A new risk assessment has found that xAI’s chatbot Grok has inadequate identification of users under 18, weak safety guardrails, and frequently generates sexual, violent, and inappropriate material. In other words, Grok is not safe for kids or teens.
The damning report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that provides age-based ratings and reviews of media and tech for families, comes as…
Just because it is winter doesn’t mean you should stay inside hibernating until spring. I mean, you can if you want to, I won’t be checking up on anyone. However, it’s more fun to pack your camera, tripod and umbrella and head for a scenic coastline to discover the…
In a refreshingly blunt moment that cuts against one of photography’s most romantic myths, street photographer Matt Stuart argues that talent doesn’t really exist at all.
Speaking while wandering the streets of Amsterdam in a new episode of Walkie Talkie produced by…
Photography is a “terrible career” said Florida-based poster, Alan Black, setting the busy micro-blogging platform Threads alight over the weekend as part of his list of dating red lines on the platform’s main dating thread. Any woman he dated, he said, must not be a photographer, he said, getting over 2,800 responses.
He went on to add: “People being upset about…
Tesla quietly starts shipping Model Y with new AI4.5 computer
January 28, 2026
Tesla appears to be quietly rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving computer, with new Model Y owners discovering their vehicles are equipped with “Hardware 4.5”, or AI4.5 as it’s being labeled internally.
The discovery comes from owners taking delivery of…
Kia opened orders for the Seltos hybrid in South Korea, saying it lays the groundwork for the electric vehicle era. Does that mean the Seltos will get an EV version, too?
Kia Seltos launches as a hybrid for the first time
After another record-breaking sales year in 2025…
This major city just banned fat tire electric bikes
January 28, 2026
Amsterdam is often held up as the gold standard for bicycle-friendly cities, but even in one of the most bike-centric places on Earth, not all e-bikes are being treated equally. The Dutch capital has announced plans to ban electric fat tire bikes from its most famous park, and city officials are openly discussing whether wider restrictions could follow.
The initial ban targets fat tire e-bikes in…
Boeing on Tuesday reported a $565 million loss on its KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker in the fourth quarter of 2025, the latest for a program that has recorded billions in losses over the years.
In an earnings call with investors, Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Satellite imagery appears to show China is set to reclaim land on another reef in the South China Sea for yet another military base.
Simultaneously, China demonstrated the use of hundreds of fishing boats to support future combat operations…
PARIS — Europeans are “dreaming” if they think the continent can defend itself without the United States, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a meeting with members of the European Parliament on Monday, citing the costs of going it alone and the need to build up a nuclear capability.
“If anyone thinks here that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the…
