Microsoft’s newly announced iCloud for Windows app, which is intended to connect your iCloud to your Photos app on your PC, has already developed a glitch that is sending photos to the wrong users. Several users have reported instances on the MacRumors Forums where they have received someone else’s images when attempting to load their […]
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Instagram photos help Facebook AI ‘teach itself’
Facebook One billion public-facing Instagram photos were used to train an algorithm created by Facebook to learn to recognise images by itself. Traditionally, algorithms have been trained on datasets which have already been categorised by humans – labelled cats, dogs or flowers, for example. But the Instagram photos were presented to the algorithm without the […]
Apple now lets you easily move iCloud Photos content to Google Photos
Apple has quietly launched a tool that lets you automatically transfer all of the photos and videos stored on your iCloud account to Google Photos. This will be especially useful if you decide to ditch your Apple-made smartphone for an Android alternative and need to move your media to your new device. Trending in Mobile: […]
NortonLifeLock’s AI-powered smartphone app blurs out sensitive information in photos
With some regularity, sensitive information finds its way into smartphones and other mobile devices. Much of it comes from the estimated 3.2 billion images uploaded every day — people screenshot documents like tickets, tax forms, and medical prescriptions without thinking twice. This makes them susceptible to risks like identity theft and ransomware, among other problems. […]
How to delete and recover photos in Android
For smartphone users, the camera has become almost a reflex: You see something noteworthy, you capture a snap, and you’ll preserve that memory forever. But what if that particular snap isn’t worth forever? While paper snapshots are notoriously hard to part with in the hand, digital files in your Android gallery are a lot easier […]
How to transfer photos from an iPhone to a computer
The iPhone camera gets better with every new iteration, which isn’t surprising given it’s one of the most popular cameras in existence. As image quality improves and resolution continues to climb, however, you’re going to need more storage space, and with support for RAW images and 4K videos, those files are now even larger. Even on the iPhone 11 Pro, customers who opted […]
Google Photos is killing unlimited free photo storage
Google is tightening its belt a little when it comes to photo storage. The company has announced that so-called “high quality” photos will now count toward Google Drive‘s 15GB of free cloud storage. In other words, if you’re using Photos for free to store all your photos, you’ll soon need to stay within that 15GB […]
Google Photos is the latest “Unlimited” plan to impose hard limits
Enlarge / Google is no longer offering unlimited photo storage—except to Pixel users, that is. Google Today, Google Photos VP Shimrit Ben-Yair announced the end of Google Photos’ unlimited photo storage policy. The plan already came with significant caveats—unlimited storage was for the tier Google deems “High Quality,” which includes compressed media only, capped at […]
Lightroom update for iPhone and iPad deleted photos and presets
An update rolled out earlier this week by Adobe for its iOS Lightroom app contained a bug that wiped user photos and presets from the device. If that wasn’t bad enough, Adobe has since confirmed that the lost photos and presets are not recoverable. The alarming blunder gained wider attention when users started hitting forums […]
Check out Crew Dragon astronauts’ stunning Earth photos captured from ISS
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley arrived at the International Space Station with Bob Behnken aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft at the end of May 2020. The mission marked the first astronaut use of the Crew Dragon, and the first crewed launch from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. As well […]
How to blur a background in photos
Introducing a background blur to your photos can draw attention to a specific subject, such as an individual in a portrait or an item in a still life, while adding a professional flair to your image. This beautiful background blur, also known as bokeh, can be achieved even after shooting your photo, thanks to advances […]
What is Photoshop Camera? How Adobe’s new A.I. app edits photos before you take them
Photoshop has long been the industry standard of photo editing, but Adobe’s latest mobile app takes the Photoshop name in a new direction. Photoshop Camera, now officially out of beta, edits an image before it’s taken. Available for both iOS and Android, Photoshop Camera creates effects that previously would have required a lot of time behind […]
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
A woman must delete photographs of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents’ permission, a court in the Netherlands has ruled. It ended up in court after a falling-out between the woman and her daughter. The judge ruled the matter was within the scope of the EU’s General Data Protection […]
Gmail will now share your Photoshop and Lightroom photos with a built-in tool
Lightroom and Photoshop users no longer have to dig through files and mess with attachments and uploads to send a photo over Gmail. Creative Cloud for Gmail Add-On is a new tool that allows Gmail users to access Creative Cloud files without leaving the email suite. Adobe says the tool, announced on March 5, is […]
The golf ball-sized Lume Cube 2.0 sheds light on your mobile photos
After launching with a miniature light for smartphones and action cameras, Lume Cube is back with a light with an even better mix of size and power. The Lume Cube 2.0 is a golf ball-sized LED light for mobile photography and videography with enhanced features and a new low-light mode. Like the original first launched […]