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Meta is adding safety features and protections to Instagram accounts that primarily share photos and videos of children.

A popular film photography store in New York that sometimes has huge lines snaking outside of it has moved to a far more visible location.

A random man was wrongfully arrested after AI facial recognition technology accused him of a serious crime that he never committed.

Lomography has announced a revitalized lineup of its classic Petzval lens line with the new Joseph Petzval Focus-coupled Bokeh Control Art Lens Series. The new lens series adds refined manual controls and improved focus-coupled bokeh control.

The United States has reached a trade agreement with Japan that exchanges Japanese foreign investment in the U.S. for a lower tariff rate.

A photographer has revealed how he checked his old contact sheets and uncovered a never-before-seen photo that show Jeffrey Epstein attending Donald Trump's 1993 wedding.

Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was involved in a minor incident following Stage 16 of the race after a photographer obstructed his path at the summit of Mont Ventoux. The Danish rider fell after crossing the finish line.

Atomos unveiled Ninja TX, which the company calls its most advanced Ninja ever. The Ninja TX is Atomos' "next-generation monitor-recorder," redesigned from the ground up for professional video creators.

Ulanzi announced its latest camera accessory, the SL03 Spark Lite, a pocket-sized flash designed to deliver powerful lighting in a compact and portable form. Priced at just $25, this newly released flash offers both flash and constant light modes, making it a versatile tool for photographers on the go.

An international team of astronomers captured direct evidence of the filaments that weave an interconnected web throughout the cosmos.

A remarkable collection of over 2,500 autographed photos, covering a century of Hollywood icons such as Frank Sinatra and Charlie Chaplin, is set to go to auction.

VSCO has acquired The Freelance Photographer, an online platform that provides aspiring photographers with the resources they need to develop new skills and succeed as professionals.

A couple of months ago, PetaPixel reported on a remarkable security camera video that recorded the first-ever view of the Earth's surface shifting along a major fault line during a massive earthquake. But further reserach has revealed it shows even more than that.

Sony announced the PXW-Z300 handheld XDCAM camcorder. The flagship 4K camcorder is the first of its kind to embed digital signatures directly into its recorded video files, which enables content authentication technology.

A photographer was laid to rest in a coffin designed to look like a Sony video camera at his funeral in Ghana.

Camera traps have captured two rare big cats in Pakistan -- one of them was thought to be possibly extinct.

A man is suing two news outlets for allegedly publishing his photo erroneously alongside a story about a man with a similar name -- a mix-up that he says had serious consequences on his life.

Canon's 410-megapixel full-frame image sensor made its first public appearance at the Shanghai International Photographic Equipment and Digital Imaging Exhibition (P&I) in China last week.

Asus' ProArt Display 6K PA32QCV promises excellent color accuracy and HDR compatibility for photographers, video editors, and other visual artists.

An Instagram user was banned for posting a video of her dogs that Meta says breached community standards on "child sexual exploitation" and "nudity."

Footage shows two women assaulting other customers for taking too long in a photo booth -- an incident that has sent shockwaves in South Korea and put the company that runs the booth under scrutiny.

Photographers can find AI images offensive, which is hardly surprising, given that fake but hyper-realistic photos are only made possible by taking high-quality, copyrighted pictures -- without permission -- and feeding them to an algorithm.

A photographer has been banned for life by the LA Galaxy after the soccer club accused him of using a press credential to bring an unauthorized banner into the stadium.

The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, rocked up to a Grand Prix this weekend on a motorcycle sporting a camera and telephoto lens so he could capture the action.

An appeals court heard a photographer's bid to overturn a verdict clearing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D of copyright infringement over her use of his photo of Miles Davis -- arguing the decision should have been decided by a judge, not "a poorly-instructed jury."

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has shared an AI-generated video of former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office by FBI agents.

Lucas Buick and Ryan Dorshorst, founders of Hipstamatic, announced The Last Camera Project, a mobile app and community art project that invites photographers worldwide to contribute one single photo that answers the question, "What one image captures the heart of who you are?"

In a market increasingly defined by portability and creative flexibility, Nanlite introduced the Pico, a new pocket-sized RGBW LED light aimed squarely at content creators, mobile filmmakers, and photographers looking for compact yet capable lighting tools.

Samsung, Google, and Apple are in a three-way battle when it comes to photography, but of the three, Samsung is typically the most forthcoming with explaining new advancements in its sensor tech. It recently published a deep dive into its nanoprism technology, a new type of microlens that it says improves light gathering significantly.

A new update gives the iPhone camera app, Pearla, advanced audio controls for video recording, new recording formats, and powerful new tools designed for both photo and video workflows.

President Trump is working on an executive order that targets so-called "woke" artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Atomic Keyboard's awesome Severance-inspired MDR Dasher Keyboard finally has pricing and availability information, although Severance fans may need to take extra macrodata refinement shifts at Lumon to afford it.

The new firmware for the Canon EOS R1 and R5 Mark II, which was announced earlier this week and released yesterday, has been made "temporarily unavailable" due to an issue that renders playback impossible on the camera or PC when using a card larger than 2 TB.

An AI startup has introduced what it says is the world's first video-to-video model that can transform live footage in real time.

The Sony RX1R III wasn't the only compact camera announced this week, although it was undoubtedly the most interesting one. Rollei, the same iteration of the legendary photo company that released an 85mm f/1.8 prime last month, announced a new camera: the Powerflex X8 Dual Lens 64 MP digital camera with 5K. What a mouthful.

Netflix has confirmed the use of generative AI in one of its original productions. While it is being reported that it's the first time the company has used the technology, that is likely not true.

SmallRig unveiled its new FP-60 and FP-90 Quick-Setup Folding Parabolic Softboxes, promising to cut lighting setup times in half …

The tale of the US government-mandated security audit of DJI has taken another turn. While for the last six months, DJI has begged the government to start the audit to no avail, lawmakers are now seeking to rush the audit through in 30 days.

Imagen, the AI-driven editing platform best known for its photography tools, is bringing its cutting-edge technology to video editing. The company announced the public beta launch of Imagen for Video, which offers AI-powered, frame-by-frame color correction.

When Panasonic announced the Lumix S1 II in May, it promised "exceptional photographic and videographic capabilities." As PetaPixel's review showed, Panasonic delivered. New testing by Bill Claff at Photons to Photos reveals that the S1 II's dynamic range is not just good, but class-leading.

There is a new photo library dedicated to showing what college really looks like in the United States amid accusations of elitism.

A 15-year-old girl was killed after reportedly being crushed by a boulder while trying to take a selfie with friends at a scenic spot in Italy.

Canon announced the Speedlite EL-1 (Version 2), an upgraded version of the original EL-1 flagship flash released in early 2021.

Camera operators and photographers keep getting attracted to President Trump's right hand. On Tuesday, a C-SPAN videographer spotted concealer on Trump's hand and zoomed in on it; the subsequent footage has been shared widely.

A woman has been awarded almost $9 million in damages after her friend's boyfriend stole her nude photos and posted the images online.