On July 4, the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, marking the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and becoming a sovereign nation.
Today, this relatively young country leads the way in our understanding of the universe. It’s where many major players in space science, like NASA, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Massachusetts Institute of…
Want to see Uranus for yourself? Independence Day morning offers one of the best opportunities in decades, as the distant ice giant passes extraordinarily close to Mars in the predawn sky.
Although we often hear that only five planets are visible to the unaided eye, Uranus…
The United States has taken some significant steps into the final frontier during its first 250 years.
The nation has put people on the moon, helped build and operate a long-running space station in low Earth orbit (LEO) and sent fleets of robotic explorers to many corners…
A couple of new reports have emerged online, tipping a few features of the upcoming Galaxy S27 series models. The reports suggest that Samsung will be equipping all four Galaxy S27 series models with the Privacy Display feature that first debuted on the S26 Ultra earlier this year. Also, the Pro and the Ultra model could be getting a new selfie camera sensor.
As per The Elec, “All (Galaxy S27…
Following the Trump directive that led Anthropic to pull its latest AI models offline and growing calls for sovereign tech that reduces reliance on the U.S., Mistral AI has been caught in a whirlwind of attention. But the French AI darling is often misunderstood, and the…
The only AI glossary you’ll need this year
July 6, 2026
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the world, and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Sit in on any product meeting, pitch, or panel these days, and you’ll hear people toss around LLMs, RAG, RLHF, and a dozen other terms that…
The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
July 6, 2026
The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore – it’s over which company’s AI gets to act on your behalf inside the browser. Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari still dominate the market overall, with Chrome’s edge coming largely from how aggressively it has woven generative AI into search. But 2026 has brought a wave of new entrants…
Macro photography is recognizable by its characteristic shallow depth of field and tight framing. In the majority of close-up images, a single subject is isolated in the frame, with a sharp falloff in focus in front of and behind the subject.
This type of composition is…
American photographers more or less invented color as a serious art form. William Eggleston’s Memphis, Joel Meyerowitz’s Cape Cod, Stephen Shore’s road trips across a candy-colored 1970s USA.
Scottish photographer Niall McDiarmid is working in that same tradition, just…
Moretón is the Spanish word for ‘bruise’ and the title of Darren Vargas’ first publication, which centers around the Lee Espinoza Coachella Valley Boxing Club.
The first-generation Mexican-American photographer was inspired to embark on the project following the death of his grandfather, Esmael. Boxing club owner Lee Espinoza, who is affectionately known in the area as the “godfather of…
