International Aerial Photographer of the Year Thursday July 10, 2025
The International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition has named the winners of its inaugural edition, with first place going to Jaanna Steidle of the United States for images of marine life off the coast of Long Island, New York. The contest’s organizers, Peter Eastway and David Evans, who spent a decade running the International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards, launched the new competition after noticing an increase in the number of stunning aerial images they were seeing.
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The New York Times Thursday July 10, 2025
Cloudflare, a tech company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, says it has rolled out a new permission-based setting that allows customers to automatically block artificial intelligence companies from collecting their digital data, The move has implications for publishers and the race to build A.I., notes The New York Times. Meanwhile, PetaPixel reports that Bria AI, which calls itself a “responsible” generative AI platform, has released a next-gen model that “doesn’t steal your data."
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Blind Thursday July 10, 2025
“At a time when visual culture is more powerful and pervasive than ever, influence is no longer confined to household names or award-winning images,” declares Blind magazine, which has compiled a list of the “100 Most Influential People in the Photography Industry.” The list—broken into categories including “Publishing & Editing,” “Museums, Galleries & Festivals,” “Technology, Business & Agencies,” and “Criticism & Media”—is focused on industry movers and shakers, rather than creative talent, and is international in scope.
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The Information Thursday July 10, 2025
TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the United States ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors, reports The Information. The news comes after President Donald Trump announced that he will start talking to China about a possible TikTok deal, adds Reuters. Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok. A deal to spin off TikTok's U.S. operations into a new U.S.-based firm, majority-owned and operated by U.S. investors, was earlier put on hold.
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