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JULY 1, 2022

As a stock photographer, taking great photos is often only just a tiny part of the job. It’ll help generate more income for content creators, which will, in turn, lead to more amazing photos and videos uploaded and distributed through our platform.” “We’re beyond excited for this partnership. The company has raised $3.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In a nutshell, the company has created an AI-powered photo editing tool that can be accessed using APIs. And yet, the tool is able to do things that haven’t been seen in the photo editing space so far. I uploaded a gallery of dance photos I shot at a recent Lindy by the Lake dance event in Oakland, and let Facet do its thing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

The open-source Starling Framework for Data Integrity was launched to protect the veracity of online content using blockchain technology, creating “birth certificates” for photos and videos and tracking any changes made to them. Then any changes to the photo, including ones made with editing software, are traced and recorded.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Aaron Burr’s tech angle, blue skies and no photos at this time by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto , a show that interviews founders , one that details how our stories come together and more!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

A startup called Soona , now backed by an additional $35 million in Series B funding, has been tapping into this market with its platform that allows brands to create content for their e-commerce websites and marketing through “virtual” photo and video shoots. “We invite you to join your photo shoot in the browser.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

An app called BeReal , founded by former GoPro employee Alexis Barreyat along with Kévin Perreau , launched in December 2019 with its idea of asking users to post an unedited photo once per day after receiving a push notification. 87 in the Photo & Video category on the U.S. 143 in Photo & Video on the App Store.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

A new social app, Locket , popped to the top of the App Store charts in recent days thanks to its clever premise to put live photos from friends in a widget on your iOS homescreen. “The process of getting a little photo from her on my homescreen…seemed really appealing. Just a nice way to stay in touch.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Last year, genealogy service MyHeritage went viral after introducing a new “deepfake” feature that allowed users to animate the faces of loved ones in still photos. To date, over 100 million photos have been animated with the feature. Now, comes the next iteration. and deep learning techniques. Warner Bros.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

The photo of Marc Benioff reminds us of the movie “Gladiator” where Russell Crowe’s character yells, “Are you not entertained?” Daily Crunch: Stealth startup Figure releases first photos of its all-purpose humanoid robot by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Zebra leaves video out of the equation altogether, inviting users to snap on-the-fly photos and send them off paired with casual voice updates. Gecaj hopes that Zebra’s “talking photos” can capture the collective imagination in a way that makes early growth natural.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

D-ID , the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique, viral experiences like “Deep Nostalgia ,” which animates the faces of long-lost relatives in your old photos, announced today the raise of a $25 million Series B round of funding led by Macquarie Capital. It’s worked with Warner Bros.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The startup’s technology acquires “provenance” data (such as origin, contents and metadata) about photos and videos and uses cryptography to protect the images from tampering before they reach the intended recipients. . Provenance-based media authentication is the most promising approach to universal visual trust online.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

When I wrote about Soona in 2019 , the model focused on staging shoots that can deliver videos and photos in 24 hours or less.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 10, 2024

Google Photos is getting an AI upgrade. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that a handful of enhanced editing features previously limited to Pixel devices and paid subscribers — including its AI-powered Magic Editor — will now make their way to all Google Photos users for free. This expansion also […]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ready to put your AI prompting skills to work for product customization? Smartphone case and accessory maker PopSockets is today introducing a clever new AI Customizer tool that will allow anyone to design their next phone accessory — including grips, cases and wallets — via an optimized version of Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL).

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Ooda Loop

MARCH 18, 2024

Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking, gesturing and moving — from just a single still photo.

