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Lightroom, meet WordPress: Plug-in enables simplified photo uploads

Uploading images to your blog just got easier with a Lightroom plug-in that allows you to transfer images directly to a Wordpress library.
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AI can have trouble recognizing diversity and MIT research is finding out why

Facial recognition programs don't recognize minorities as often as they do Caucasian faces -- and here is why.
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Think science can be art? The Hubble Telescope thinks so with its new gallery

Science can be art too. On Friday, the Hubble Space Telescope organization announced a traveling gallery of images from the telescope.
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The first photograph of a presidential inauguration required a mobile darkroom

If you time traveled back to the presidential inauguration 160 years ago, you'd be swapping that smartphone camera for a "mobile" darkroom.
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It takes a team to make Zuckerberg’s Facebook page look better than yours

If Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook looks better than yours, it's not just because he's the CEO -- he also has a team of people managing his page.
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The new Fujifilm X-T20 is the X-T2’s fraternal twin, with a friendlier price

Fujifilm repackaged the high-end X-T2 to shave $700 off the price -- yet the camera still includes the same sensor, processor, and even 4K.
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No, disposable film cameras are not dead — Fujifilm is giving them a makeover

Fujifilm is redesigning the disposable film camera and asking fans to pick out the new look. The new design will go on sale later in 2017.
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Ford makes dash cams look boring with a dolly that responds to how you drive

Filming a drive in the future may no longer mean shooting video from a fixed perspective, if this Ford patent has anything to say about it.
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From 3D-printed cake toppers to camera drones, weddings are becoming high tech

Thinking of integrating more tech than tradition into your wedding? You're not alone, according to a recent interview with The Knot.
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The TwoEyes camera on Kickstarter can record 360 video in 3D at 4K

With two pairs of offset lenses, TwoEyes is designed to mimic how we see in real life. The startup's Kickstarter reached full funding.
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White House photographer reflects on 8 years, 2 million pics with President Obama

What's it like to work as the official White House photographer? An interview with Pete Souza offers a pretty good idea.
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Take the camera dividers out of the Udee backpack and it becomes a cooler

The Udee all-in-one backpack can morph from a camera bag to a cooler to simple storage -- and that's just the bottom half.
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Mokacam brings back its tiny 4K camera on Indiegogo — and it’s even smaller

The tiny action camera designed to rival GoPro is back on Indiegogo with an even smaller update, the Mokacam Alpha.
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Consumer drones could carry more with twice the rotors, NASA experiment suggests

Doubling the number of rotors on a drone nearly doubles the trust, leading to larger weight capacities, a NASA experiment shows.
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The key to smaller cameras that don’t suck could lie in this incredible material

Researchers recently used graphene to develop a tiny camera sensor with a high resolution -- and low noise levels.
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Canon filed more U.S. patents than Google, Apple, and Intel in 2016

In 2016, Canon filed over 3,000 patents, earning it third place among filers in the United States, averaging about 10 per day.
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Photo Grid collage app adds enhanced interface, AI to the mix in update

The popular, free collage app PhotoGrid has a new design, new personal recommendations, and new filters, thanks to an update.
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VSCO closes its New York offices — including the free photo studio

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Adobe experiments with the possibility of 3D face rotations — on a 2D image

What if you could rotate a 2D portrait in 3D? That's the idea Adobe Research is working on in the latest in a series of teasers.
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‘Spy in the Wild’: BBC documentary hides cameras inside robotic animals

A new BBC documentary series is hiding cameras inside animatronic animals to get an unusual glimpse of wildlife -- and their emotions.
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A 22-year-old photographer just developed a new website for scouting photo spots

Need a new spot to take photos? A young photographer and programmer is working to develop a new website just for that.
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Look, Ma, no hands! Libec releases a hands-free monopod

With the profile of a monopod but (some of) the stability of a tripod, Libec's latest monopod is looking to impress.
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Bellus3D ups the selfie game with frightenly accurate 3D scans of your face

3D scans of your own face to try on makeup or create custom avatars could be easier to find this year, if this new start-up is successful.
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Epson embraces color with new SureColor P5000 10-ink gallery-level printer

Epson's gallery-level printer is getting an upgraded with enhanced color accuracy, thanks the new orange and green inks.
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With a holographic viewfinder, this camera shows anything is possible in virtual reality

With x-ray and thermal vision, the D3-U camera shows that (almost) anything's possible in a virtual world.
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Following CameraLends acquisition, KitSplit is now the largest photo gear rental platform

KitSplit, a peer-to-peer photography rental platform, has just acquired the similar West-Coast-based CameraLends.
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Ready for a makeover? Try that look virtually first with this new smart mirror

Try on make-up before you buy -- without a make-up counter? It could be possible soon with this new augmented reality mirror.
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Drive the 2017 Jaguar F-Type in real life and make it look like a video game

Drive a Jaguar in real life, then turn it into a video game with integrated GoPro overlays from steering wheel position to fuel level.
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As Parrot's drone sales revenue loses altitude, company announces layoffs

2016 may have been the best year yet for drone sales -- but as prices fall, Parrot is cutting a third of its drone workforce.
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Forget the Batmobile, this photo mobile launches a drone, stores camera gear

Sure, this drone-launching photo mobile is only a concept -- but if it existed, we'd want one. The concept car recently won an award.
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Tag, you're it: MyDrone packs in seven different auto-follow modes

MyDrone is entering the drone market with a quadcopter of the same name that boasts seven different auto follow modes in a foldable drone.
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With a just a single megapixel, this camera can see around corners

Don't judge a camera by its megapixels -- researchers recently developed a one megapixel camera that can see around corners.
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The Hubblo VR camera captures 4K with three pairs of lenses for 360 views

3D virtual reality cameras tend to be big on both size and price but a new startup is aiming to bring a six-camera rig to market in 2017.
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Yuneec’s latest commercial camera drone has two ‘industry-first’ bragging rights

Yuneec's latest commercial flier is designed to fit any commercial need with three different camera options, from cinema to search and rescue.