Meta Sues Photographer for Illegally Selling Instagram Handles for $50k

Meta has filed a lawsuit against a photographer, accusing him of selling Instagram handles -- marking the first time the company has taken this type of legal action in the U.S.

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Sigma’s New $6,000 300-600mm f/4 Lens Is Somehow a Bargain

It's bizarre to think that a $6,000 lens is a bargain, but that's precisely what Sigma's brand-new 300-600mm f/4 DG OS Sports lens is, thanks to the landscape in which it exists. Telephoto primes with an f/4 aperture can be extremely expensive, way more than $6,000, and Sigma's new lens zooms. It's a highly appealing lens, and Sigma targets an


Secretive Space Plane Beams Back Photo Taken High Above Earth

The United States Space Force has released a rare photo taken by X-37B, a secretive space plane that is hosting payloads in highly elliptical orbit.

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Meta Disussed Using Copyrighted Content for AI Training Purposes, Lawsuit Reveals

Court documents have revealed that employees at Meta have been discussing using copyrighted material obtained through legally dubious means to train its AI models.

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Photographer Takes 897 Headshots in One Hour and Sets New Record

A photographer broke the record for the most headshots taken in one hour -- capturing almost 900 portraits in sixty minutes.

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Tourist Dies While Leaning Out of Train to Take Selfie

A 53-year-old tourist died after leaning out of a train to take a selfie and hitting a rock.

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The Sigma BF Is Weird and I Love That About It

Today Sigma announced the BF, the company's latest camera that makes a series of wild, unexpected design choices. Sigma calls it "radically simple" and for the first time in a while, a company's marketing language isn't overselling the product.

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Shark Swallows Camera Then Films Divers From Inside Mouth

While diving off the coast of Freeport in The Bahamas, Andrea Ramos Nascimento captured what it looks like to be eaten by a shark when one almost swallowed his camera.

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Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 Is a Shockingly Small Mid-Telephoto Prime

Thypoch announced its fourth fast Simera prime lens for full-frame cameras, the Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 ASPH. The longest lens in the Simera series, the new medium-telephoto lens for M-mount cameras is easily adapted to APS-C and full-frame mirrorless cameras.

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The Sigma BF Stands for ‘Beautiful Foolishness’

Speaking to PetaPixel after the launch of a new camera and two new lenses, Sigma's CEO Kazuto Yamaki shared the origins of the new camera's name: "beautiful foolishness."

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