PetaPixel Friday June 23, 2023
More than two months after DPReview was initially slated to shut down and go offline, the publication has found a new lease on life, reports PetaPixel. After facing the axe from its erstwhile owner, Amazon, DPR has been acquired by Gear Patrol, a publication and content studio that focuses its coverage on broader consumer products. Gear Patrol now has the tools to focus heavily on the camera space as the current “core” editorial, tech, and business team are being retained, adds PP.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Friday June 23, 2023
With the rise of generative AI, digital replicas of famous faces have begun appearing online with greater frequency—often without the permission of their subjects. But there’s another side to the story, notes The Wall Street Journal: Celebs are also using AI replicas of themselves to make money. Stars just need to spend a few minutes in a studio with a 3-D scanner, which can then create representations of them for countless hours of content, notes The Journal. “Celebrities ‘get paid, but they don’t have to turn up,’ says one AI startup executive.
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TechCrunch Friday June 23, 2023
Meta has announced that it’s rolling out Instagram’s Channels features for broadcasting messages globally. Until now, the feature was available to select creators and users. The company first launched Channels for Instagram in February to let creators share one-to-many messages with their fans. In May, Instagram introduced support for collaborators on Instagram Channels. Users can go to the DM section and see the “Suggested channels” section to look for the channels they can join.
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David Schonauer Friday June 23, 2023
The art market, we noted this week, can be weird: After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that the use of one of Andy Warhol's paintings of Prince in a magazine article violated photographer Lynn
Goldsmith's copyright, the value of the paintings seem to be vaulting upwards. The Wall Street Journal reported that a painting from the Warhol series, which had been selling … Read the full Story >>
