Industry Notes for the week of April 14

• Sony Firmware version 3.0 for a7 III and a7R III brings powerful AI-driven eye detection for human and animal subjects alike.
• Meet the next-generation Accent AI filter from Skylum

Rumours and reports

Here are some interesting items from around the internet:

• Amazon shareholders to vote on selling facial recognition tech to government, via CNET
• Herff Jones Wins Confidentiality Agreement Litigation Against Biggest Competitor Jostens
• Fred’s shuttering 159 stores, via RetailDive
• Why being an “only” is the antithesis of diversity and what Shutterfly is doing about it, via Forbes
• EFI CEO explains why the company is going private, by Printing Impressions

Just plain cool

• An inside look at the new Photobucket, via TechRadar
• The fascinating history of Bay Photo and its founder, Larry Abitbol, via Cake
• Removing a Fly from ‘Weather Sealed’ Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, via LensRentals
• Dreamstime hits 100M images in database and over 500K contributors
• Epson named number-one selling scanner brand in North America

People on the Move

• Marie-Eve Lemieux was promoted to chief value officer at Mediaclip.
• Best Buy CFO Corie Barry to become new CEO
• Getty Images photojournalist John Moore wins Photo of the Year at World Press Photo Awards
• A Sony ambassador with 300,000 followers just quit photography, via PetaPixel