AI & RoboticsNews

As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions

July 27, 2026
Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, have signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose broad “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models. The letter comes as Washington debates how the U.S. should respond to allegations that Chinese AI labs are stealing intellectual property from their American counterparts, and growing in…
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Sølve Sundsbø on Capturing India for Pirelli 2027

July 27, 2026
Internationally established photographer Sølve Sundsbø has photographed some of fashion’s biggest names, but when it came to the Pirelli Calendar 2027, he believed one photographer alone couldn’t tell India’s story. Having shot last year’s Pirelli Calendar, Sølve Sundsbø approached the 2027 edition with a different mindset. He embraced a collaboration with Indian…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Results are in! These teams are moving on to the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge

July 27, 2026
On Thursday, the conclusion of the 2026 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix came in a high-energy awards ceremony. However just days prior, 39 teams from around the world descended upon Brainerd, Minnesota for the event, which for many was a high-stakes do-or-die moment for the opportunity to qualify and compete in the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge cross-country event. Here are the results…
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DefenseNews

From steppe to sea, a Ukrainian drone unit hunts Russian ships

July 27, 2026
In a field in southern Ukraine, soldiers scrawled sardonic messages on a sleek grey attack drone that would soon be hunting Russian ships on the Black Sea — part of a widening Ukrainian campaign to isolate Crimea and weaken Moscow’s war effort. Operating far behind the…
DefenseNews

With no Iran war end in sight, Germany pulls back two navy ships eyed for Hormuz mission

July 27, 2026
COLOGNE, Germany — The German government is pulling back two navy ships from the Gulf of Aden sent there weeks ago on stand-by to support an eventual post-war Strait of Hormuz security mission, as hope is fading in Berlin that the conflict in Iran will end anytime soon. Defense leaders ordered the mine hunter Fulda and the support vessel Mosel to redeploy from Djibouti, a European and…
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