Meta has spent billions of dollars developing AI and building out data centers to support it. But now, the company may be preparing to put those data centers to a more immediately profitable purpose.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to both AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud…
The world’s largest camera was built for scientific discovery, but as the Vera C. Robin Observatory begins its decade-long survey of the night sky, the researchers are calling the work both scientific and a “blockbuster movie of the Universe.”
The Vera C. Rubin’s…
From over 108,000 images submitted by photographers from more than 160 countries and territories, Hasselblad Masters has just announced its 7 winners for the 2026 competition.
Across every category, the awarded images combine instant visual impact with lasting depth. The…
BYD's flagship electric SUV is so smooth that it won an anti-motion-sickness certification
July 2, 2026
BYD’s new full-size electric SUV features an industry-first anti-motion-sickness mode for all passengers.
BYD’s Great Tang wins an anti-motion sickness award
The Great Tang is BYD’s largest SUV yet, measuring over 17 feet (5,236 mm) long. As BYD’s first D-segment flagship SUV, it offers all the premium extras you’d expect, like massive digital screens, a dual-chamber air suspension, and…
BMW revealed the new X5 on Tuesday, including the first all-electric iX5. The iX5 adopts the Neue Klasse style and tech with an impressive range of up to 525 miles on a single charge.
Meet the first electric BMW iX5 60 xDrive
For its fifth generation, the new M5 will be…
Rivian has released approximate order invite dates to reservation holders for its new mid-sized Rivian R2 SUV.
Rivian recently started shipping its new R2, which also coincided with the availability of demo drives, order invites, and media reviews.
The R2 is basically a…
ROME — The tri-nation industrial consortium behind the GCAP fighter program is set to get its next major contract before the Farnborough airshow this month, after the U.K. came up with essential funding on the day that cash flow for the jet was due to run out.
Sources close to the program told Defense News the next contract was made possible by the U.K.’s timely commitment of £8.6 billion…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has turned its signature naval drone – the little boat that drove Russia’s fleet out of the western Black Sea – into a launch platform for first-person-view attack drones, putting Kyiv’s strike reach beyond the coast.
The Sea Baby, a strike…
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday to spend an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernize Britain’s depleted armed forces in a long-delayed investment plan that is designed to prepare for the wars of the future and mark his legacy.
In what is most…
Anyone installing Windows 11 from scratch today will quickly realize that the operating system no longer wants to be just an operating system. Even during setup, you have to click your way through numerous prompts. Microsoft account, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, location sharing, diagnostic data, personalized advertising — time and again you have to actively opt out before you even reach the…
