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TikTok users are expanding their photos with artificial intelligence (AI) in a new trend.

After updating its policy to allow some sexual content, a long contentious point on the streaming site, Amazon-owned Twitch rolled part of that decision back, citing artificial intelligence concerns.

Friday, Instagram announced a new update to its Stories feature allowing users to create their own "Add Yours" templates.

A Colombo crime family "underboss" sentenced to prison this week for extortion and money laundering has said he doesn't regret the topless poolside photo that led to his arrest.

When Threads launched earlier this year, the app was available in the US and more than 100 other countries. But those in the European Union were left out of the fun. However, in a short and sweet post on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta's social media platform is now available to EU users.

A new television station will feature artificial intelligence (AI) generated news anchors for the first time in the U.S. next year.

An "extremely rare" half-female, half-male bird was photographed -- in a sighting that has only been made once over 100 years ago.

A photo taken by a woman during her pap smear examination has won BeReal's competition for the "realest" image posted on its app.

Instagram has introduced a new feature that will let users make artificial intelligence (AI) generated backgrounds for Stories.

Kentucky is reportedly considering a public land ban on the use of cellular trail cameras and drones in the state.

Social media app Instagram announced Wednesday new safety tools aimed at protecting creators from unwanted interactions.

Instagram will let users share video statuses via its Notes feature.

A photographer has revealed how she was booked for a "family session" but arrived at the shoot to discover the job was a "full-blown wedding."

Fashion brand Zara has pulled an ad campaign after customers claimed the photos resembled recent images from the Israel-Gaza war.

An Arizona woman got a shock when surveillance footage revealed that a fox had stolen three of her backyard trail cameras in just 10 minutes.

Many teenagers in the U.S. can't tear themselves away from YouTube and TikTok, with over 15% saying they use the video-streaming apps “almost constantly,” according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.

Apple has released an artificial intelligence (AI) powered photo journaling app for iPhones and spatial video capture support as part of its iOS 17.2 update.

Scientists have photographed a chimpanzee stealing the dead carcass of a young antelope away from an eagle and eating its meat in an extraordinarily rare encounter.

Camera app Capture allows a user to automatically share their photos with their friends -- without letting them view the image first.

Photographers have been warned about doing Grinch-themed photo shoots over the holidays due to "serious trademark infringement issues."

A group of tourists capsized a gondola in Venice after they refused to listen to their gondolier's requests to sit down and stop taking selfies.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) powered "Time Travel" filter -- that lets people see how their faces will age in real time -- has gone viral on TikTok.

Photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have revealed the inspiration behind Taylor Swift's TIME Person of the Year Cover Image.

A YouTuber has been sent to prison for six months after he purposefully crashed his airplane and then hid the wreckage.

This is the incredible moment a mountain lion soared through the air and pounced right on a trail camera.

The UK's Office of Communications -- otherwise known as Ofcom -- has published a draft of age-restriction guidelines for websites and online services that offer sexually explicit content. If implemented, it would require such sites to introduce "age assurance" methods, which could involve photo ID matching, facial age estimation, and credit card checks.

Fashion brand Bottega Veneta licensed paparazzi photos of A$AP Rocky for a new ad campaign -- including an image of a viral moment in which the rapper made a TMZ photographer jog with him to get the shot.

Charles Schulz famously debuted the "Peanuts" comic in 1950 but in 1974, he introduced readers to the Beagle Scouts. Now, 50 years later, Snoopy's group of outdoor adventurers has found its way onto a Polaroid camera.

Despite what seems like weekly advancements in the artificial intelligence field, some are still keeping their expectations measured. Yann LeCun, Meta's VP and chief AI scientist, for example, said at a recent event that he doesn't think AI "super intelligence" is coming anytime soon.

Instagram revealed the top trends that Generation Z users will be driving on the photo app in 2024.

Scientists were reportedly able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct images solely from people's brain activity with over 75% accuracy for the first time ever.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill promised to pay the lost wages of the photographer who was suspended by the NFL for filming his backflip selfie celebration video.

Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. Almost 90% of Aussies own one, and we spend an average of 5.6 hours using them each day. Smartphones are also responsible for more than 90% of all the photographs made this year.

Meta announced Friday a list of new efforts it's making to keep kids safe on its platforms, notably after a whistleblower recently testified to Congress about the company's failure to protect children.

Social documentary photographer Tish Murtha may not have garnered much acclaim for her photographic work while alive, but it is, nevertheless, powerful in what it portrays and remains relevant to this day. A new documentary titled Tish explores Murtha’s career and images with guidance from her daughter, Ella.

Social media giant Meta is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over monetization of children's data and to prevent regulators from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement, according to reports.

Widely acclaimed, renowned, and beloved American photographer Elliott Erwitt -- who had captured more presidents since Harry Truman than any other photographer in his 70-plus year career -- has passed away at the age of 95.

The organizer of an online conference for women in tech canceled the event this week after it was revealed that at least one of the speakers was AI-generated.