AI & RoboticsNews

Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era

October 6, 2026
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to Cosmo, or just chatting with girlfriends. In the social media era, you can instead post anonymously on Reddit relationship forums or look to social media creators who discuss the topic. Now, two sisters are launching a startup for young women, Hot Girl…
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NewsPhotography

A policeman directs traffic from a metal bin, Harrow boys queue for sweets in straw boaters, and men on stilts tend the Kent hops: new photo book opens a fascinating window on 1930s Britain

October 6, 2026
Think Britain in the 1930s and, if you’ve been watching a lot of History Channel documentaries, you’ll probably picture things like hunger marches, unemployment lines and the gathering shadow of war in Europe. All of which, of course, was very important. But as a new photo book highlights, there was a lot more to the decade than that. Historian Steven Brindle and writer Maureen Hill…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Lucid's $50,000 Cosmos spotted testing in California after 2027 delay

October 6, 2026
The Lucid Cosmos is out testing in California traffic. A camouflaged prototype of the midsize SUV was photographed on Highway 101 in Morgan Hill, about 40 miles south of Lucid’s headquarters in Newark. The four photos show the sub-$50,000 SUV from the rear and the side. They come two months after Lucid pushed the Cosmos launch back to the second half of 2027. Lucid Cosmos prototype spotted on…
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DefenseNews

Germany to set up first drone regiment next year, modeled after Ukraine war lessons

October 6, 2026
VIENNA — Germany plans to stand up its first dedicated drone regiment next year, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced, as Berlin attempts to institutionalize lessons from the war in Ukraine after years of domestic foot-dragging on unmanned warfare. Speaking Oct. 1 at the Bergen military training area during the army’s “Experimentalserie Land” trials, Pistorius said ground forces will…
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