While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when they’re talking to a machine instead of a human.
Smallest.ai, a startup founded in late 2024, is betting the next leap in voice agents will not come from making large language models faster, but from using smaller, specialized models built for human conversation. Simply…
As a professional photographer, I’ve seen a lot of stunning photographs – but there’s one image in particular that stopped me in my tracks this week: a “fire-breathing dragon of clouds.”
What keeps drawing me back to Maximilien Lamy’s photograph taken along the…
Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), the iconic 20th century French street photographer, is best known for his famous humanist approach to documenting everyday Parisian moments.
In later years, though, he’s arguably become just as well known for something he said to Australian…
Astrophotography in August 2026: a solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower headline a packed month for stargazers
August 3, 2026
August 2026 is one of the most event-packed months of the year for astrophotographers — and perhaps the busiest for years. On August 12, it not only delivers a rare total solar eclipse across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but also a partial solar eclipse that’s deep across Europe and shallow in parts of North America. Just hours later, overnight on 12-13 August, comes the peak of the…
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into roughly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving 156 complaints of a front suspension component detaching while driving.
The probe covers 2018-2020 Model 3 and 2021-2023 Model Y…
HMP’s new $3,999 electric scooter is the affordable, street-legal commuter the US needs
August 3, 2026
The US electric two-wheeler market has no shortage of high-powered electric motorcycles and moped-style e-bikes. But if you’re looking for something in between – a practical, street-legal electric scooter built for everyday transportation rather than weekend thrills…
We’ve seen quite a few low-cost mini e-Moto pit bikes that flirt with the $1000 price tag over the past months, but today’s has a really interesting trick: It auto-wheelies. It can’t be that simple can it? I grabbed my 14-year-old and some extra padding to find out.
At first glance, the Anyland Rev Pro looks similar, though admittedly more refined, to your garden variety…
Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals.
The poll, conducted Friday through…
Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and…
As promised, we have the full reveal of the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond today, a first look at the weapons and armor it will include, and a release date.
“Roll the dice to break the traitorous enemies of Super Earth in this historic crossover Legendary Warbond,” developer Arrowhead said. “Fight for Liberty without measuring distance, line-of-sight or your target’s…
