CBS News Friday April 17, 2026
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 129-25 last week to pass legislation that would ban all children under age 14 from using social media in the state. The bill, considered one of the most restrictive in the country, also calls for a statewide ban on cellphones in schools, which was passed by the Senate last summer. Under the new legislation, kids ages 14 and 15 would need parental consent to use social media. Tech expert Peter Tran tells CBS News that implementing such a sweeping ban will be logistically challenging. Read the full Story >>
Whitney Museum of American Art Friday April 17, 2026
Photography was central to Andy Warhol’s philosophy and his obsession with self-representation, and by the early 1970s, the Polaroid had become his tool of choice and instrumental to his process. So notes New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, which presents the exhibition “Andy Warhol Family Album” from Apr. 30 through Oct. 19. The exhibition features hundreds of Polaroids from 1972 to 1973 that capture Warhol’s world of collaborators, celebrities, and friends. Read the full Story >>
Digital Camera World Friday April 17, 2026
The color grading tool used by Hollywood filmmakers now supports still photos, notes Digital Camera World: Blackmagic Design has unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21, a software update that brings a long list of tools for video editors while also giving photographers access to cinematic color grading tools and hybrid creators a single program that can edit across both video and stills. Photo features include the program’s Film Look Creator, which adds film-like effects, including halation, bloom, grain, and vignetting. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday April 17, 2026
AI video generation is entering a new phase, one where speed may matter just as much as realism. At the NVIDIA GTC 2026 conference, researchers from NVIDIA and AI cmpany Runway demonstrated a system
capable of generating HD video with a time-to-first-frame of under 100 milliseconds. Traditional AI video models, whether from Runway, OpenAI, or Google, typically take seconds (or longer) to
generate clips. … Read the full Story >>
