SpaceX shared stunning photos of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane into orbit last week.
The pictures capture the nighttime launch on Aug. 21, when the robotic X-37B, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 GMT on Aug.
James Webb Space Telescope takes 1st look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with unexpected results
August 27, 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS for the first time. The powerful space telescope trained its infrared vision and its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument (NIRspec) on the comet on Aug. 6, 2025.
Discovered on July 1 by the…
World's most powerful solar telescope sees incredible coronal loops on the sun (image)
August 27, 2025
The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun’s corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope — could be the bottom floor of the machinery that powers the ferocious flares that routinely blast out…
Enterprise leaders say recipe for AI agents is matching them to existing processes — not the other way around
August 27, 2025
There’s no question that AI agents — those that can work autonomously and asynchronously behind the scenes in enterprise workflows — are the topic du jour in enterprise right now.
But there’s increasing concern that it’s all just that — talk, mostly hype, without much substance behind it.
Gartner, for one, observes that enterprises are at the “peak of inflated expectations,” a…
Anthropic launches Claude for Chrome in limited beta, but prompt injection attacks remain a major concern
August 27, 2025
Anthropic has begun testing a Chrome browser extension that allows its Claude AI assistant to take control of users’ web browsers, marking the company’s entry into an increasingly crowded and potentially risky arena where artificial intelligence systems can directly…
A new technique from Zhejiang University and Alibaba Group gives large language model (LLM) agents a dynamic memory, making them more efficient and effective at complex tasks. The technique, called Memp, provides agents with a “procedural memory” that is continuously…
Photographer Selcuk Acar calls himself the “victim” in the center of US Open tennis chaos, but I think he's clearly in the wrong!
August 27, 2025
The U.S. Open witnessed a moment of pure chaos on Sunday night when Daniil Medvedev erupted in fury after photographer Selcuk Acar stepped onto the tennis court mid-serve, sparking a seven-minute standoff that overshadowed Benjamin Bonzi’s first-round victory.
The man at the center of it all, freelance photojournalist Selcuk Acar, now finds himself without accreditation and at the heart of a…
Here’s how I’d start photographing soccer today
August 27, 2025
Following Lionel Messi’s record-breaking move to Inter Miami, soccer has arguably never been more popular stateside. So, if you’re a fan of the beautiful game, I’ve come up with a quick tutorial for freezing the fast-passed action. And best of all, this…
Blackmagic Design has released a comprehensive new guide for its groundbreaking URSA Cine Immersive Camera, offering what is arguably the most detailed resource yet for filmmakers looking to step into the world of immersive storytelling.
At 156 pages, the free guide covers…
Car dealers, who have long been a roadblock in the rollout of EVs in the US, are continuing with their old tricks and filing lawsuits against new spinoff EV brands, like Sony Honda’s Afeela and VW’s Scout, which had hoped to extricate themselves from the dealership model.
Ever since the beginning of the EV revolution in the US, car dealerships have been a thorn in the side of progress.
Across…
