Just a day after Amazon introduced its new AI-powered Echo devices, Google debuted its refreshed lineup of Google Home and Nest devices, designed to showcase its AI assistant Gemini AI. The company also took the wraps off its revamped Google Home software platform and its new business strategy for the AI era.
While the company still plans to compete on hardware, it also wants to make Gemini…
Enterprise giant Salesforce is looking to ride the vibe-coding wave – where developers describe what they want in natural language and AI agents write the code – with its new AI-powered developer tool.
Salesforce announced its new vibe-coding offering…
New project makes Wikipedia data more accessible to AI
October 2, 2025
On Wednesday, Wikimedia Deutschland announced a new database that will make Wikipedia’s wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models.
Called the Wikidata Embedding Project, the system applies a vector-based semantic search – a technique that helps computers…
Night begins earlier in the northern hemisphere in October, and there are a host of celestial spectacles for astrophotographers this month. From a rising “Harvest Moon” to a photogenic passing of the moon through the stunning Pleiades open cluster, there’s plenty to capture in the night sky. As a bonus, there’s the Orionid meteor shower at the end of October, whose ‘shooting stars’…
Adobe Premiere launches on iPhone, features mobile-to-desktop editing and is free to download
October 2, 2025
Just weeks after Adobe announced that Premiere was coming to iPhone (Android software is in development) it’s finally here – and better yet, it’s free! That’s right, unless you require additional storage and / or generative AI credits, the Adobe Premiere mobile app…
Photography icon David Bailey to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2025
October 2, 2025
Abbey Road has announced that legendary British photographer David Bailey CBE will be honoured with a one-off Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Abbey Road Music Photography Awards.
The ceremony will take place at Abbey Road on October 02, recognizing Bailey’s…
Chevy, Cadillac, GMC, and Ford’s electric vehicles will still be eligible for the credit after the September 30 deadline. The $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles is set to expire today, but Ford and GM plan to continue offering it for at least another few months.
Will Ford and GM offer the EV tax credit after it expires?
If you missed the deadline to lock in the $7,500 credit, don’t…
QuantumScape (QS) is building a foundation of partners to commercialize solid-state battery production
October 2, 2025
Solid-state battery developer QuantumScape has announced a partnership with Corning Incorporated, one of the world’s leaders in glass, ceramics, and materials science, to develop new manufacturing capabilities. This agreement is another foundational step in…
The U.S. Army has confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck can’t be imported into Europe and cannot obtain an exemption for army personnel because the electric pickup truck “deviates significantly” from EU regulations.
When deployed overseas, U.S. Army personnel are…
US Air Force revamps pilot training as T-7 era nears
October 2, 2025
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations.
But the service is still about two years away from the first student pilots learning in the new, fifth-generation, Boeing-made jet. Before that can happen, the Air Force has to train its own trainers, said Air Education and Training Command deputy commander…
