AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate – unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly.
Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately while retaining enough context to format the text correctly. Developers have also built…
Amjad Masad has been building Replit for a decade, but the last 18 months have been something else entirely. The AI coding assistant company went from $2.8 million in revenue in all of 2024 to tracking toward what Masad describes as a billion-dollar annual run rate.
At…
Britain in full color: why photographer Sophie Green refuses to make her subjects look grey
May 4, 2026
There’s a quote in the press release for Sophie Green’s forthcoming exhibition that will resonate with any photographer who’s been told their work is a bit much. A friend, she recalls, once described her aesthetic as looking like “a kid who ate loads of Skittles and…
The iF Design Award 2026 winners have been announced – and Nikon has taken home seven awards across its imaging lineup.
Presented by the iF International Forum Design, the iF Design Award is one of the most recognized marks of excellence in product design, highlighting innovation, quality, and influence.
This year’s winning Nikon gear spans a wide range of categories, including mirrorless…
A backyard astrophotographer discovered a new galaxy with a 2MP camera. A 14-year-old unearthed a supernova by combing through space survey images. A backyard astronomer discovered 17 comets – including two with an old DSLR.
Nothing quite illustrates the power of a camera…
Tesla has launched a new Model 3 Premium RWD trim in Canada starting at just $39,490 CAD — a record-low price for the electric sedan in the country. The price, which converts to roughly $29,000 USD, is made possible by sourcing the vehicle from Giga Shanghai instead of…
Silicon Ranch has brought something online commercially that you don’t see every day: a utility-scale solar farm where cattle graze under moving panels.
The Nashville-based developer has launched its new “CattleTracker” system at the Christiana Solar Ranch in Tennessee. It’s the first commercial deployment of the company’s patented approach to combining solar generation with full-scale…
Toyota's 3-row electric SUV is gaining a luxury Lexus sibling: Here's our first look [Images]
May 4, 2026
Toyota’s luxury Lexus brand will unveil its first three-row electric SUV in less than a week. The higher-end sibling to the Highlander EV was spotted testing for the first time ahead of its debut.
Is Lexus launching a three-row electric SUV?
After revealing the…
The Marine Corps is updating its Marine Reconnaissance training curriculum through the launch of a new Ground Reconnaissance Course, according to Training and Education Command.
As the new initial course in the recon training pipeline, GRC is one of two programs, alongside…
FORT MAGSAYAY, Philippines — As an American reconnaissance drone hummed overhead, soldiers of the U.S. and Philippine armies stormed forward through the jungle terrain, laying down suppressive fire on enemy positions. This jungle patrol in the thickly vegetated training area of Fort Magsaysay, located 75 miles north of Manila, was just one of many events taking place across the Philippines in…
