tech radar Tuesday June 25, 2024
Fujifilm’s latest instant camera, the Instax Wide 400, is big news: A “straight-up replacement” for the 10-year-old Instax Wide 300, the new camera shoots Instax Wide paper, which is the largest of three Instax formats, producing prints measuring 3.9 x 2.44 inches, notes Tech Radar. That’s double the width of the popular Instax Mini formats, adds Forbes. Fujifilm recommends its Wide film for group shots and landscapes. The $149 camera retains the 95mm f/14 retractable lens but adds a new detachable close-up filter for shooting selfies and close photos, notes DIY Photography.
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1839 Color Photography Awards Tuesday June 25, 2024
Photographer Miles Astray made news by entering a real photo in the the AI category of this year’s 1839 Color Photography Awards and placing third, while also winning the People’s Choice Award. (He was later disqualified.) But it would be a shame to overlook the other winning images from the contest, which is organized by the Creative Resource Collective. Alexandrena Parker is the winner in the professional category for her images of unsupervised children playing outside, a rare sight these days, notes My Modern Met.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Tuesday June 25, 2024
Instagram regularly recommends sexual videos to accounts for teenagers that appear interested in racy content, and does so within minutes of when they first log in, according to tests by The Wall Street Journal and an academic researcher. The tests, which took place over several months ending in June, found a high rate of such videos shown to accounts identified as 13-year-olds with little to no prompting. US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recently called for mandated warning labels on social media apps.
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Nora McDonald Monday June 24, 2024
Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as "for you," suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just "for you" but also "about
you" -- a mirror reflecting important signals about the person you are. All users of social media are exposed to these signals, but researchers understand that teens are at an especially malleable
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