Modern cameras may take photographs in times measured in fractions of a second, but early photographs once took anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours to take a single photograph. Then, in 1840, an English chemist and pioneering photographer made a discovery that shortened the time required to take a photograph to a minute or less.
William Henry Fox Talbot was one of photography’s early…
“It carried more emotional weight than I had realized at the time,” says award-winning photographer about her “ordinary” black-and-white portrait
September 22, 2026
Sometimes we take a photo which, in the moment, doesn’t strike us as outstanding, only to later realize just how powerful the scene is. That’s the sentiment from Carly Goldsmith, who was recently crowned the winner of the “People” category at the 2026 Mono…
A good photobook will take you on a journey. A photobook that takes you on a journey that feels cinematic, that shows you reality from a different perspective, that makes you feel something subtly profound… well, that’s a great photobook.
And in my view, Elsebound…
Musk pitches 200-mph Austin-San Antonio ‘Hyperloop’ tunnel, again
September 22, 2026
Elon Musk says the Boring Company is working on a 200-mph “Hyperloop” tunnel between Austin and San Antonio that would cut the drive to under 30 minutes. He posted the claim on X this weekend with no route, no timeline, and no cost.
It’s a version of a promise Musk has been making for more than a decade. So far, he hasn’t built any of them.
“Boring Company is working on a simple…
Sunrun and Tesla pulled a record 580 megawatts of power from home batteries onto California’s grid during a heat wave on September 9, the largest residential distributed power plant event ever recorded.
The dispatch pooled more than 140,000 home batteries across the state…
Tesla reopens $50,000 Roadster reservations ahead of October 1 unveil
September 22, 2026
Tesla has reopened reservations for its next-generation Roadster, asking buyers for a $50,000 deposit about two weeks before the car is even unveiled.
The reserve page went live this week ahead of an October 1 reveal near Waco, Texas. It’s the second time Tesla has…
The United States is watching China’s presence in its Arctic zone “very closely” amid concerns regarding the security of the U.S. homeland, a senior U.S. Arctic military official said.
So far in 2026, four Chinese research vessels have conducted work offshore in the U.S. Arctic, compared to a total of five in 2025, Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Arctic District…
Hegseth to chair Pentagon’s new Homeland Defense advisory board
September 22, 2026
After overseeing a purge of Pentagon advisory committees last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is adding a new one to the list, focused on homeland security and defense.
Announced in the Federal Register Sept. 11, the Homeland Defense Board aims to fill a gap Hegseth…
COPENHAGEN — Denmark, Greenland and the United States are set to sign a deal on Greenland’s security on Tuesday, an agreement Denmark says will put Arctic security under NATO’s watch rather than leaving it solely to Washington and Copenhagen.
The agreement, expected to…
As Fans Flood the World of Warcraft: Forever Beta, Dev Says It's Putting Up 'The Craziest Numbers I've Seen in 17 Years Working at Blizzard'
September 21, 2026
World of Warcraft: Forever looks like it could be a smash hit after the launch of the beta was overrun with eager fans, surprising even Blizzard itself.
Blizzard’s ended last weekend’s BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony with the announcement of World of Warcraft: Forever, a “Classic Plus” MMO developed by the World of Warcraft Classic team, and set during the first year of World of…
