No, it’s not aliens, but a phenomenon caused by magnetic activity that astronomers have never before been able to pin on a specific planet.

As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 16th, 2026 Montepulciano by Paulian Prajitura This was the first time I almost lost my drone. I was sheltered between some walls and I didn't notice the high wind that was blowing. In a few minutes my drone drifted away from me some 500 meters. I panicked of course. I managed to get it back when it had only 10% battery left. Once it was safe I found the courage to take this last photo of the town. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 15th, 2026 In the Silence of Fog by Michael Bottari At this morning the was every where and covered this location in deep silence. Normaly the leafs shine in beautiful autumn colors and huge mountains where in the back. The Große Ahornboden ist famous for his colorful maple trees white the colorful leafs, but on this morning the fog changed his face completely. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Reves One has painted “Flora” on a student accommodation building in Glasgow. Rising six storeys and 21 metres, the mural is the largest wall the artist says they have worked on to date.  The height gives the work a presence well beyond the building’s immediate frontage. Reves One identifies the site with Prestige Student Living...

The Other Art Fair Returns to LA With 160 Independent Artists From 14 Countries The Other Art Fair is returning to Los Angeles this month. This event is bringing 160 independent artists to Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Presented by Saatchi Art, the fair’s 16th LA edition combines contemporary art with interactive installations. This includes an artist-designed mini golf course and a site-specific restroom installation inspired by the British […] READ: The Other Art Fair Returns to LA With 160 Independent Artists From 14 Countries

A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.

"We find ourselves in a really terrible ​situation in terms of what AI is doing to kids." The post Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media appeared first on Futurism.

Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.

Shortly after Artemis II splashdown on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

Japan Now Has More Than 100,000 People Over the Age of 100 If you want to know the secrets to living longer, you should probably ask one of the many centenarians in Japan. The nation’s health ministry recently reported that Japan is now home to 107,677 people aged 100 or over, the highest number in the world. The figure marks a new record for the 56th consecutive […] READ: Japan Now Has More Than 100,000 People Over the Age of 100

‘Women Photographers Are Dangerous’: Photo Book Celebrates the Lasting Legacy of Women Photographers Women have been pivotal pioneers in photography. Ever since the invention of the medium, they have used it to document everything from war and political upheaval to fashion and the mundane yet cherished moments of everyday life. Despite their contributions, however, many women photographers have been severely overlooked throughout history. Now, there’s a new photography […] READ: ‘Women Photographers Are Dangerous’: Photo Book Celebrates the Lasting Legacy of Women Photographers

One of the interesting things about the entries in this month's colour theme of “the dynamics of colour” is that so many of the strongest entries chose to use a single colour to draw the reader's interest and I think that says something quite powerful about the use of colour in photography. Simply splashing colour […] The post Dynamics of Colour Photo Contest Winners appeared first on Light Stalking.

A 16-year-old has the remarkable ability to recall events that have happened to him with unparalleled clarity. While most people can remember things t...

In 1924, Zenon Komissarenko, Youry Merkulov and Nikolai Khodataev produced Interplanetary Revolution, which might just be one of the strangest Soviet propaganda films ever produced. First, the film is animated using not only traditional cel animation but also collage and stop motion, giving the work a queasy, disorienting feel. A bit like looking at a painting […]

Edyta Hul’s Materia From The Land brings her layered paintings into a new art book from Snap Collective. Explore preview spreads and pre-order details.

"One word: hallucination." The post Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe appeared first on Futurism.

Artist Kelogsloops Confronts Emotional Highs and Lows in New Breathtaking Painting Exhibition [Interview] The Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles has recently opened an exhibition that confronts big emotions. Hieu Thien Nguyen, known artistically as kelogsloops, debuts Love, Death & All Her Friends, a stunning show of ethereal works created in the artist’s signature style. Using watercolor, gouache, pencil, and gold leaf, the narrative compositions explore how nothing […] READ: Artist Kelogsloops Confronts Emotional Highs and Lows in New Breathtaking Painting Exhibition [Interview]

Female Diver Saves Whale’s Life by Removing Trash From Its Mouth With Her Hands A female diver risked it all to help one of the largest animals in the world. Robby Melville and Lorien Cleavinger of Globetrotting Baes, a pair who host small group trips into the wild, were somewhere in the Indian Ocean when they noticed the regular pristine waters were covered with plant debris and garbage. Diving […] READ: Female Diver Saves Whale’s Life by Removing Trash From Its Mouth With Her Hands

Music Prodigy Armed With a Single Keyboard Gets Entire Room Dancing in Indonesia   Ver esta publicación en Instagram   Una publicación compartida por ALUN BUTUUNI SOUND (@alundbutuuni_sound) To turn up a party, you don’t need a flashy DJ with state-of-the-art equipment. Sometimes all it takes is one talented musician. Few people embody this like Habib Gunjat aka DJ Bumblebee. Armed with a single keyboard, he is the […] READ: Music Prodigy Armed With a Single Keyboard Gets Entire Room Dancing in Indonesia

Add Fuel’s “Carnival Nautical” brings the decorative language of Asbury Park’s seafront architecture to the First Avenue Pavilion at 800 Ocean Avenue. Painted in 2026, the mural draws on forms the artist found in the Convention Hall, Paramount Theatre and Carousel Building, then reworks them through his approach to Portuguese azulejo patterns. (woodenwallsproject.com) Seashells, seahorses,...

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly resembles the musical symbol.

