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My Rode Reel 2021’s is offering $250,000 plus gear for its top prize winner
Aug 16, 2021
John Aldred
My Rode Reel is one of the short film highlights of the year. It’s the biggest short film competition of the year. This year, they’re…
Independent researchers cease Instagram study after Facebook threatens to sue
Aug 16, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A group of independent researchers at AlgorithmWatch recently had to shut down an Instagram research after a backlash from Facebook. The group had been studying…
Apples says its child abuse prevention system will only scan already flagged photos
Aug 16, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Apple has faced harsh criticism after announcing that it will scan iCloud and iPhones for photos of child sexual abuse. The company has now responded…
Photographer fails to deliver wedding photos; gets a $22,000 court order
Aug 13, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A couple from Canada recently sued a photographer who failed to deliver the photos of their 2015 wedding. The court found the photographer guilty, but…
Glass is a paid photo-sharing app that aims to be everything Instagram isn’t
Aug 13, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram started as a photo-sharing app, but it has become pretty much everything but that. Even its head, Adam Mosseri, admitted that in a recent…
Instagram removes Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” movie poster due to a lactating nipple [NSFW]
Aug 12, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
One of many double standards oddities of Instagram is that it doesn’t allow nipples, but only if they’re female. Not even a famous movie director…
Instagram now limits DMs and comments from people who don’t follow you
Aug 12, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram has just expanded its range of anti-bullying features. From now on, you can tell people who don’t follow you to buyy off without even…
Great, Ancestry.com self-serviced to perpetual rights for all your family photos
Aug 11, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you’re using Ancestry.com and you’ve uploaded some family photos and documents there –now might be a good time to take them down. The website…
Report: iPhone 13 will have portrait video mode and 4K video
Aug 11, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
iPhone 7 Plus was the first phone to incorporate “Portrait mode” that adds artificial background blur to your portraits. According to recent reports, Apple is…
Perseid meteor shower peak starts tomorrow, don’t miss it
Aug 10, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The day some of us have anxiously been waiting for is just around the corner. Starting tomorrow, the Perseid meteor shower is about to reach…