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Pennsylvania lawmakers want to make the theft of a trail camera a specific crime punishable by jail time and a $1,500 fine.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Google Photos, a platform that has evolved from a simple storage solution into a powerful tool for organizing, editing, and sharing photos and videos. To celebrate, Google has shared jaw-dropping milestones and announced new features to usher in its next decade.

Google launched its scarily-good new AI video model Veo 3 last week -- and users wasted no time putting it to the ultimate benchmark: the “Will Smith Eating Spaghetti” test.

Dramatic footage has revealed the moment a shark fisherman saved a drowning teenager by using a drone to drop a flotation device.

Greece has filed a lawsuit against Adidas following what appeared to be a drone light show promoting the sportswear brand above the ancient Acropolis.

Popular YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober spent $5 million of his own money to launch a satellite into space that can capture "the most epic selfies in the Universe."

Apple's smart glasses designed to compete with Meta Ray-Bans will reportedly be released by the end of 2026, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Photographers are reporting that Adobe Stock is imposing upload limits after the image-selling platform has been swamped with AI imagery.

Google launched its new AI video model Veo 3 this week and people have already created incredibly impressive synthetic videos from it.

OpenAI is targeting AI-powered hardware in a big way. The AI tech company is purchasing io, an AI device startup, for nearly $6.5 billion. The startup was co-founded by veteran Apple designer Jony Ive, who left the company to form a design outfit, LoveFrom, in 2019. It is OpenAI's priciest acquisition yet.

As part of its myriad announcements at I/O 2025, Google unveiled significant changes to Search, including the ability to use AI to search for what a smartphone camera sees in real-time.

At Google I/O 2025 today, the company announced a wide range of new software, technology, and features across its ecosystem, including updates to its generative AI models and tools. Google today introduced Veo 3 and Imagen 4, new versions of its generative video and image models.

Storage technology company Synology has announced BeeStation Plus, a high-speed cloud storage system designed for use in homes and small businesses.

President Donald Trump signed a bill that bans the sharing of non-consensual, explicit images -- whether real or AI-generated. The legislation also requires tech platforms to remove such pictures within 48 hours of being notified about them.

Texas is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to ban minors under the age of 18 from using social media.

Razer has announced a new Blade 14 laptop that is mostly an upgrade from the previous model the company launched in 2024. It’s the thinnest and lightest Razer laptop to date and brings the newer 14-inch laptop in line with the latest CPU and GPU hardware.

With cameras banned in the courtroom, TV station Law&Crime is providing coverage of the Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial by recreating proceedings with generative AI.

Lucasfilm has horrified fans by showing off a series of AI-generated animals that allegedly belong in the Star Wars universe.

A video of a woman scrolling on a totally transparent 'smartphone' while waiting in line at a bubble tea shop in San Francisco has blown up on TikTok, but what exactly is going on?

Glass Imaging, a technology company developing groundbreaking artificial intelligence to improve digital image quality, unveiled a $20 million Series A funding round this week led by Insight Partners. The new Series A funding round is in addition to a previous funding round led by Google Ventures, Future Ventures, and Abstract Ventures.

Scientists have developed an AI tool that can look at an ordinary photograph and estimate how fast a body is aging -- an insight that could change the nature of cancer care.

Israeli web development company Wix has announced Wixel, a standalone AI-powered visual design platform. Wixel enables anyone, regardless of their design experience, to create something visually pleasing.

TikTok has launched its first image-to-video AI feature that can transform a user's photos into videos for free within the app.

Scientists have created a tiny camera inspired by insect eyes that captures 9,120 frames per second (FPS), producing clear images even in low-light conditions.

YouTube is cracking down on channels creating fake AI-generated movie trailers, a genre of content that has become extremely popular on the platform.

The team from ACD Systems, maker of ACDSee post-processing software, took time out of their busy schedules to give PetaPixel the full rundown on the company's approach to the ethics of artificial intelligence.

An AI-generated video avatar of a man shot and killed in a 2021 road rage incident was presented in court as an unprecedented type of victim statement. The presiding judge claims the video moved him.

AI is transforming photography faster than any technology in history. What once took days of travel, planning, and waiting for the perfect light can now be generated in seconds — by anyone, from anywhere, with just a few keystrokes.

Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have captured the first photos ever of "free-range" atoms. The groundbreaking achievement will help scientists visualize quantum phenomena in real-world space.

Microsoft announced that the next wave of Windows experiences includes new features for Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs, followed by powerful new Surface AI-ready hardware. On the software side, Microsoft Photos and Paint promise impressive new AI-powered image editing features and tools.

Generative AI technology has undermined what is real and what is not. The old remark That's Photoshop -- previously used to question an image's authenticity -- has now been replaced by That's AI.

Meta has revised the privacy policy for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, enabling broader data collection capabilities that feed into its artificial intelligence systems -- particularly through images and voice interactions.

Google is rolling out native image editing tools within its Gemini app, allowing users to modify both AI-generated images and personal photos uploaded from their devices.

A pair of detailed video lectures provide a fascinating insight into the mechanisms of CMOS image sensors -- the technology featured in nearly every modern digital camera.

While in federal court today dealing with antitrust charges against Google, Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said he hopes Google's Gemini AI service will be added as a built-in option to iPhones and iPads this year.

Samsung says that United States tariffs could decrease the demand for its products, including smartphones and memory chips. During an earnings call, Samsung warned that political and economic uncertainties make predicting the company's financial performance very challenging.

Freepik, a platform that provides free images, has introduced a new open-source AI image model named F Lite. Unveiled on Tuesday (yesterday), Freepik claims the model is "responsible AI" since it has been trained solely on commercially licensed, safe-for-work content.

Meta launched a stand-alone AI app today -- as the company tries to take on ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

A Southern California homeowner discovered a hidden camera disguised with fake grass on his property -- part of a growing trend in which burglars plant covert cameras in yards in the area to monitor homes and track when residents leave.

Google is reportedly exploring a new AI-powered feature for YouTube that creates video overviews based on users’ search queries.

A nurse shark videographer -- an actual wild shark with an attached GoPro -- captured rare "shark's eye view" footage of a great white shark photobombing its video.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, captured its first images last week using its new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument. The groundbreaking photo shows a cluster of sunspots, each roughly the same size or larger than the contiguous United States.

Sony is reportedly investigating whether it should spin-off its semiconductor business, which would make Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) an independent business entity.

Last June, Congress introduced the Take It Down Act, a bill aimed at holding social media and apps accountable for AI-generated deepfake porn images on their platforms. The House overwhelmingly passed the Take It Down Act last night, April 28, sending it next to President Trump's desk, who is expected to sign the bill into law promptly.

Tennis star Alexander Zverev took the extraordinary step of stopping play so he could retrieve his phone from his bag and snap a photo of a ball mark which he believes proves the robotic Hawk-Eye system made a mistake on.