Sebas Velasco, a Spanish painter and muralist whose expressive oil paintings turn the ordinary streets, apartment blocks, aging cars, and anonymous residents of the Balkans into cinematic studies of memory, place, and time. Born in Burgos in 1988, he began in graffiti and later developed a practice spanning studio painting, illustration, and murals. For more […]

Jesse Manfre is a self-taught graphic designer and illustrator creating under the name J.WAV Design. His work combines bold graphic abstraction, surreal atmosphere, music-world visual language, and a distinctly eerie, dreamlike sense of place. J.WAV’s visual world sits somewhere between a late-night radio transmission, a vintage arcade screen, an abandoned beach town, and a strange […]

The Cybercab is giving firefighters plenty of homework. The post Tesla Instructs Firefighters to Call Two Separate Support Hotlines in the Event of a Robotaxi Accident appeared first on Futurism.

Reza Afshar is an Iranian freelance environment concept artist and illustrator whose detailed digital paintings build vast science-fiction and fantasy worlds. He has worked professionally in video games, film, animation, and trading-card games since 2012, and is described in recent profiles as based in Istanbul. Afshar’s work centers on places rather than portraits: colossal ruins, […]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 14th, 2026 Eldamar’s Hidden Sanctuary by Hugo Valle They say there are places in this world where the veil between our reality and ancient realms wears as thin as gossamer. Back in the autumn of 2021, wandering deep into the forests of Plitvice, the rising mist did more than blanket the landscape—it seemed to whisper of forgotten ages. As though the Elven sages of the First Days had cast a ward of quiet mystery over the valley, the falls unveiled themselves through the haze, revealing the true Eldamar’s Hidden Sanctuary. In this haven where time stands still, waters tumble with eternal grace, guarded by ancient trees cloaked in gold and amber to catch the day's fading light. It takes little imagination to picture the Firstborn walking softly along these secluded paths, hidden from the hurried gaze of the world, seeking solace in the roar of the water and the gentle embrace of the fog. For those who know how to truly see, this is far more than a vista in Croatia; it is a gateway, a sanctuary where ancient magic still lingers in every golden leaf. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 13th, 2026 Autumn walks by Yong Lei van Barlingen On a walk with Molly enjoying the colours of Autumn. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 12th, 2026 Grote Geelstaart @ Getoese Festival 2026 by Timo Schakau Grote Geelstaart @ Getoese Festival 2026 --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 11th, 2026 Salar de Uyuni by Daniel Viñé During our trip through Chile, we also crossed into Bolivia to spend a few days at the Salar de Uyuni and a few other places. And I’m so glad we did: I’ve rarely felt like the sky and the earth were one and the same ✨ @jlopezruiz.photography poses next to our guide’s car while the Milky Way arches overhead and the moon begins to peek out between Juan and the car. It’s one of those memories that’s hard to explain… but impossible to forget 🌌🚙 This time, without a tracker or an astro camera. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

Fstoppers Photo of the Day for October 10th, 2026 Autumn mountain by Anastasios Gialopoulos What a view from the opposite side,hiking in the Austrian alps.The sun is hitting with the first rays and points out the amazing colourful autumn forest. Beauty in his best ! --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

New Bedford Whaling Museum Turned a 1-Star Review Into a Best-Selling Merch Collection   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by New Bedford Whaling Museum (@whalingmuseum) Customer feedback can often make or break a business, but New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts didn’t let its one-star Google review get in the way of success. When a disappointed visitor from five years ago reported that the […] READ: New Bedford Whaling Museum Turned a 1-Star Review Into a Best-Selling Merch Collection

Painter Spends 20 Years Trying To Be an Artist, Now Sees Hardships as the Core of Her Work [Interview] When someone is struggling to make ends meet, an artistic practice is often the last thing on their mind. For 20 years, artist Janice Yang struggled to finish her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and keep painting. It was not for lack of willpower or interest—Yang wanted nothing more than to be an artist. But […] READ: Painter Spends 20 Years Trying To Be an Artist, Now Sees Hardships as the Core of Her Work [Interview]

Genuine concern or safety theater? The post Is There a Secret Reason for the Industry-Wide AI Slowdown? appeared first on Futurism.

The Android version of Premiere has unique layouts on candy bar phones and foldable devices. It’s free to use and available today.

The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.

The exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft are seen illuminated by sunlight against the predawn sky during the launch of NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, as seen from Cocoa Beach, Florida. The light makes the plumes look like a jellyfish in the sky.

The inebriated man had decided to drive from England to Scotland despite being almost completely blind. You would think that being unable to see would...

Public disagreement about whether political violence is rising and who is responsible for it stems not from ideology alone but from competing definitions about what should be counted.

Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual.

I have often said that there are six stages to a photographer’s life. The very first is wow, that moment when you realise that photography is for you, something that is going to consume you for many years to come. The second stage is woe. That’s the defining moment when you realise that there is […] The post Turning Woe Back To Wow in Photography appeared first on Light Stalking.

3 Online Classes, 3 Different Ways To Draw Buildings That You’ll Never Get Bored Of Art teaches us that there’s no “right” way to express a subject—even when two people are looking at the same thing. Sketching style and painting approaches can completely change how something appears, and that’s wonderful. Take architectural drawing and painting, for instance. Through My Modern Met Academy, our e-learning platform, we offer three classes in […] READ: 3 Online Classes, 3 Different Ways To Draw Buildings That You’ll Never Get Bored Of

There was a time when you could just go out and buy an Enigma machine. In the early nineteen-twenties, any organization with a need to keep its communications secret could order a few of those brand-new devices from Germany and rest assured that any messages encoded using them would be safe from prying eyes. It […]

Critical theorists like Theodor Adorno may have overreached in claiming that all mass culture is mediocre, mechanized propaganda made to justify the status quo. But that doesn’t mean they were entirely wrong. Over and over we see even the most subversive art, literature, film, and music has a way of being tamed and Bowdlerized. Global […]

In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments.

"We have given social media unlimited power and every day we can see how dangerous this is." The post Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism appeared first on Futurism.