Technology

Researchers have developed a new CAPTCHA test that uses AI-generated optical illusions that are easily recognized by humans but are undetectable to other AI bots.

Google's latest AI video generator Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second of output which adds up to $30 per minute or $1,800 per hour.

Photographers rejoice: a new photo-sharing app is now available on the App Store and it has nothing to do with Meta or the head of Doge.

Meta has filed a lawsuit against a photographer, accusing him of selling Instagram handles -- marking the first time the company has taken this type of legal action in the U.S.

Earlier this month, United Kingdom security officials reportedly issued a secret order to Apple to require the company to create backdoor access to users' encrypted iCloud data. In response, Apple has removed its most secure end-to-end encryption from iCloud in the United Kingdom.

Chinese scientists have built a surveillance camera with unprecedented resolving capabilities. The powerful laser-based delivered millimeter-level resolution from 100 kilometers (62 miles) away, an achievement previously thought impossible.

YouTube Shorts has rolled out more generative AI features for its Dream Screen program which is based on Google's Veo 2 video model.

A 71-year-old Canadian tourist is facing several charges after allegedly using a drone to photograph classified U.S. defense installations.

Queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera breaks through barriers as the first artist to sell an AI-generated photograph to the Getty Museum.

Scarlett Johansson has urged the U.S. government to pass a law limiting the use of AI after a video featuring her deepfake went viral.

The Adobe Firefly Video Model is now available in public beta. Firefly is the only IP-friendly and commercially safe generative AI model available right now.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that AI image generators are unable to make pictures of left-handed people while speaking at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in front of world leaders at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.

A pair of scientists have developed a compact camera that can identify objects at the speed of light.

Elon Musk has made a $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, in a move that could shake up the AI industry.

TikTok now allows U.S. Android users to download and connect to the video app through package kits on its website -- as the platform remains unavailable on app stores.

Meta is expected to lay off hundreds, if not thousands of workers in the U.S. this morning while also pushing to hire more machine learning engineers.

United Kingdom security officials have reportedly made a secret order to Apple requiring the company to create backdoor access so government officials can access all content Apple users uploaded to iCloud, including users outside the UK.

Google is adding new digital watermarks to photos that have been edited using the company's Magic Editor. This generative AI feature debuted with the Google Pixel 8 series and is included in Google's other recent Pixel smartphones.

Disney and Marvel have denied using artificial intelligence on their movie poster for The Fantastic Four: First Steps despite evidence to the contrary.

Watch the short talking head video below. Granted, it is in French, and close inspection of it may raise suspicions but perhaps caught unaware it could well fool people into believing it is a real video and not AI-generated.

Seoul-based artists Shin Seung Back, who is also an engineer, and Kim Yong Hun are back with another photography and AI-related project, Analytic Portrait.

Three significant figures in the history of digital image sensor development collaborated on a new research paper that reviews nearly six decades of sensor evolution, detailing pivotal moments and technologies along the way, while also looking ahead to the future of camera tech.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, says the company was slow in recognizing TikTok's massive growth because it wasn't seen as a true social media platform.

Cloudflare, the leading connectivity cloud company behind which 20% of the Internet’s traffic sits, launched a one-click Content Credentials system to track image authenticity across the internet and preserve accurate creator attribution.

A recent documentary about AI-generated pornography may have broken the law when it featured deepfaked footage of actress Scarlett Johansson in lingerie.

The U.K. will become the first country in the world to make it illegal to use AI tools that create child sexual abuse images.

Apple has reportedly scrapped plans to develop augmented reality (AR) glasses powered by its Mac computers.

With more and more Thunderbolt 5-equipped computers hitting the market, including Apple's latest MacBook Pro and Mac mini models, companies are racing to bring as many Thunderbolt 5 accessories as possible to market, including versatile hubs. CalDigit is the latest, launching the Element 5 Hub, the company's fastest and most powerful hub ever.

Meta is reportedly offering popular TikTok creators deals up to $300,000 to post Reels on Instagram.

Police have responded to viral Google Earth images that show the word "help" spelled out a dozen times on a piece of land.

TNT Sports and Max are launching a new NASCAR driver camera and audio experience this season, and it debuts this weekend for the 2025 Cook Out Clash at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, NASCAR's first race at the stadium since 1971.

OpenAI says that the viral Chinese AI app DeepSeek may have siphoned off massive amounts of data to build its models.

A new photo app called "Firsties" is designed to help parents safely share their kids' photos amid rising child privacy concerns on social media.

Haggis is as Scottish as tartan and ginger hair. But many foreigners are clueless as to what haggis actually is and Scots are using AI images to fill in the blanks.

Aerial footage has revealed how remote-controlled drones are being used to scare bears away from human-populated areas.

Microsoft is reportedly in talks with TikTok to buy the app, at least that's according to President Trump who also says he would like to see a bidding war.

A Reddit user discovered that the new Chinese LLM chatbot DeepSeek refuses to answer questions about the famous Tank Man photograph taken in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The Explode app allows users to send disappearing photos in iMessage -- in a similar way to features on Snapchat and WhatsApp.

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek -- which has sent shockwaves through the U.S. stock market this week -- has unveiled a new AI image generator that it claims can outperform OpenAI's DALL-E 3.

Apple is reportedly developing a version of visionOS -- its operating system for Apple Vision Pro -- that will work with smart glasses.

Taiwanese computer hardware company Team Group, best known for its PC memory products, announced a 2TB SD card. Unlike the few other 2TB SD cards on the market, this high-capacity card promises high speeds and sports a V90 rating.

Computational photography features raise the hackles of many photographers, but many examples of these tools help photographers bring their creative visions to life and make their lives easier. That sounds good to me, not scary.

The OWC Atlas CFexpress Type A memory card is one of PetaPixel's favorites, but OWC has found an issue with the card, and customers are advised to update their card's firmware as soon as possible. The good news is that the data on the card is safe.