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Disney Just Set Release Dates for Two Sequels With Zero New Photos to Show For It
Disney announced theatrical release dates for Lilo & Stitch 2 and The Incredibles 3 with no new stills, posters, or footage attached — leaving entertainment sites and fan accounts to illustrate the news using years-old promotional images instead.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026Instagram's Replace Audio Feature Means Your Carousel Photos Never Have to Retire
Instagram's Replace Audio feature, rolled out July 21, lets creators swap the music on a published carousel without losing its likes, comments, or reach — which quietly makes the photos in that carousel a permanent asset instead of a one-time post.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026Roblox's New AI Build Tool Can Make a Game in Seconds. Nobody Fixed the Thumbnail.
Roblox's new Build feature, in public alpha since July 28, lets anyone turn a text prompt into a playable game — but a generated game still needs a thumbnail image that actually gets clicks, and that step hasn't been automated at all.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026The Pixel 11 Just Got $100 More Expensive. Here's How to Get More Out of the Camera You Already Have
Leaked listings put the base Pixel 11 at $899, a $100 jump over the previous generation. Before that price justifies an upgrade, a handful of settings and habits get noticeably more out of the phone camera already in your pocket.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026Fox and Telemundo Just Had Their Best World Cup Ever. Meet America's New Viewing-Party Photo Habit
Fox Sports saw a 116% viewership jump and Telemundo/Peacock 143% for the 2026 World Cup compared to 2022 — a surge driven largely by first-time soccer viewers who don't have a sports-photography habit yet and are photographing viewing parties instead of the match itself.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026The Road to the US Open Has a Lighting Problem Wimbledon Never Did
The hard-court swing into the 2026 US Open runs through stadiums with mixed sunlight and stadium-light sessions in the same match, a lighting shift that produces mismatched color temperatures Wimbledon's all-grass, all-daylight courts never force photographers to deal with.
Read article →Jul 31, 2026104 Matches, Not 64: How the Expanded World Cup Broke Stadium Photo Desks
The 2026 World Cup's jump from 32 to 48 teams meant 104 matches instead of 64 — a 62% increase in games that stadium photo desks had to process at the same staffing levels as Qatar 2022. Here's what actually changed for the people producing the images.
Read article →Jul 29, 2026Nvidia's Reported $250 Billion OpenAI Bet Is Really a Bet That Everyone Keeps Generating More Images
Nvidia is reportedly considering a $250 billion financing guarantee tied to OpenAI's planned Ohio data center. Behind the eye-watering number is a simpler bet: that image and video generation keeps growing, and storage becomes the quiet cost nobody budgets for.
Read article →Jul 29, 2026AI Product Photo Generators vs a Real Photoshoot: What You Actually Trade Off
AI product photography tools can turn a plain product shot into a full studio scene in seconds, and more e-commerce sellers are skipping the photoshoot entirely. Here's what you actually gain and lose, and why the file still needs the same optimization either way.
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