

Social media has been a bit like the old Wild West; there are few regulations, and, as we are learning, the apps are fraught with potential danger. A pair of proposed California regulations attempt to protect minors, aiming to reduce the impact the platforms can have.

The cinematographer behind the Oscar-nominated film The Holdovers has revealed how he made the movie look, feel, and sound like it was actually made during the decade it is set in: the 1970s.

A 61-year-old grandfather is suing Macy's and Sunglass Hut over the stores' alleged use of facial recognition technology led to his wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and sexual assault in jail.

TikTok appears to be coming for YouTube -- after the company was spotted incentivizing creators to start posting horizontal, longer videos.

Scientists and cinematographers are constantly searching for new ways to gather information about animals. In one such attempt, John Downer Productions launched a realistic-looking submersible robotic whale to capture unique footage and gain insight into the intelligence of these creatures.

In a partnership with the Center for Open Science, Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta revealed it will give data to researchers for a study.

New York City is taking a strong stance against social media and becomes the first city in the United States to designate it as a "public health hazard" and using imagery that compares it to smoking.

With Oscar season well and truly upon us, actress Florence Pugh has revealed that during the filming of smash hit movie Oppenheimer the camera broke at a very unfortunate moment.

This is the incredible moment a female chameleon erupts in glorious color in a poignant final display before its death.

Artist Richard Prince has agreed to pay at least $650,000 to two photographers in a pair of long-running copyright lawsuits against him for using their images in his controversial Instagram-sourced New Portraits series.

Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D scored a resounding victory in the copyright infringement trial over her unlicensed use of a photograph of Miles Davis for a tattoo she inked on a client.

Among the many things you couldn't possibly forget about Emerald Fennell's hit movie Saltburn, one of them surely was the film's highly unusual 4:3 aspect ratio.

Kanye West directed paparazzi on exactly how to shoot his wife Bianca Censori, warning them to never film her from a "45-degree angle."

Bathed in church window light, head bowed while kneeling in the pews; Donald Trump looks to be in deep contemplation. The only problem? He has six fingers on each hand.

Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D went on trial over a photographer's claims that an image of a Miles Davis tattoo she inked on a client infringed his copyright -- in a case that may upend the entire industry.

A bride was reunited with her wedding photos that had been lost for more than three decades -- after another woman spotted them at an auction.

An Oklahoma anti-porn bill could outlaw any sort of sexualized image -- pornographic or not -- and ban sending nude photographs outside of marriage.

A nature photographer had a brush with a "very venomous" sea snake which appeared in the mud he was lying in while photographing mudskippers.

A diver who left their GoPro camera underwater had it stolen by a manatee who then attempted to take a selfie with it.

The World Press Photo Foundation, which operates the annual World Press Photo Contest, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Fujifilm.

Legendary fashion photographer Hans Feurer, who shot the groundbreaking 1983 Kenzo ad campaign starring supermodel Iman, has died.

Notorious B.I.G.’s estate has reached a settlement with the widow of late hip-hop photographer Chi Modu, resolving a long-running dispute over his famed images of the rapper.

Alec Baldwin has been indicted with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set for Rust -- eight months after the charges were first dropped.

A scientist spent years filming slow-motion footage of snakes launching at and attacking their prey -- to reveal exactly how they kill.

Generation Z is increasingly watching "sludge" videos on TikTok -- a type of viral video that features multiple clips all playing on a screen at the same time.

A new law has banned tourists from stopping to take selfies on pedestrian bridges along the Las Vegas Strip -- or face being jailed.

A photographer set up a hidden trail camera -- only to later discover that a beaver had hilariously buried the recording device in the mud.

The cinematographer behind Poor Things has revealed how he filmed the movie's iconic dance scene between Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo.

Sure Muhammad Ali could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, but could he punch like a peacock mantis shrimp? Probably. Heavyweight championship-worthy jabs notwithstanding, a brave robot spy crab decided to take a look anyway.

Scientists have filmed neighboring plants "chatting" and receiving warning messages from each other in groundbreaking footage.

Rare footage shows a squid hauling thousands of eggs across the ocean: a once-in-a-lifetime feat that lasts several months and requires the mother to never let go of their unhatched offspring -- not even to eat.