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Google Vids Gets Conversational Editing Tools and Personal Avatars
Google Vids has been updated with the Gemini Omni model and personal avatars, allowing it to edit and generate clips via almost any method, as well as enabling people to star in their videos with just a few clicks. [ Read More ]
Camper Accidentaly Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps
When Joël Lapointe was planning an epic camping trip through the Côte-Nord region of Quebec on Google Maps, an area gave him pause for thought: it looked like a giant meteor crater. [ Read More ]
Tech Executives Are Hiring Security as Backlash Toward AI Gets Violent
Tech executives terrified of the public backlash against AI are beefing up their security as violent threats spill over into the real world. [ Read More ]
‘Street Safari’ by Alan Schaller Finds Humanity in Animals
Photographer Alan Schaller's first book, Metropolis, explored the isolation of living in the big city, a somber subject. His second book, however, should bring out a few more smiles. [ Read More ]
Influencer Ordered to Pay $20,000 For Refusing to Remove Video of Woman
An influencer has been fined 20,000 Canadian dollars ($14,200) after he repeatedly posted intimate images of a woman he barely knew. [ Read More ]
xAI Sues Man for Using Grok to Create CSAM Deepfakes
Elon Musk's startup xAI is suing a man for allegedly misusing the company's AI image generator Grok to create child sexual abuse material. [ Read More ]
Trail Cam Footage Shows World’s Dumbest Pigeon Walking Into Falcon’s Nest
If you're a pigeon, there is one bird you really want to avoid: falcons. Why? Because an urban falcon's diet almost entirely consists of pigeons. [ Read More ]
This is What It’s Like Projecting Gigantic 70mm IMAX Film for ‘The Odyssey’
Watching The Odyssey in Christopher Nolan's preferred 70mm format is not accessible for everyone -- there are only 41 theaters in the entire world that will show the large-format film projection. [ Read More ]
George Lucas Says ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About AI’
George Lucas, who is one of the most influential people in modern filmmaking but hasn't made a movie in some years now, says that artificial intelligence makes it easier to create cinema. [ Read More ]
Google Images is Getting a Makeover for Its 25th Birthday
For years, internet users navigating to images.google.com have been greeted by a mostly blank screen with a search bar in the middle -- that will soon no longer be the case. [ Read More ]
Mayor Mamdani Announces ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Aimed at Companies Like Adobe
The mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, has announced a new "Click to Cancel" rule, a first-of-its-kind initiative in the U.S. that is aimed at helping consumers cancel subscriptions much more easily. [ Read More ]
Are These Photographers Too Close to This Wild Puma?
An incredible video of a well-known puma moving through a crowd of photographers as she stalked her prey in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile prompted criticism online -- but the photographers have defended themselves. [ Read More ]
This Free to Enter Photo Competition Has a $70,000 Total Prize Fund
A photography competition has put out an open invitation for photographers across the world to submit their images that depict how health is experienced, represented, and understood. [ Read More ]
‘The Odyssey’ Actors Needed a Mirror System to See Around Gigantic IMAX Camera
Director Christopher Nolan has shed more light on what it was like shooting the first-ever feature film entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras. [ Read More ]
Meta Smart Glasses Owners Too Scared to Wear Them in Public
Last week, Meta announced it will disable the camera on its smart glasses if it detects a user concealing the LED recording light -- in what was a clear response to criticism of the wearable tech. [ Read More ]
Patreon Blocks AI Crawlers From Copying Content: ‘Creators Deserve Compenstion’
Patreon has announced a new update that blocks AI crawlers from hoovering up content on the platform for training purposes. CEO Jack Conte took to Instagram last week to announce he has a "kickass product update for you all." [ Read More ]
NASA Photographer Captures Aerial Views of Washington from F-18 Jet on America's 250th Birthday
petapixel.com4d agoNASA Photographer Captures Aerial Views of Washington from F-18 Jet on America's 250th Birthday
PetaPixel4d agoApocalyptic Videos Show Snakes Roaming in Floodwaters in China
After a reptile breeding facility in the Chinese province of Guangxi was swept away by floodwaters triggered by typhoon Maysak, hair-raising videos of snakes have surfaced across social media. [ Read More ]
Grandpa Thrown Into the Air by Bison Stopped to Take Photo Moments Before
Most folks have likely seen the shocking images of Carl McDaniel being tossed eight feet into the air by a rampaging bison in Yellowstone National Park. [ Read More ]