‘News’ Archives
China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer
Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US. Face recognition technology has numerous practical applications, including unlocking smartphones, providing authentication in apps, and finding friends in social media posts, as well as public surveillance. [...]
Who Owns The Copyright?
If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright? Vivek Shah attended several Hollywood parties. While there, he preset the settings on his phone camera (including shutter speed, white balance, ISO, metering type, and exposure value) and asked friends or bystanders to use his phone to take photos of him with [...]
Can You Tell a Real from an Artificial Face?
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are increasingly used in marketing, journalism, social media, and political propaganda. A study published in iScience investigated if and how participants can distinguish between GAN and REAL faces and the social consequences of their exposure to artificial faces. GAN faces were more likely to be perceived [...]
January 2023 Photo Imaging News Published
This issue marks the beginning of our 40th year of uninterrupted publication. In this issue, we continue our extensive coverage of theImaging Executives@Photopia. The "Phototalk" commentary by Vimal Parmar this month addresses theConsumer Electronic Imaging Fair (CEIF) 2023. Canon, Inc. alwaysreleases its year-end results on January 30, so we have [...]
SmugMug + Flickr establish The Flickr Foundation
The Flickr Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping billions of historic and culturally significant photographs safe, sound, and accessible for future generations. It is developing programs in four major areas of cultural preservation: Flickr Commons, content mobility, creative archiving, and fostering new curators. Smugmug
Costco Moving All Photo Customers to Shutterfly
In a letter to members, Costco announced it is moving all its Photo Center activities to Shutterfly, with a completion date of January 28, 2023. Costco members will receive 51% off every Shutterfly order, plus free shipping on orders over $49.
December 2022 Photo Imaging News Published
In this issue, we begin our coverage of theImaging Executives@Photopia with two fascinating presentations: The Impulse To Open: The Future Is Made From Courage by Simone Gerwers and Use Artificial Intelligence - Preserve Privacy by Reiner Fageth from CEWE . The "Phototalk" commentary by Vimal Parmar this month addressesWeddings in India. Financial [...]
November 2022 Photo Imaging News Published
The November issue of Photo Imaging News concludes our detailed coverage of IPIC 2022, has a review of the Visual 1st 2022 conference and looks at Regional Language Photography Magazines in India. Business News covers Kodak Alaris and Harman Technology/Ilford, and Brief News includes: Fujifilm aims high in the health sector; 35 slide review of the [...]
Fujifilm aims high in the health sector
Miguel Angel Garcia Vega from El PaÃs in Madrid interviews Toshi Iida, President of Fujifilm Europe, about his company's view of the future and its activities in the Health business. (Translated from the original Spanish) El Pais ArticleEn
Photo Imaging News October, 2022 Published
In this issue, we continue our in-depth coverage of the IPIC convention. The "Phototalk" commentary by Vimal Parmar addressesPromoting Photobooks. Financial reviews of Moonpig and Mitsubishi Paper Mills. The Brief News.. section contains numerous summaries of interesting items.