AI & RoboticsNews

Meta is partnering with Midjourney and will license its technology for ‘future models and products’

August 25, 2025
Even three years after its debut, with ever increasing competition in the AI image and video generation space, Midjourney, the bootstrapped San Francisco startup, remains the “gold standard” for its 20 million users — including us here at VentureBeat, where we use it to generate the “header” art to many of our articles. Apparently, the leaders of Facebook and Instagram parent company…
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"Smile, Human!" Just how much competition does AI really pose to photographers?

August 25, 2025
This week, I did a shoot with a client who didn’t know how to smile. I would say, ‘Now give me a big smile’, and her lips would twitch but remain in a straight line. I tried variants of this directive such as ‘smile and show me your teeth’ and ‘say cheese’ to no avail. I finally got her to smile by saying, very literally, ‘Turn the corners of your mouth up’. And it struck me that…
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What is Adobe's obsession with making Photoshop worse?

August 25, 2025
They say “Don’t drive angry” but no one has ever said “Don’t write angry” to me (or most of the users of social media, it seems), which is why I’m about to vent about one little – but, I feel, very indicative – experience I’ve just had with Photoshop.
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Here are all the EVs you can still lease for under $300 a month in August

August 25, 2025
With just over a month left until the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles expires, automakers are pushing the savings. We’ve put together a list of all the EVs you can still lease for under $300 a month in August. Which EVs can you lease for under $300 in August? Over 607,000 electric vehicles were sold in the US in the first half of 2025, but sales are expected to pick up over the…
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Genesis GV90 coach door system revealed in new patent

August 25, 2025
Genesis is preparing to shake things up with its most luxurious SUV yet, the GV90. Thanks to a new patent filing, we are getting a detailed look at how its Rolls-Royce-style coach doors will work. New patent reveals Genesis GV90 coach door system When Genesis first unveiled…
DefenseNews

Amentum to modernize launch operations through $4B Space Force contract

August 25, 2025
With a 10-year, $4 billion contract in hand, the company managing the Space Force’s range operations is laying the groundwork to help the service support the ever-growing demand for commercial and military launches. The Space Force awarded the work to Amentum in late May, choosing the company over its incumbent launch range support provider. That firm, RGNext, protested the deal, but announced…
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