THE VERGE Wednesday December 20, 2023
Instagram has unveiled new safety tools aimed at protecting creators from unwanted interactions, notes PetaPixel. The automated detection tools are aimed at helping creators moderate fake followers and spam in bulk, according to Instagram. Meanwhile, The Verge reports that YouTube has introduced a new moderation tool for creators that allows them to pause comments, preventing any new comments from being added to videos while preserving those that have already been posted. YouTube has also renamed other comment moderation tools so they’re easier to understand.
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The Conversation Wednesday December 20, 2023
Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. The devices are responsible for more than 90 percent of all the photographs that were made in
2023, but compare the camera roll of a 60-year-old with that of a 13-year-old, and you'll find some surprising differences. In research published in the Journal of … Read the full Story >>
AP Tuesday December 19, 2023
It’s the end of an era in publishing: National Geographic magazine will no longer be for sale on newsstands starting next year, reports AP. A spokesman for the magazine says Nat Geo will focus on its digital product and offer special editions on newsstands. Subscribers will still get a printed copy each month. Newsstand sales account for a small percentage of the magazine’s monthly circulation of just below 1.8 million copies. Control of National Geographic has changed twice in the past decade, first in a sale to 20th Century Fox before being acquired by the Walt Disney Corp. in 2019. It has been hit by a series of layoffs.
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The Guardian Tuesday December 19, 2023
Gerry Cranham, a sports photographer who pioneered several techniques, including the use of remote cameras, died on Oct. 20 age 94, notes The Telegraph. “He was as adept at seeing the beauty in an anonymous fell runner jumping a drystone wall in Cumbria as capturing the greats of the 1960s and 70s, such as Muhammad Ali, Olga Korbut, Billie-Jean King, Lester Piggott, Bobby Moore and Arnold Palmer,” adds The Guardian. Cranham notably used a “zoom/blur” effect to isolate subjects at the center of a visual vortex.
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