CNN Friday July 29, 2022
Instagram on Thursday said it will walk back some of its recent feature changes after facing mounting backlash from users, including members of the Kardashian family. In recent days, notes CNN, Instagram has come under fire from users who are frustrated that the photo-sharing app is becoming too much like rival TikTok and is now showing a much greater proportion of recommended content from accounts that they don't follow versus posts from their friends. Instagram has also been testing full-screen posts, similar to how posts appear on TikTok.
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By David Schonauer Friday July 29, 2022
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has reported that former White House photographer Shealah Craighead was barred from documenting her boss, then President
Donald Trump, while the riot was occurring. "The chief White House photographer wanted to take pictures because it was, in her words, 'very important for his archives and for history,'" noted Rep.
Elaine Luria, a … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday July 28, 2022
TTArtisan’s newly announced 50mm f/2 full-frame manual focus lens isn’t the fastest “nifty fifty” in the company arsenal, but the company says it has a fast enough aperture to provide high performance in low light. The portrait-length lens is also completely manual, with a minimum focusing distance of 19.69 inches. Perhaps the most standout feature of the lens is the price: it retails for just $69, or $75 with a 43mm lens hood, notes PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
npr Thursday July 28, 2022
Thousands recently converged at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Belleville, Michigan, for Elvisfest, one of the largest Elvis Presley tribute festivals in North America, in order to celebrate the hunka hunka burnin’ entertainment who died 45 years ago but who remains forever the King of Rock and Roll. The Michigan festival was canceled two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making fans extra excited to see their favorite tribute artists back onstage, notes Niki Williams, who photographed the event for NPR. Read the full Story >>
