The New York Times Monday January 26, 2026
TikTok said on Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok, concluding a six-year legal saga that saw the app banned by Congress. Investors including the software giant Oracle; MGX, an Emirati investment firm; and Silver Lake, another investment firm, will own more than 80 percent of the new venture, notes The New York Times. The deal is intended to loosen TikTok’s ties to China and address national security concerns that Beijing could use the app to surveil or manipulate its more than 200 million users in the United States. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Monday January 26, 2026
The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested at an ICE protest last week to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis shows. The arrest of the woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong, was touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, adds TG. The photo was also doctored to Armstrong's skin appear darker. The White House’s decision to post the fake will probably be raised in court as her criminal case proceeds, though it is unlikely to derail the case entirely, noted The Guardian in a separate story. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday January 26, 2026
The camera industry isn't what it once was: The 6.5 million interchangeable lens cameras shipped by members of the Japan-based Camera & Imaging Products Association last year represented a 50% fall in
sales volume since the high in 2010, while the 1.9 million fixed lens cameras represented a fall of 98%. Despite this, noted DP Review Managing Editor Richard Butler recently, 2025 was a … Read the full Story >>
artnet Friday January 23, 2026
Rare photographs of Oscar Wilde made by the noted American photographer Napoleon Sarony are set to go on sale at Bonhams on Feb. 18, marking the 125th anniversary of the death of the celebrated Irish author and poet. Sarony’s images come in the form of cabinet cards, both depicting Wilde posed in front of an elaborate backdrop. Eventually numbering dozens made from 1882 to 1883, the photographs cast Wilde in the public imagination as a sartorial icon radiating charisma and intelligence, notes Artnet. Read the full Story >>
