Can the U.S. beat China to the moon, and will NASA have the resources to do so?
These were just some of the considerations raised when SpaceX billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman once again appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday (Dec. 3) for a bid at NASA chief.
This wasn’t Isaacman’s first rodeo before the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation…
Just as the sun slips behind the Chilean Andes, it seemed to send up a tiny emerald flare. The photograph, taken from Cerro Pachón in Chile by NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador Petr Horálek, captures a classic but elusive atmospheric trick of the light: the green flash.
What…
Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features
December 9, 2025
An increasing number of browsers are experimenting with agentic features that will take actions on your behalf, such as booking tickets or shopping for different items. However, these agentic capabilities also come with security risks that could lead to loss of data or…
‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
December 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from enacting their own regulation of AI technology.
“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”
“There must be only One…
OpenAI released new data Monday showing enterprise usage of its AI tools has surged dramatically over the past year, with ChatGPT message volume growing 8x since November 2024 and workers reporting they’re saving up to an hour daily. The findings arrive a week after…
This is the REAL reason British families keep photographing the same Christmas scenes every year (and what pros can learn from it)
December 9, 2025
New research from photo printing company Cewe has mapped Britain’s festive photography habits – and most of the findings, to be honest, aren’t that surprising.
The data, drawn from a survey of 2,000 UK adults, shows that 45% photograph their Christmas dinner…
Martin Parr in his own words: "People are funny"
December 9, 2025
Parr sadly passed away on December 6, 2025, aged 73. Back in 2016, Professional Photography magazine sat down with prolific Parr to discuss his photo books, wedding photography, and his “laboratory”, the beach.
“You have to laugh. People are funny, aren’t they?” Martin Parr has a keen eye for quirky human behaviour. Where you or I might dismiss an everyday scene of supermarket…
I think this type of photography is the perfect solution to what to do with your camera on a rainy day
December 9, 2025
You might think that still life photography requires a large space to operate in and a huge assortment of photography lighting kits, but if you’re a photography beginner or simply want to kill time on a rainy day, you can capture still life photography from the comfort of…
This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to make cars less efficient when Americans are already paying record-high energy bills during an affordability crisis fueled by tariff-driven inflation. That plan is now up for public comment.
Since the…
I got a 5-ton electric tractor from China. Here’s what showed up
December 9, 2025
When a 40-foot container rolled up to my property and the doors swung open, I finally got to meet a machine I’d only last seen half-finished on a factory floor in China. Sitting up front, nose practically pressed against the container doors, was my new 10,000-plus-pound (4,700 kg) electric tractor: the NESHER L3000 wheel loader.
Technically, it’s part of a class known as articulating front…
