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A storm chaser sent a drone after a Tornado and the footage is amazing
May 1, 2019
John Aldred
Extreme weather is always a fascinating subject to study and photograph. As dangerous as it can be, there’s something very intriguing and beautiful about it,…
Samsung announces a $1,600 43-inch vertical TV for the smartphone generation
May 1, 2019
John Aldred
So, Samsung has gone and done it. They’ve singlehandedly destroyed the “You don’t watch TV vertically do you? So, why do you shoot video vertically?”…
Chinese developer arrested after compromising every single drone by ‘accidentally’ posting DJI’s private keys on Github
Apr 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
A Chinese developer has exposed DJI’s AES private keys by posting them onto Github in plain text. By doing this, he made it easy to…
Samsung’s new patent eliminates the front camera from smartphones with a wraparound display
Apr 30, 2019
John Aldred
After Samsung announced that it is delaying the release of the $2,000 Galaxy Fold smartphone due to some pretty significant screen breakage issues, Dutch website…
Facebook sues a company that made almost $9.5 million from fake Instagram likes and followers
Apr 29, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Last year Instagram started removing fake follows, comments, and likes from the platform. However, the fight has just got fiercer. Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, has…
Reports suggest that the DJI Phantom series is dead – DJI denies it
Apr 29, 2019
John Aldred
The DJI Phantom line of drones are probably the most recognised drones around the world. But reports and circumstantial evidence suggests that the DJI Phantom’s…
This viral video of a chimp browsing Instagram is facing criticism from primatologists
Apr 27, 2019
John Aldred
Many of us get enthralled in social media these days. And for photographers, that means Instagram in particular. But one Instagram user is going viral…
U.S. Appeals Court rules you CAN’T just take images off the web and reuse them under “Fair Use”
Apr 26, 2019
John Aldred
A controversial court ruling in July 2018 that said it was ok to just take photos from the web and reuse them has been overturned…
Rare glass plate propaganda photos of Hitler digitised into US National Archive
Apr 26, 2019
John Aldred
1,270 of 41,000 glass negatives created by Hitler’s personal photographer and “key propagandist”, Heinrich Hoffman have been scanned into the US National Archives. Many of…
Canon reports 23% decline in camera sales and 81% drop in Imaging division operating profit
Apr 26, 2019
John Aldred
Canon has previously predicted a 50% drop in camera sales over the next two years, and it seems that they might be right according to…