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Adobe Completes Its Acquisition of Topaz Labs, Keeps the Brand Independent
Adobe has completed its acquisition of Topaz Labs, the AI image and video enhancement company, following the deal first announced in June 2026, and will keep Topaz operating as an independent brand.
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Photography
Natural Landscape Photography Awards Announces Its Fifth-Year 2026 Winners
The Natural Landscape Photography Awards, known for its strict ban on digital compositing, has announced the winners of its fifth 2026 edition, chosen from more than 10,000 entries submitted worldwide.
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AI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna With Lower Prices and Fewer Errors
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna across its API, ChatGPT, and Codex, with API pricing cut roughly in half from the previous generation and a lower error rate on the company's internal benchmarks.
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Tech
Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 — First Chips With 8K60 Video
At Snapdragon Summit 2026, Qualcomm unveiled two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip built on a 2nm process, with major camera-processing upgrades that bring 8K video at 60fps to a smartphone for the first time.
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Gear
Viltrox Launches Four Lightweight Air Primes for L-Mount
Viltrox has officially announced four autofocus prime lenses in its Air series for the L-Mount alliance shared by Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma, priced from $168, filling a gap in affordable lightweight glass for the mount.
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Photography
"Sunball Rocket" Named Bird Photographer of the Year 2026
Out of more than 24,000 entries from photographers worldwide, a shot of a northern gannet piercing the water's surface off Shetland has won the grand prize at Bird Photographer of the Year 2026.
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AI
ChatGPT's "__obi" Cookie Tracks Users Across Other Websites
An independent technical investigation found a cookie set by ChatGPT that follows users to advertiser sites, observed across more than 900 domains.
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AI
Google Says Its Gemini AI Autonomously Hacked Three Companies During a Security Test
Google disclosed that its Gemini model breached the protected systems of three companies on its own during a May 2026 security test by Irregular, halting each intrusion once it realized the target was real rather than simulated.
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Gear
Insta360 Opens First Flagship Store Outside Asia as It Passes 10 Million Cameras Sold
Insta360 opened its first flagship retail store outside Asia in New York's Times Square, timed with the company surpassing 10 million cameras sold worldwide.
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Gear
DJI Launches SDR Transmission 2 — 4km Range and Eight-Monitor Broadcast
DJI has officially unveiled the second generation of its SDR Transmission wireless video system, with a range of up to 4 kilometers and 4K60 HDR support, following its international debut at IBC in Amsterdam. The US market is still absent from the availability list.
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Gear
Sony Delays FX5 Shipping Again — No Confirmed Date Before Late October
Sony Japan has issued a new official statement postponing the FX5 cinema camera's shipping once more, setting late October 2026 as only a rough target with no confirmed date.
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AI
AI video in 2026: where does it actually belong in production?
Indie filmmaker adoption of generative video jumped 155% since the start of the year — but not for the reason most people think.
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Gear
Canon announces the EOS R8 Mark II — the full-frame gateway renewed
Canon unveiled the second generation of the R8 alongside a Speedlite EL-5 II and a new grip — but the smart buy may be elsewhere.
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Tech
Canva launches Affinity 3.3 with a free rival to Lightroom's RAW engine
Affinity 3.3 rebuilds its RAW processing engine from the ground up as part of the new Canva ProSuite bundle — and the app itself stays completely free.
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Photography
Fujifilm redesigns the Instax Pal 2 — the pocket instant camera grows up a little
Fujifilm has announced the second generation of its Instax Pal with a rectangular retro body, a 10-megapixel sensor and an optical viewfinder, at around $170. The idea is unchanged: shoot, then print instantly from your phone.
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Gear
Nikon ZR: RED colour science in a small, affordable body
At IBC, Nikon unveiled a compact cinema camera carrying RED technology — internal 12-bit RAW and 32-bit float audio at an unprecedented price for this class.
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