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Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Google and Samsung aren’t the only ones baking magical AI selective photo erasers into their devices — they’re about to become table stakes for Windows PCs too. Microsoft has just announced Generative erase, a feature that lets you do similar things in the Photos app that comes bundled with Windows. While […]

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At Apple’s event today, the phone maker showed off its new iPhone 15 Pro Max, with its flagship camera capabilities. Sure, Pixel owners might giggle to themselves, muttering something about how they’ve had 5x telephoto lenses for a while, but photography aficionados will be celebrating the introduction of a 120 mm-equivalent lens.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2023

Photos are a powerful marketing tool that can help businesses capture the attention of their target audience and effectively communicate their message. In this article, we’ll go over some tips and best practices for using photos in marketing efforts. Consider the context: The context in which an image is used is also important.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Everyone loves a stock photo – they are easy, relatively cheap or free, and can illustrate a point well. Often, new businesses will focus on putting their money in other areas, assuming that so long as they have some photos, that is enough when your images can be your differentiator in reality. Each photo will be perfect for you.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Starting tomorrow, December 1, Google is removing unattended accounts, including all photos, Drive documents, contacts, e-mails and calendar […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The company develops a popular photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and small businesses. In particular, it helps you remove the background behind objects you are about to sell so that your photos look more professional. PhotoRoom isn’t the only app that helps you remove photo backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

You know what it’s like — you’ve been on vacation and you’ve taken 28 million photos, and you just want to select the best 12 so you can make a calendar. The Roll helps you find the best photos on your phone At least The Roll made sense as a marketing stunt for EyeEm’s core business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instagram is considering a new feature called “flipside” that allows users to establish a new, private side to their profile where they could post more candid and personal photos for a subset of their friends. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Now out of private beta, the app offers families a way to curate and share their favorite moments and memories via their smartphone as an alternative to using a more public social media platform, like Facebook, or group texting, where photos and videos can be easily lost. Image Credits: Honeycomb. Image Credits: Honeycomb.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dares to put a photo of themselves online: with Animate Anyone, bad actors can puppeteer people better than ever.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Milan-based creative app studio Bending Spoons has laid off the entire staff of Filmic, which made popular video and photo editing apps such as Filmic Pro, per a report by PetaPixel. Bending Spoons acquired Filmic last July and the move was announced in September.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Getty Images, one of the largest suppliers of stock images, editorial photos, videos and music, today announced the launch of a generative AI art tool that it claims is “commercially safer” than other, rival solutions on the market.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The app lets you capture these moments with text, photos, videos, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. The new app, which was first announced at WWDC in June, is designed to encourage users to reflect on everyday moments and log special events. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Last week, WhatsApp announced it was adding support for HD photos, allowing the messaging app users the option to preserve the high-def resolution of the phones they wanted to share with friends and family. Similar to the HD photos feature, the HD videos feature gives customers the choice to share high-def videos across WhatsApp.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

New photos of Elon Musk’s Cybertruck, shared by Tesla watchers The Kilowatts, offer an updated […] But thanks to an apparent serendipitous visit to a regular ol’ parking lot in San Francisco, there are some fresh images of the unreleased, polygonal electric truck.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos. However, in the months since, BeReal’s traction has declined, according to a new report from Similarweb, despite its rollout of new features like […]

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

To use the tool, advertisers upload a photo, type an image description describing a background […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Amazon is rolling out a new AI image generation tool for advertisers to generate backgrounds based on product descriptions and themes. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

This sounds similar to what other AI photo apps on the App Store already offer. One in particular — an app called Remini — went viral last month as TikTok users realized they could upload their selfies in order to receive professional-looking headshots for LinkedIn without having to pay for a pro photo shoot.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Recently, Tinder announced it would test an AI photo selection feature, which looks at users’ photo albums to pick the photos that would perform best on the app. Match Group is calling Kantor’s team ASL, which stands for “Art x Science Lab” and is a nod to the retro internet pickup line, “ASL?”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Tinrocket, makers of popular apps such as Waterlogue and Olli, have released a new camera app called Cinemin to shoot animated photos and videos without the help of any AI filters. The app, available for free, uses inspiration from traditional animated art and films for its filters. You can apply the filters while capturing the […]

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Scott Berkun

JANUARY 25, 2018

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