AI & RoboticsNews

Apple’s long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here

Two years after promising but failing to launch a smarter Siri, Apple unveiled its overhauled AI-powered assistant at its Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, on Monday. The Siri AI revamp will be available in beta later this year. The idea behind the new “Siri AI,” as it’s called, is to turn Siri from a voice-controlled assistant into an AI companion that can do a lot…
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NewsPhotography

Meet William Constable: The unsung pioneer of photography who helped pave the way for portraiture

Sometimes, even the most influential photographers get lost to time – and William Constable was certainly one of them. Even though the late artist was, for a time, the go-to photographer for British royalty, and pioneered commercial portraiture, his contributions to our beloved craft have never truly received the widespread recognition they deserve. That was until a few days ago when the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

China's EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths

China’s rapid switch to electric and other new energy vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Health. It’s some of the strongest real-world evidence yet that electrifying transportation delivers measurable public-health benefits, not just lower tailpipe emissions on paper. What the…
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DefenseNews

French jet on NATO mission shoots down drone in Latvian airspace

BERZGALE, Latvia — A French military Rafale fighter jet shot down a drone that entered NATO member Latvia’s airspace from Russia on Monday, the latest in a series of such security incidents along Europe’s eastern border regions. The Latvian army, without saying who launched the drone, said it entered from Russia “as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare.” Latvian Prime Minister…
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