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Node-based design tool Flora raises $42M from Redpoint Ventures

January 28, 2026
Flora, a design tool used by designers at Alibaba, Brex, creative agency Pentagram, and entertainment company Lionsgate, has hit a new milestone. The startup has raised $42 million in Series A led by Redpoint Ventures, it announced on Tuesday. Generative AI models can be used in the design process via prompts and other multimodal inputs. Software companies like Adobe, Figma, and Canva have also…
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Matt Stuart says "There's no such thing as talent in photography"

January 28, 2026
In a refreshingly blunt moment that cuts against one of photography’s most romantic myths, street photographer Matt Stuart argues that talent doesn’t really exist at all. Speaking while wandering the streets of Amsterdam in a new episode of Walkie Talkie produced by Photographer and YouTuber Paulie B, Stuart lays out a philosophy shaped by nearly three decades of shooting: great photographs…
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The Kia Seltos goes hybrid for the first time: Will we see an EV version next?

January 28, 2026
Kia opened orders for the Seltos hybrid in South Korea, saying it lays the groundwork for the electric vehicle era. Does that mean the Seltos will get an EV version, too? Kia Seltos launches as a hybrid for the first time After another record-breaking sales year in 2025 with over 3.13 million vehicles sold, Kia credited its growing electric vehicle lineup, including the EV3. Kia has no plans to…
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This major city just banned fat tire electric bikes

January 28, 2026
Amsterdam is often held up as the gold standard for bicycle-friendly cities, but even in one of the most bike-centric places on Earth, not all e-bikes are being treated equally. The Dutch capital has announced plans to ban electric fat tire bikes from its most famous park…
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China appears set on militarizing another reef in the South China Sea

January 28, 2026
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Satellite imagery appears to show China is set to reclaim land on another reef in the South China Sea for yet another military base. Simultaneously, China demonstrated the use of hundreds of fishing boats to support future combat operations against Taiwan. The coral reef in question is Antelope Reef, located at 16°27’45”N, 111°35’20”E in the Paracel Islands.
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