NewsPhotography

Why was the first picture of the Red Planet's surface black and white – and what camera was used to take it 50 years ago?

August 28, 2026
Over 50 years ago, on July 20 1976, NASA achieved something quite incredible for humanity and photography. At precisely 05:12 PDT the space agency successfully touched down on Mars with the Viking 1 lander, beginning the search for life on our celestial neighbor. Just 25 seconds later, the spacecraft – now stationed on Chryse Planitia, a smooth, circular plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla denies rumors it's abandoning 'Full Self-Driving' push in China

August 28, 2026
Tesla is denying rumors that it has pulled its “Full Self-Driving” team out of China, saying its Shanghai data center is “operating normally” and that it has even reported the claims to police. The denial comes as China remains conspicuously absent from Tesla’s own list of markets where customers can subscribe to FSD because of the regulatory limbo the driver assist system faces. What…
Read more
DefenseNews

Rolls-Royce, Safran vie for India’s next-generation fighter engine

August 28, 2026
NEW DELHI — India’s ambitious plan to co-develop an engine with a foreign company for its fifth-generation fighter has set the stage for a contest between British and French aerospace companies seeking to participate in the program. Rolls-Royce emerged as a serious contender after the British aero-engine maker and Reliance Industries, one of India’s biggest conglomerates, announced their…
Read more
GamingNews

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Review

August 27, 2026
I tend to appreciate risky new ideas over safe sequels, so I was pretty interested to see what the Plague Tale series would be like without its signature tornadoes of man-eating rats. But while Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy makes plenty of intriguing changes, like its…
GamingNews

I've Tried Star Wars Zero Company on Five Different PCs, and It's Been a Nightmare

August 27, 2026
We got off to such a great start this year, with a ton of PC games that looked great and still ran well on pretty much any hardware. One of the common themes among games like Crimson Desert, Resident Evil Requiem, and Forza Horizon 6 was that none of them were running on Unreal Engine 5. And just like Halo: Campaign Evolved last month, Star Wars: Zero Company is a great example of why I’d…
Read more