Since AI tools went mainstream, filmmakers, writers, and actors have been scrambling to figure out whether these technologies can truly assist their creativity or if they might end up replacing humans. But there’s a larger concern to address before we get swept away by debate: AI can’t run without enormous data centers and energy infrastructure.
A new joint venture, dubbed Utopai East…
Explore the most stunning macro and micro photographs in the world's biggest close-up competition
November 4, 2025
A beetle locked in battle. A spider frozen mid-hunt. Tiny guni erupting like alien sculptures on a rotting log. These are just a few of the stunning images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) shortlist, revealed after 22 judges spent 20 hours…
Are 360-degree cameras useful for astrophotography? I took one on a hunt for the Northern Lights to find out
November 4, 2025
Can 360-degree cameras be used in the dark to image the night sky? Astrophotographers have been using circular fisheye lenses to capture the Milky Way for decades, while astronomers regularly employ 180-degree (whole-sky) lenses to image fleeting “shooting stars” and, in…
If you’ve ever looked at an album cover or music poster and thought: “Wow!”, there’s a good chance the British photographer Andy Earl was involved. Across four decades, he has created more than 400 album covers and countless portraits of artists who shaped an era. Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Prince, Madonna, Robbie Williams: the list reads like a history of classic pop and…
Autonomous taxi company Waymo faced scrutiny last month when a car was caught on video illegally passing a stopped school bus that was letting children off in Atlanta. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into it.
Georgia State…
Nobody ever says “this is business” before doing something nice, and the recently reborn Lion Electric company is keeping that streak alive by doing the unthinkable to cut costs: they’re going to void the warranties on hundreds of electric school buses.
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We recently got a chance to test out a few Chinese EVs in the US, despite that none of the models are actually available here. It gave us just a small taste of the variety and quality of vehicles coming out of the world’s largest EV market – and largest car exporter.
The Chinese EV market is flourishing, with a huge amount of models available in all different vehicle segments and price…
A new U.S. Army directive orders commanders to act within hours — not days — when a soldier goes missing, giving them three hours to classify a service member as “absent-unknown” and eight hours to notify the soldier’s family once the absence is discovered.
The…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case against a military contractor whose employee killed five people and injured 17 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016.
The majority of justices seemed skeptical that the case, brought against Fluor Corp., was an…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.
Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale…
