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Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.
10 June 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Los Angeles, Mars, Death of a Fantastic Machine, amazing digital frames and iOS 26.
- Reuters presents 30 photos of Scenes From the Streets of Los Angeles as they city braced for another day of unrest over Trump's immigration policies.
- In a panorama shot, the NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops. "This panorama marks the first time one of the volcanoes has been imaged on the planet’s horizon, offering the same perspective of Mars that astronauts have of the Earth when they peer down from the International Space Station," NASA notes.
- Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson ask, Did the Camera Ever Tell the Truth? (gift link). They answer the question in a 17-minute video titled Death of a Fantastic Machine. Which, we assume, you can trust.
- A Reddit poster was impressed by Amazing Digital Frames they saw in Paris. They were likely the reflective ONNYK 40x28 in. Linn large format digital art frame. An e-ink display which goes for $5,995.
- Malcolm Owen covers the introduction of Apple's iOS 26, including a Liquid Glass redesign, new Camera app and Apple Intelligence plans. "The Camera app is getting a UI refresh to simplify controls," he writes. "Simplifying the interface should help more people take photographs or record videos on their mobile devices."
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