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Visitors to Google today will see a striking Google Doodle celebrating the life and work of photographer Corky Lee.

A fascinating video posted to Reddit entitled "What Midjourney thinks professors look like, based on their department," gives a revealing insight into inherent biases held by AI image generators.

The Camera Store (TCS), one of the most popular camera, lens, and photography equipment retailers in western Canada, suffered a break-in this morning, May 3, and over $30,000 worth of Sony, Nikon, and DJI equipment was stolen.

Jennifer Lopez directed a professional photographer on exactly how to shoot her at the Met Gala.

Scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to decode a mouse's brain signals as it was watching a film and accurately reproduce the movie clip it was seeing.

BeReal has launched a new feed for photos exclusively of famous people in a bid to stay relevant.

Rapper Ice Spice caused a stir at the Met Gala on Monday when she arrived with an unlikely accessory on the red carpet -- a bejeweled clutch bag seemingly in the shape of an iconic vintage film camera.

Japan is introducing its first nationwide laws to criminalize exploitative "photo voyeurism."

An artificially intelligent (AI) deep fake video of a woman "returning" after going missing 13 years ago has sparked outrage over the abuse of this technology.

A wedding photographer from Kansas stands accused of "scamming" couples and robbing them of memories of their big day by faking a family emergency. She has, allegedly, done this multiple times.

Vogue Italia is being criticized for its artificial intelligence (AI) generated cover photo shoot with supermodel Bella Hadid in its latest issue.

Under current New Hampshire law, hunters can enter private property and mount game cameras -- camera traps designed to track prey for the purposes of hunting -- without permission from the landowner. Pending legislation, New Hampshire Senate Bill 14, aims to change that.

A leading Chinese technology company is allowing users to create artificially intelligent (AI) deepfake "digital humans" based on any individual within 24 hours for $145.

United States Senators Charles Grassley and Richard Blumenthal have co-sponsored a bill that would see to install cameras inside of federal courts. The hope is to then extend this to include placing cameras inside the Supreme Court.

Scientists have figured out why people like to take selfies -- and it's not necessarily to do with vanity.

A man in Quebec, Canada has been sentenced to three years in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images of child pornography -- the first ruling of its kind in the country.

A new report by The Guardian reveals Facebook and Instagram have become marketplaces for child sex trafficking and parent company Meta is struggling to take sufficient action to prevent criminals from using its platforms.

TikTok is jumping on the artificially intelligent (AI) photo-editing trend, popularized by Lensa last year and is working on its own new AI avatar generator.

Meta says users are spending over 24% more time on Instagram because of its TikTok-clone, Reels.

A cybersecurity software company claims that photo-sharing app BeReal owns the rights to users' photos for "30 years."

A photographer has gone viral on social media after he revealed "the worst question" that a shooter could be asked.

Newly-shared GoPro footage shows the terrifying moment a skier falls into a deep glacier crevasse in the French Alps.

A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the United States Senate that, if passed, would require all children under the age of 18 to receive parental consent to use social media and would forbid the use of algorithms on that age group.

A charity has published a series of advertisements that appear to have been created using artificial intelligence (AI) image generators.

Polaroid and instant film photography supporters are invited to PolaCon in New York City to celebrate all things instant film photography.

A photojournalist's final moments, which were the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning image, have been revealed after his camera resurfaced after 16 years missing.

A professional photographer helped a boyfriend stage a heartwarming surprise proposal.

A video of two women mocking an influencer taking photos of herself at a baseball game has caused a social media storm.

Picsart is launching its official Discord server, which will be free to access while offering an additional three paid tiers.

Photo-sharing app BeReal surged in popularity last year as an alternative to apps like Instagram by offering the unusual restriction of only users to post a single photo per day at a randomized specific time. However, BeReal has announced a new feature that will enable users to share additional posts per day.

Artificial intelligence images have the potential to misinform the future. For the first time in the technological present, we are on the cusp of a life-and-art-altering explosion of intentionally created dis-informational imagery.

A new video app is aiming to make social media interactions more authentic -- by not letting users see how they look in the camera while filming.

Canva has created an artificially intelligent (AI) tool that lets users change their outfit and hairstyle in a photo using only text.

A member of the King's Guard in London screamed at a tourist after she got too close to him while trying to take a photo.

All charges have been dropped against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set for Rust.

Rapper Latto has denied claims that she Photoshopped an image from her Coachella set to make the crowd appear larger -- after it was pointed out that some of her fans seemed to appear multiple times in the photo.

A photojournalist is being sued by the city of Los Angeles for publishing hundreds of images of undercover officers that were accidentally given to him by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

French fashion house Dior has been urged to apologize to China for using a photo that shows an Asian model pulling up the corner of her eye in an advert.

Popular photo and GIF hosting website Imgur has announced that it will change its Terms of Service, to bring it closer to its Community Rules and will ban sexually explicit content and delete anonymously uploaded images.

Meta’s independent Oversight Board says the company can’t start rolling back its efforts to remove misinformation, especially when it comes to Covid misinformation.

An old video published by Charlie Dean Archives on YouTube shows a dramatization of how photographs were captured in the field and transmitted by wire in the 1930s, fueling fast-paced news decades before the internet was even an idea, let alone the global communications network it is today.

An Italian holiday town has introduced hefty fines for tourists who linger "too long" to take selfies in popular photography spots.

Artificially intelligent (AI) image generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have asked a U.S. federal court to dismiss a group of artists' class-action lawsuit against them -- arguing that that the AI-created pictures were not comparable to their work.

Rapper Cam'ron has been sued for allegedly using an iconic photo of him wearing a pink fur coat on a slew of merchandise without the photographer's permission.