Artificial intelligence is moving quickly into drug discovery as pharmaceutical and biotech companies look for ways to cut years off R&D timelines and increase the chances of success amid rising costs. More than 200 startups are now competing to weave AI directly into research workflows, attracting growing interest from investors. Converge Bio is the latest company to ride that shift, securing…
When Justin Kim, co-founder and CEO of Hupo, first launched his company about four years ago, it wasn’t selling AI-powered sales coaching to banks, finance services, or insurance companies. The company originally began as Ami, a mental wellness platform focused on how…
$1,000,000 up for grabs in world's richest photography awards as 2026 HIPA contest theme is revealed!
January 14, 2026
With a breathtaking $1,000,000 prize fund, the Hamdan International Photography Awards are now open for entries. The theme for this year’s HIPA contest is Family – with the Grand Prize winner receiving a cash award of US$200,000 (£150,000) for the best overall…
This award-winning 'reaction' shot proves there's a lot more to sports photography than the action itself
January 14, 2026
Despite masterfully capturing a decisive emotional moment after a boxing bout, Vladimir Tadic doesn’t even consider himself to be a sports photographer – landscapes are his specialty.
But genre-swapping didn’t stop him topping the Sports category in the fourteenth season of HIPA (the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards), which was themed…
The one lens trick that made Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist, a street photography legend
January 14, 2026
Milan is a city unlike any other, and flipping through Scott Schuman’s The Sartorialist. Milano, I feel as though I’m walking its streets alongside him. His new photography book, published by Taschen, is a love letter to the city; its architecture, its rhythm, its…
The Kia EV2 looks like a perfect fit as an affordable electric hot hatch, but there's a catch
January 14, 2026
Is the EV2 GT the affordable electric hot hatch we’ve been waiting for? Kia hinted that one is on the way, but it might look and feel a little different from Kia’s other electric GT models.
Kia hints at EV2 GT as an affordable electric hot hatch
The EV2 is among the…
The Pikaboost electric bike conversion kit is back, this time with an even lighter version. The new Pikeboost 2 Lite was shown off last week as a more minimalist version of the popular friction drive conversion kit.
As a friction drive kit, the Pikaboost 2 Lite uses a roller on the rear tire of a bicycle to turn it into an electric bike, meaning owners don’t need to install a wheel motor or a…
It’s about the size of a Tesla Model Y, and Mazda is already calling it a “dream car.” Mazda introduced the CX-6e for Europe, Australia, and other global markets, but will those in the US ever see it?
Is Mazda’s new electric SUV coming to the US?
At the Brussels…
PARIS – Huntington Ingalls Industries has doubled the footprint of its site on the south coast of England as the American shipbuilder seeks to service its growing business of unmanned underwater vehicles for the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy and other navies in western and…
A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said.
A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than…
