We may already be signaling other intelligences beyond our solar system, without even trying. Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Then there’s the world’s largest cluster of solar farms, a megaproject that covers 235…
'That's just not a winning strategy': Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts
April 24, 2026
President Trump’s big NASA budget cuts appear to be dead on arrival, again.
Earlier this month, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request, which slashes NASA’s total budget by 23% and its science funding by 47%.
Trump proposed the same…
Samsung’s research centre in Noida is taking on a larger role in the company’s global smartphone development, with teams in India helping build features for flagship Galaxy devices while also pushing ideas born out of Indian usage patterns into products sold in other…
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch
April 24, 2026
NASA announced that it will launch the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope into orbit in September 2026, eight months ahead of schedule. The new space telescope is expected to deliver 20,000 terabytes of data to astronomers over the course of its life.
That will add to 57 gigabytes of breath-taking imagery downlinked daily from the James Webb Space Telescope, which began its work in 2021, and the…
It’s been clear for a while that Beehiiv wants to be more than just a newsletter platform. The L.A.-based company announced a slew of updates on Thursday that make that ambition even more obvious. The new features include webinars, AI analytics for podcasts, metered…
India’s mobile app market is generating record revenue, with in-app purchases crossing $300 million in the first quarter, up 33% year-over-year, according to Sensor Tower – but much of that spending is flowing to global platforms.
Non-gaming apps were the main driver of…
A prize potato and a horse-headed scarecrow: Martin Parr's final photos are pure genius
April 24, 2026
There’s a photograph in Martin Parr’s final commission that’s almost unbearably him. A single potato, lumpy and unremarkable, sits on a decorative paper plate beneath a pink card reading “FIRST PRIZE”. The exhibitor’s name: Anthony Edwards. The event: the Lacock Garden and Allotment Association Annual Flower Show. The photographer: the man who, for half a century, understood better…
Capture beautiful photos of bluebells in the woods this Spring before they are all gone!
April 24, 2026
Spring is the time to shoot flowers in bloom, and a sea of bluebells in a forest are a real favourite of mine to photograph in the UK. It all comes down to a great location and soft sunlight when you’re photographing bluebells in woods, and some key camera skills, of…
Last year, when a judge ordered the Trump Administration to improve conditions at the immigration center at the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York City, the images used to show the “deplorable” conditions were taken from security camera footage. But even as…
Rivian (RIVN) starts R2 production days after tornado hit factory, deliveries this spring
April 24, 2026
Rivian officially started production of its R2 electric SUV at its Normal, Illinois plant today, marking the most critical milestone in the company’s history.
The production launch comes just five days after an EF-1 tornado ripped through the same facility, collapsing a section of the roof in Building 2 — the very area dedicated to R2 operations.
A race against time — and weather
Rivian had…
