Snapchat is making its new “Imagine Lens,” the company’s first open prompt image-generation AI Lens, available to all users for free. The Lens was initially launched in September but only for paid subscribers. With the Lens, users can edit their own Snaps using custom prompts or generate their own.
For instance, you could prompt the app, “Turn me into an alien” after…
Photography has the power to confront and question – and these artists are doing exactly that, competing for a £30,000 prize
October 24, 2025
The four shortlisted artists of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 are using photography to slow things down. From prisons to personal histories, encyclopaedic fictions to the fluidity of identity, this year’s shortlist underscores…
This winter, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is presenting Still Glasgow, an ambitious photographic survey drawn from Glasgow Life Museums’ collection.
Opening November 29 and running until April, it features more than 80 works spanning from the 1940s to today. And…
A new campaign is adding to the growing chorus of pushback against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s absurdly large proposed $1 trillion pay package, this time led by unions and public interest groups. The campaign encourages individuals to get in contact with their pension or retirement funds and ask them to vote against Musk’s payday.
In September, Tesla’s board proposed a stock award worth up to $1…
We’ve long known that inside of Rivian, the popular electric pickup and SUV maker, lived a tiny skunkworks of e-bike folks ready to reinvent the micromobility world with their own take on the future of rideables. After the company was spun off and brought to public…
The new and improved 2026 Toyota bZ is surprisingly affordable
October 24, 2025
Toyota’s upgraded electric SUV is now available to order. The 2026 Toyota bZ offers more driving range, new styling inside and out, a built-in NACS port so you can recharge at Tesla Superchargers, and prices still start at under $35,000. Toyota is also giving all bZ4X…
Greenland radars vulnerable to hypersonic missiles, critics warn
October 24, 2025
Since the early days of the Cold War, the early warning radars on Greenland have been a linchpin for defending North America against nuclear attack by intercontinental ballistic missiles.
But the radars themselves are vulnerable to attack by hypersonic missiles, critics warn. U.S. bases in Greenland can neither detect those missiles, nor shoot them down.
“The U.S. does not have a standing…
How the Army could customize tanks for future urban warfare
October 24, 2025
For steel beasts, the most dangerous habitat is urban. Tall buildings and narrow city streets are unfriendly territory for a 12-foot-wide tank that weighs 70 tons.
Yet, as the world becomes increasingly urbanized, and combat in cities and villages has become the norm, armor…
ROME — Europe’s three big space operators have announced a merger of their space businesses to take on competitors like Elon Musk’s Starlink. Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will pool their space efforts in a new company employing 25,000 staff with an an annual turnover of…
Don’t pay full price for these popular streaming services
October 24, 2025
If you’re paying year-round for subscriptions to Peacock, HBO Max, Disney+, or Hulu, you’re probably wasting money.
While each of these services has raised prices this year, you can get them at a discount as part of various food delivery, grocery, and credit card services. The total cost will be less that what you’d pay for each service alone; plus, you’ll get some extra perks on the…
