With major password leaks we’ve recently seen, there’s an increased chance that your Instagram account will be hacked. In case this happens, Instagram has just introduced a new, easier way to recover your account. The new recovery process is currently in the test phase. Here’s how it works: the app asks you for user-specific information, such as the email and phone number originally linked to your account. You will then receive a six-digit code to that email or phone number....

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has reportedly fired his personal photographer for the weirdest of reasons. According to a couple of sources, the photographer was taking photos of Kim Jong-un when he blocked the crowd’s view of him. With a flash. For three seconds. As a result, he was reportedly kicked off of his job, as well as from Workers’ Party of Korea.Advertisements Daily NK writes that the photographer is a 47-year-old man known by the last name Ri....

Leica has officially launched CL, the latest addition to their APS-C L-mount series. In terms of design, it leans on the traditional models and even shares the name with their camera from 1973. But of course, it’s a mirrorless digital camera with modern features. It features a 24.2MP CMOS sensor, and it’s capable of shooting up to 10fps. ISO ranges from 100 to 50,000, so Leica CL promises good results even in difficult lighting conditions....

Lowepro has just launched a whole new line of Trekker and Adventura bags, including backpacks, slings, messenger and shoulder bags as well as a pouch for small compact cameras. There are seventeen in total between all of the different bag types and colour combinations in an attempt to satisfy just about every photographer’s needs no matter what they’re heading out to shoot or whatever camera gear they’re shooting it with. There are far too many bags in this announcement to in-depth into each one, but these are Lowepro’s lower-budget series of bags designed for those with less demanding needs than more expensive product lines....

Skylum has already introduced some of the features of Luminar AI, the new software that aims to automatize and speed up editing. It’s now officially launched, so you can get your copy and see for yourself what it can do. We have already seen the demo of some Luminar AI features such as Templates and sky replacement with reflections. As the name suggests, Luminar AI uses artificial intelligence to edit images, meaning that it recognizes what’s in your photo and what kind of editing would suit it best....