AI & RoboticsNews

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter.

April 23, 2026
AI’s biggest impact in science is Google DeepMind’s use of a deep learning model to predict the complex structures of proteins – the molecules that drive virtually every process in living cells.But as AI models continue to spit out more candidates for potential treatments, there’s an emerging bottleneck: actually characterizing all those candidates in practice, for testing and mass…
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NewsPhotography

I know AI in my editing software uses water, but have no idea how much. This Earth Day, I call on companies to be more transparent

April 23, 2026
Today is Earth Day, and the thing that’s on my mind is how much water the AI-powered features in my photo editing software use. In fact, this has been on my mind for some time as, earlier in the year, the UN announced that we have entered an “era of water bankruptcy,” which got me thinking about how, especially as a landscape photographer, my photographic passions affect our home planet. I…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Toyota's 3-row electric SUV is gaining a luxury Lexus sibling: Here's our first look

April 23, 2026
Toyota’s Lexus brand was caught testing a three-row electric SUV for the first time, expected to arrive as a higher-end sibling to the Highlander EV. Is Lexus launching a three-row electric SUV? After revealing the long-awaited Highlander BEV in February, Lexus is now preparing to introduce its three-row electric SUV. The electric Lexus TZ was spotted testing in Europe for the first time ahead…
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DefenseNews

John Phelan out as Navy secretary, Pentagon says

April 23, 2026
John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, is departing the role “effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. U.S. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, a former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran, will assume the…
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