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Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them

July 28, 2026
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses. On July 10…
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A seed that flew around the moon grew into this tree in NYC

July 28, 2026
NEW YORK — Madison Square Park in midtown Manhattan is home to some 44 tree species. And on a Thursday afternoon blanketed in wildfire smoke, a small crowd gathered to see one in particular. The slender American sweet gum looked unassuming, especially compared to the…
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This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

July 28, 2026
Screen-time apps aren’t effective for many people because, in the end, they depend on your willpower. They remind you to stop scrolling or let you set timers, but such notifications can be easy to ignore. Autonomous Key takes a different approach to this issue simply by being a physical device. It’s an NFC key that pairs with a companion app to let you lock away distracting apps. So instead…
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The Photography & Video Show 2027: everything you need to know

July 28, 2026
The Photography & Video Show is heading back to London for 2027 – returning to the London ExCel exhibition center for four days from Saturday, March 13 to Tuesday, March 16. The show will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 every day. The Photography & Video Show is the must-attend UK event for anyone with an interest in photography or filmmaking, from complete beginners to working professionals: the…
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Chris Killip spent months living in deindustrialised communities in North-East England, photographing some of the most intimate images of 1970s and '80s Britain – using a huge camera that was never built for the job

July 28, 2026
Ask most photographers today what you need for unguarded, intimate documentary work and they’ll say something small, quiet and fast. A rangefinder, a compact, anything you can raise and lower before a subject has time to arrange their face. To say that Chris Killip went in…
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His neighbors “thought him mad to spend so many hours staring into a coffin.” James Clerk Maxwell wasn’t a photographer, but he created the world’s oldest color photo with an idea still used today

July 28, 2026
Many of the biggest achievements in photography’s history came from photographers and chemists, but the invention of color photographs wasn’t initiated by a photographer at all but a physicist obsessed with the science of colors. James Clerk Maxwell was a mid-1800s…
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Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe

July 28, 2026
Elon Musk says Tesla expects to have self-driving working on the Tesla Semi “probably around the end of this year or early next year.” Going by Tesla’s record on self-driving deadlines, it is: their jobs are safe for a long time. Musk sells the autonomous Semi as a favor to truckers The comment came on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call on July 22, after LightShed analyst Walter Piecyk asked…
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