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Some of the biggest names in technology have banded together to form the Metaverse Standards Forum to create open and consistent standards for interoperability in an open metaverse.

Adobe has announced a set of updates to Premiere Pro which includes improvements to proxies, more graphics features, workspace updates, social content features, and improved H.264 and HEVC encoding on M1 machines.

Godox has released a new wireless flash trigger that acts as a cordless go-between for Leica cameras and off-mounted Godox flashes.

United States Marshals have released age-progressed images of three men who infamously escaped the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in 1962.

The Zeiss company branding is synonymous with the field of photography today, but that’s not where Carl Zeiss started. In this 25-minute video, DW Documentary goes through the company's incredible history.

Claid.ai, a self-described artificial intelligence (AI) company, has launched new software that automatically enhances, removes backgrounds, and fixes lighting in photos uploaded to e-commerce sites by users who might not have the best equipment.

18-year-old Vijay Suddala created a stunning composite image of the moon from his home in southern India with just a $150 telescope and his smartphone.

Profoto has announced the Connect Pro, its latest generation trigger that is capable of controlling 100 channels that each host six groups: three for TTL and three for manual control.

Moment has announced the 1.33x Anamorphic Lens Adapter, which it says can change any optic -- vintage or modern -- into an anamorphic lens.

VSCO has announced that it is relaunching to enable it to better focus on a core creator audience and, in its words, "return to its roots." The relaunch includes a new leadership team and product updates designed to appeal to more serious creatives.

NVIDIA researchers have created a new tool that can easily turn photos into 3D objects. Called NVIDIA 3D MoMa, the company says it can allow architects, designers, concept artists, and game developers to quickly import objects into a graphics engine for digital manipulation.

Samsung has announced a new 4K UHD creator-focused monitor that it says delivers accurate colors along with high resolution. It also features a matte display that the company says helps reduce reflections.

Fox Archives is planning to digitize and upscale half a million hours of historical footage from videotape and film and has released a high-definition video of a summer camp from 1936.

Red Bull has shared a behind-the-scenes video that shows how its filmmakers deftly capture a high-diver leaping into the water. Surprisingly, it doesn't involve a drone.

A series of alarmingly convincing videos of what appears to be Margot Robbie have surfaced online. The deepfakes look so much like the real actress that many users have been fooled into believing it is actually her.

In a Geekbench 5 result that surfaced earlier this week, the new 13-inch M2 Macbook Pro achieved a score of 8,928, significantly better than the baseline Mac Pro with an 8-core Intel Xeon W processor that has a score of 8,027.

A group of United States senators has written a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department advocating that the country should follow the European Union's decision to force all electronics manufacturers to adopt a common charging cable.

Photographer Pete Summers traveled 5,600 miles from his home in Scotland to cover the Gumball 3000 rally that started in Toronto and ended in Miami.

Intel has announced the first of its Arc A-series 3 graphics desktop cards -- the ARC3 A380 Discrete Graphics processor -- for use in Intel-based computers.

An alligator lunged at a photographer who was filming the beast in the same park where a man was killed.

Facebook isn't the only Meta property that is leaning harder into adopting more TikTok-like features. Instagram is also currently testing a full-screen feed that strongly mimics the company's rival.

Camera+ app, which allows manual control of the iOS camera, is moving to a monthly subscription service and has announced new features such as a 48MP AI-driven image upscaler.

According to a new report, Facebook has decided to make its feed feel more like TikTok in an attempt to better compete against what has become the biggest threat to the social media giant's bottom line.

A Pulitzer prize-winning photographer has been fined $1,000 under Spain's "gag law" when he attempted to take pictures of a refugee camp.

Zhiyun has launched its first LED light with the FiveRay FR100C LED Light Stick, which the company says is five times brighter than competing light sticks.

An international team of researchers believe they have discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the past nine billion years.

NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has spotted something unexpected: a piece of the thermal blanket that the rover's team believes may have come off its rocket-powered jet pack when it made its descent to the Red Planet last year.

Picfair has joined forces with Adobe to bring the power of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to its photographers.

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will jointly release the James Webb Space Telescope's first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast on July 12 at 10:40 AM EDT.

Tamron has announced what it is calling the world's first wide range 4.1x standard zoom lens for Fujifilm X-mount, the new 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD.

Skylum has announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool in Luminar Neo that it says will help eliminate the time-consuming process of masking and background removal in portraits.

Fujifilm has announced the Instax Mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer and free Mini Link 2 downloadable app that turns your smartphone images into Instax Mini Prints.

The international festival of visual arts, the Siena Awards, has announced the winners of its Creative Photo Awards 2022, which celebrates the best of artistic and contemporary photography.

A judge has thrown out a class-action lawsuit against Ricoh that alleged its Pentax digital camera was designed with a defect that caused photos to come out pitch black.

Meike has announced a new ultra-wide 8mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The fully manual lens provides a full-frame equivalent focal length of 16mm and offers a minimum focusing distance of just under 10 inches.

Picsello is a new e-commerce and customer relationship manager that aims to help photographers keep track of clients, billing, image hosting, and other business details that bog down the original reason most get into the profession: taking pictures.

An aerial video taken above Yellowstone National Park shows the devastation flooding has caused, as roads are being swept away and tourists are being left stranded.

SantaColor 100 ISO color film is new stock from Finnish film company Santa 1000 based on a brand of 35mm roll that is used in aerial surveillance photography. The film is being offered in a crowdfunding campaign.

Grace Torres explains how she invested $45,000 into her business which has grown into a $177,000 per year career.

Canon has announced that several members of its Canon Legends program have partnered with NFT marketplace Immutable Image to create a limited collection of photo NFTs that will be published as the collective "The Legends Mint."

Dzofilm has announced three T2.1 Vespid Cyber cinema prime lenses that are designed to connect directly with the new DJI RS 3 Pro LiDAR autofocus system. The 35mm, 50mm, and 75mm lenses have a unique data interface function to output focusing and aperture data to the gimbal.

DxO has released version 5 of the Nik Collection photo editing suite of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. This latest version includes major updates for Color Efex and Analog Efex, as well as improved local adjustment tools, an overall smoother user experience, 29 new film emulations, and a brand new tool to reduce haze.

DJI has announced that it is joining the L-mount alliance, becoming the fifth member of the group along with Leica, Sigma, Panasonic, and Leitz Cine.

DJI has announced the RS 3 and RS 3 Pro gimbals which offer a new automated axis lock system, the third-generation RS stabilization algorithm that improves performance by 20%, and one-tap calibration.

Zhiyun has announced the Weebil 3 camera gimbal, what it describes as a portable and high-performance camera stabilizer that has improved ergonomics, a long-lasting battery, and a built-in microphone and LED light.

The BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition 2022, which highlights Earth's biodiversity and illustrates the many threats that the planet faces, has unveiled its winners and finalists.