Cosmic dust particles that give birth to planets around young stars have for the first time been found forming — the James Webb Space Telescope has witnessed the creation of these tiny planetary building blocks around a dead star.
“This discovery is a big step forward in understanding how the basic materials of planets come together,” Mikako Matsuura of Cardiff University, who led…
Nvidia’s $46.7B Q2 proves the platform, but its next fight is ASIC economics on inference
August 29, 2025
Nvidia reported $46.7 billion in revenue for fiscal Q2 2026 in their earnings announcement and call yesterday, with data center revenue hitting $41.1 billion, up 56% year over year. The company also released guidance for Q3, predicting a $54 billion quarter.
Behind these…
Nous Research drops Hermes 4 AI models that outperform ChatGPT without content restrictions
August 29, 2025
Nous Research, a secretive artificial intelligence startup that has emerged as a leading voice in the open-source AI movement, quietly released Hermes 4 on Monday, a family of large language models that the company claims can match the performance of leading proprietary…
In crowded voice AI market, OpenAI bets on instruction-following and expressive speech to win enterprise adoption
August 29, 2025
OpenAI adds to an increasingly competitive AI voice market for enterprises with its new model, gpt-realtime, that follows complex instructions and with voices “that sound more natural and expressive.”
As voice AI continues to grow, and customers find use cases such as customer service calls or real-time translation, the market for realistic-sounding AI voices that also offer enterprise-grade…
This is the number one reason why architecture photography lacks depth – and this is the fix
August 29, 2025
Architecture photography thrives on detail – whether you’re capturing the clean lines of a modern skyscraper or the weathered textures of a centuries-old façade. While a single exposure might seem sufficient at first, it often fails to do justice to the full dynamic…
Natural light photography is trending as searches reach the highest levels in a decade. What does that mean for photographers?
August 29, 2025
Analyzing changes in Google searches is often a key indicator of trending topics – and data suggests that natural light photography is surging in popularity. According to data from Google Trends, searches for “natural light photography” are the highest that they’ve…
The new T-Roc has finally arrived, bringing some major upgrades. Volkswagen’s best-selling SUV will be available as a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) for the first time, but there’s more under the hood.
Volkswagen’s best-selling SUV goes hybrid: 2026 T-Roc
Since launching the T-Roc in 2017, VW’s crossover SUV has attracted over two million buyers. Nearly 300,000 drivers in Europe opted for…
What seemed like a too-good-to-be-true opportunity in micromobility has turned into a cautionary tale. The Lightning Shared Scooter Company (LSSC) lured investors with promises of leasing scooters in Asia, offering hefty daily returns to Western investors – often average…
The Anthbot Genie 3000 brings automated mowing tech to your backyard without the need for old-fashioned perimeter wires. It has GPS-grade precision and AI-powered vision, and I got to check out how well it works. With a mix of impressive strengths and a few growing pains…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a major air attack early Thursday on Kyiv that included a rare strike on the city center, killing at least 19 people, wounding 48 and damaging European Union diplomatic offices, authorities said.
The bombardment of drones and missiles was the first major Russian attack on Kyiv in weeks as U.S.-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain…
