TechCrunch Thursday January 18, 2024
Apps that let users take, manipulate and share images have been some of the biggest hits in the world of mobile over the years. Now the influx of AI is cracking open the market for a new wave of startups to step into the ring, notes TechCrunch, which reports that PhotoRoom — a startup out of Paris that has built a popular AI-based image editing app and API targeting e-commerce vendors and media specialists, is in the process of closing a round of funding. Sources say the startup is raising between $50 million and $60 million on a pre-money valuation of between $500 million and $600 million.
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Colorado Photographic Arts Center Thursday January 18, 2024
Through Feb. 17, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver is featuring “Through Their Lenses: Personal Projects by Veterans”—an exhibition of fine-art photography created by 10 Colorado artists who have served in the U.S. military. The exhibition is the culmination of CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Series, a six-month program of advanced photography courses provided to participants free of charge. “Each project is intensely personal,” notes CPAC. See also: The Colorado Sun.
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The Washington Post Thursday January 18, 2024
Meta has unveiled further limits on what teens can see Instagram and Facebook, but, notes The Washington Post, critics say the move doesn’t go far enough to protect young people from encountering harmful content. Already, teens could opt to have Instagram’s algorithm recommend less “sensitive content” — steering them away from bare bodies, violence, drugs, firearms, weight-loss videos and discussions of self-harm. Now, Meta says, the apps it will hide sensitive content even if it is posted by friends or creators whom teens follow.
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David Schonauer Thursday January 18, 2024
It's nice to be cozy and warm indoors during the winter months. But it's wondrous to be outside photographing the stark and stirring beauty of the season. Today we celebrate winter with a video from
filmmaker Jamie Scott that was five years -- that is, five winters -- in the making. His time-lapse, titled simply "Winter," documents "the icy seizure of plants, leaves, and … Read the full Story >>
