A new AI weather forecasting tool released today by the startup WindBorne Systems offers more frequent and accurate predictions on key variables than the world-leading system developed by European governments, thanks to advancements in how sensor readings are fed into deep learning models.
Founded by a group of Stanford students in 2019, WindBorne began by building a better weather balloon, with…
As its traffic continues to climb, alternative search engine DuckDuckGo is leaning into anti-AI sentiment with the launch of new browser extensions that allow users to set its no-AI search experience, noai.duckduckgo.com, as their default search engine.
Once enabled, users…
This week at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Athens – part of the Panathēnea festival taking place in the city – I sat down with Niko Bonatsos of Verdict Capital, Andreas Stavropoulos of Threshold Ventures, and Ben Blume of Atomico to ask about the current state of…
The winners of the OpenWalls Spotlight Awards 2026 have been announced, and this year’s champion images hit you straight in the feels, evoking all kinds of nostalgia and longing for friends and family, but also for years gone by.
Themed around homecoming, this year’s edition of the competition – which is organized by the British Journal of Photography – saw an impressive, deeply…
This stunning abstract photography trick uses a secret ingredient that's hiding in your childhood toy box
June 2, 2026
While you can file playing marbles at school in the same memory drawer as hopscotch and riding around on your chopper bicycle, they do make a great subject for an abstract macro project. Don’t worry about braving cobwebs and setting off your dust allergy by scrabbling…
I recently spoke to Toby Smith, the director of development and fundraising for the Belfast Photo Festival – which this year is hosting probably the most controversial photography exhibition in history.
Camera Obsolete will give visitors the choice between smashing up a…
During a global moment where oil prices are spiking tremendously, a movement to increase gas taxes is brewing in Australia. And if it does succeed, it could provide a template that could help other countries not only fund their own prosperity, but reduce the tremendous damage done by fossil fuels.
At issue are Australia’s exports of petroleum gas, largely in the form of liquified methane.
While…
For over a decade now, Tesla has sold a promise of vehicles that can drive themselves, even stating that every car it produced had all the hardware for self-driving.
But after years of the company being unable to deliver, some owners want their money back. Ben Gawiser is one…
The 2027 Chevy Equinox EV and Blazer EV are almost here, bringing a few updates that fix some of the biggest complaints with the current models.
2027 Chevy Equinox and Blazer EV updates
GM is giving drivers what they want. For the 2027 model year, Chevy’s electric SUVs…
“I went to Japan and I was ready to spend the next 20 years there,” Kayla Saska said, a former sailor describing her first duty station. “I loved it, the people, the culture.”
Kayla, a high school athlete who scored well on the military entrance exams, excelled in the Navy school for her job, fire controlman aegis. She picked Japan so that she could do her job where it really mattered, and…
