Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company and two former Apple employees of misappropriating confidential hardware information to accelerate OpenAI’s consumer hardware ambitions.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, names OpenAI, io Products, former Apple executive Tang Tan, and former Apple engineer Chang Liu as defendants. Apple alleges the group engaged in “a pattern of theft” involving confidential information related to unreleased products, engineering processes, manufacturing techniques, and proprietary

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched enforcement action against eight companies it says failed to respond to inquiries related to the importation and sale of wireless products, including firms that have allegedly been linked to bringing DJI technology into the United States despite increasing restrictions on Chinese drone manufacturers.

The FCC announced it has issued $25,000 fines to each of the eight companies after they allegedly ignored letters requesting information about their operations. The companies have until July 20 to respond before the

Meta has removed a controversial AI feature after criticism over its default settings, which automatically opted public Instagram accounts into allowing their posts to be used as references for AI-generated images. Users were required to manually disable the feature if they did not want their public photos used in this way.

Earlier this week , Meta expanded the capabilities of its Meta AI image generation tools by allowing users to create new AI-generated images based on public Instagram posts. Users could invoke the feature by mentioning a public Instagram account when generating

Sony unveiled the long-awaited RX10 V this week, bringing out a new versatile bridge camera for the first time since the RX10 IV in 2017. You’ve already seen what we think , but we believe it’s important to get a diverse assortment of opinions when considering something as important as a camera purchase. $2,299 is a lot of money, after all.

Both Chris Niccolls and I independently tested the Sony RX10 V and reached very

Falcam has announced a new camera cage for the Hasselblad X2D and X2D II that aims to do more than simply add accessory mounting points. Designed specifically for Hasselblad’s medium format cameras, the new cage focuses on protecting the camera while preserving its minimalist design and improving day-to-day workflow.

Unlike traditional camera cages that can significantly change a camera’s feel, Falcam says its “Native Guardian” design was created to complement the X2D’s original aesthetics while maintaining access to

The Wall Street Journal says it is keeping pace with technology and protecting its photography archive. But hundreds of freelancers — anxious about intellectual property ownership — object to the Journal ’s new contract and are withholding their services.

“It is perhaps the most unified and the most angry I have ever seen the photojournalism community, and may be a bellwether for the visual-media industry,” says freelancer Daniella Zalcman in an article with her byline published July 8 by Columbia Journalism Review .

Background

In November, the Journal informed freelance

A photographer who took an epic trip starting from the southern tip of Europe all the way to northern Germany visited 10 cities and created 10 mesmerizing timelapses.

Kirill Neiezhmakov pushes the boundaries of what is possible in hyperlapse and timelapse photography. For his trip across Europe, the Ukrainian photographer experimented with AI-generated video-to-video morphing transitions, creating head-spinning visuals that grab the viewer’s attention.

The first city Neiezhmakov visited was Seville in mid-July when the Andalusian capital was baking in 4

Summer is not typically a busy time for new camera releases, the brand-new Sony RX10 V and Leica SL3-P as notable exceptions. But that doesn’t mean now isn’t a great time to buy a new camera, and here are 10 high-quality cameras available with big discounts.

Nikon Z6 III

The Nikon Z6 III is Nikon’s best camera that isn’t the Z8 (or Z9), and it’s available now for $

The original Fujifilm Acros film long held a special place in our camera bags here at Blue Moon Camera. We’d say that the whole Neopan line of films was highly favored by us, but we lost Neopan 400 and 1600 some time ago and Acros was the lone survivor.

But Fujifilm Acros did more than just hold on, it got used, and we have stacks of negatives shot on that original Acros film. This is all to say that when the discontinuation of Acros was announced in