AI & RoboticsNews

The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

July 15, 2026
For several weeks this summer, the AI industry was fixated on Anthropic’s latest frontier models and Washington’s fight to control who was granted access to them. But while everyone was watching the frontier, developers kept building – and they weren’t waiting around for permission from the Anthropics and OpenAIs of the world. Chinese open-weight models accounted for 41% of…
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NewsPhotography

I've honestly never seen a photo like this: How one aerial photographer turned a fishing scene into a work of fine art

July 15, 2026
There’s a split second when a cast fishing net hangs suspended in the air, mid-arc, before it settles on the water. Singaporean photographer Chin Leong Teo caught that moment in Dawn Net, and the result looks less like a fishing photograph and more like liquid gold spilling across dark water. This stunning composition helped earn Teo second place in the Photographer of the Year category at…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

A $5M startup claims rare earth-free electric motor breakthrough

July 15, 2026
A Bengaluru startup called Vimag Labs just secured its fifth Indian patent for an electric motor that runs without any rare-earth magnets, using software and power electronics to generate its magnetic field instead. It’s a small, $5-million company taking a swing at a problem that has stumped Tesla, GM, and every major automaker for years: how to build a competitive EV motor that doesn’t…
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DefenseNews

Manufacturing woes hamper US 155-mm ammo production

July 15, 2026
Manufacturing problems are dashing the U.S. Army’s plans to boost production of urgently needed 155-mm howitzer shells, a Pentagon watchdog warned. Despite a goal of 100,000 rounds per month by October 2025, the Army had only managed to produce 36,000 rounds per month as of March 2026, according to a report published this month by the Department of Defense Inspector General. Shell production…
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