AI & RoboticsNews

CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents

Many companies today provide AI simply as a chatbot inside their apps: You type in (or dictate) what you want it to do, and the AI bot goes and tries to do it. Still, the experience tends to feel clunky. A text-based UI doesn’t always translate to a smooth experience; for example, if you want to use a travel app to book an entire itinerary but have to scan through reams of text. According to the…
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NewsPhotography

The dirty secret about great photography… most of it is rubbish!

One of the least discussed truths in photography is also one of the most useful. Most photographs are not very good. Not yours. Not mine. Not even those made by photographers whose work hangs in fancy galleries or graces the pages of coffee-table books. The difference is not that successful photographers avoid failure. It is that they accept it, learn from it, and build their photographic practice…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Kia is cutting EV6 prices by over $5,000

Kia’s electric SUV just got a bit more attractive. The base 2026 Kia EV6 is $5,000 cheaper than last year’s model, and even more on some trims. After Hyundai confirmed the standard IONIQ 6 would not return for a 2026 model year, many believed the Kia EV6 was headed for the same fate. Despite the speculation, the 2026 Kia EV6 is finally here, and it now starts at under $40,000. Kia announced on…
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DefenseNews

US, Iran launch new attacks as they wrestle for control of Gulf waters

A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran clash fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said in a social media post on Tuesday breaches of the four-week-old ceasefire by the United States and its allies had endangered shipping and energy transit through the vital…
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