Electronic Device and Smartphone Searches at US Border Hit Record High

New data shows that searches of phones and other electronic devices at U.S. borders have reached an all-time high.

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2025-8-25 15:32

‘View Finders’ TV Series Searches for America’s Best Photos

Sigma-sponsored and Emmy-nominated PBS program, View Finders, is in its third season and hitting its stride. The television series takes viewers on a journey to find the best photographs and landscapes in the United States. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-19 23:26

Google Searches For Nikon Coolpix Camera Increase By Over 8,500%

Compact digital cameras continue to have a revival with searches for the Nikon Coolpix soaring by over 8,500% in the last year. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-20 20:35

Photographer Searches for Spiders Nightly for Amazing Macro Photos

The last time PetaPixel spoke with talented macro photographer David Joseph, he was using his smartphone to incredible effect. Joseph has now upgraded to a dedicated camera system and pointed his new macro lens at spiders, an oft-misunderstood and rarely appreciated arthropod that plays a vital role in ecosystems across every continent, save for Antarctica. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-12 20:57

Stock Photo Site Shares its Strangest Searches and Weirdest Images

When users search stock photography websites, they are only sometimes looking for cookie-cutter images but, occasionally, they perform genuinely bizarre image requests. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-2 22:58

Photographer Searches for Brothers he Captured Hiking with their Dad’s Ashes

A photographer is looking for two brothers after he captured this epic photo of them holding their dad's ashes while hiking on Cathedral Rock in Arizona. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-1 16:40

Man Searches for Brothers He Photographed Hiking with Their Dad’s Ashes

A photographer is looking for two brothers after he captured this epic photo of them holding their dad's ashes while hiking on Cathedral Rock in Arizona. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-2 16:40

AI Searches Public Cameras to Find When Instagram Photos Were Taken

Dries Depoorter has created an artificial intelligence (AI) software that searches public camera feeds against Instagram posts to find the moment that a photo was taken. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-14 17:07