You know the drone flying regulations? Well, they exist for a reason. On Thursday, a drone crashed into a passenger plane above Jean Lesage airport in Quebec City, Canada. Fortunately, the plane only suffered minor damage. But Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said it could have been much different if the drone had crashed into the cockpit or the aircraft’s engine. This is the first time in Canada that the drone crashed into a commercial airplane....

Live Audio Rooms is now available to more users around the world, the company said (via). Meanwhile, Facebook is also expanding the rollout of a new feature called Soundbites which is its version of TikTok i.e. short video clips. The Audio section has been in the works for a while now, though Facebook officially took the wraps off the project only this week. Live Audio Rooms has been around in a limited capacity since June Live Audio Rooms has been around in a limited capacity since June...

A report from Axios (via The Verge) highlights how this works. Primarily, Facebook will change the “signals” it uses to highlight content in the News Feed. “We’ve also learned that some engagement signals can better indicate what posts people find more valuable than others. Based on that feedback, we’re gradually expanding some tests to put less emphasis on signals such as how likely someone is to comment on or share political content,” Facebook’s Product Management Director, Aastha Gupta, wrote in a blog post....

Introducing…Camera Swagg! (Named after the designers’ name Swaggart). This is the legendary MoneyMaker in a non-leather material. You asked for it and HoldFast has delivered! You may already be aware and read the blog I did a while back on the really awesome multi camera straps by Hold Fast. But if you haven’t heard of these guys before, they create the awesome MoneyMaker camera straps made from high grade leather and now cotton canvas, complete with metal d-rings, safety straps and a superb versatile design....

Photographing the Milky Way is something many aspiring night sky photographers only dream of. As is capturing brilliant storms full of bright lightning flashes. Both the Milky Way and night time storms have such a visual allure, that keeps photographers coming back for more. In this timelapse short film, titled The Perfect Storm, Martien Janssen managed to capture both. At the same time. It’s a perfect storm not only in name, but in meaning, too....