With its newest release, Canadian RV specialist Leisure Travel Vans (LTV) adjusts focus from luxurious leisure to heart-pounding adventure travel. The new Unity TBX motorhome promises to step up the game from 4x4 adventure van life like a penthouse suite steps it up from a basic hotel room. It'll still chase waves, plunder pillowy post-blizzard powder, and drive to the edge of sky-penetrating big wall climbs, but after the sun sets, it's much more than just a crash pad on a Sprinter chassis, providing a comfy, oversized living space complete with transformable multimedia lounge, master bedroom and dry bath.

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Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: Motorhome, Motorhomes, Leisure Travel Vans, RV, Off-grid, Camping, Mercedes-Benz, Outdoors and Camping

Scientists have uncovered an intriguing link between infection and brain health, finding that a common bacterium in the eye appears to be linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. It's the newest evidence suggesting bacteria and infections play a significant and poorly understood role in destroying the brain as we age.

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Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Cedars-Sinai, Brain, Inflammation, Cognitive functioning, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease

When it comes to tiny houses, smart storage is essential. Beyond finding room for the big things, it's crucial to make use of every nook, drawer, and corner. The Ingrid tiny house nails this, packing an impressive amount of storage and flexibility into a compact footprint.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Micro-House

Back in the days when DPReview was part of Amazon, I took photos at an event called "Barktoberfest," where people brought their pets to work in Halloween costumes. At one such event, I came across this French Bulldog, dressed in a Mexican poncho and sombrero, who had a look on his face that said, "I can't believe my person is making me do this."

Photo: Dale Baskin

Our January Editor's photo challenge theme is "Canine Capers."

This month, our Editor's challenge has gone to the dogs. Literally. We want to see your most impressive dog photography. Whether you've captured a soulful portrait, an action shot of a pup in flight, or your furry sidekick in an embarrassingly bad Halloween costume, we want to see it. Our favorites will be featured in an article on the DPReview homepage.

Photos can be submitted between Sunday, February 15, and Saturday, February 21 (GMT). The challenge is open to photos captured at any time.

Important: Images MUST include a title and a caption of at least 25 words to be eligible. We need to be able to share the story behind your photo. We will consider both photos and captions when selecting our winners, so make sure to tell us that story!

Visit the challenge page to read the full rules and to submit your photos for consideration as soon as the challenge opens.

Visit the challenge page to see the full rules

Back in the days when DPReview was part of Amazon, I took photos at an event called "Barktoberfest," where people brought their pets to work in Halloween costumes. At one such event, I came across this French Bulldog, dressed in a Mexican poncho and sombrero, who had a look on his face that said, "I can't believe my person is making me do this."

Photo: Dale Baskin

Our January Editor's photo challenge theme is "Canine Capers."

This month, our Editor's challenge has gone to the dogs. Literally. We want to see your most impressive dog photography. Whether you've captured a soulful portrait, an action shot of a pup in flight, or your furry sidekick in an embarrassingly bad Halloween costume, we want to see it. Our favorites will be featured in an article on the DPReview homepage.

Photos can be submitted between Sunday, February 15, and Saturday, February 21 (GMT). The challenge is open to photos captured at any time.

Important: Images MUST include a title and a caption of at least 25 words to be eligible. We need to be able to share the story behind your photo. We will consider both photos and captions when selecting our winners, so make sure to tell us that story!

Visit the challenge page to read the full rules and to submit your photos for consideration as soon as the challenge opens.

Visit the challenge page to see the full rules

Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page). We make the originals available for private users to download to their own machines for personal examination or printing; we do so in good faith, so please don't abuse it.

In addition to its ultra-wide prime, Canon announced a rather exotic lens this week: the RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM, which, at its widest setting, has a 190° field of view, meaning it can actually see behind itself. We got to spend a bit of time with it prior to its launch to get an idea of what shooting with this kind of focal length is like. (The experience gave us a renewed awareness of where our fingers and the feet of our tripods are.)

We hope to spend a bit more time with this lens to capture a few more kinds of subjects with it, such as architecture in good weather and, if we can find one, a skateboarder. We'll be sure to keep you updated when we add those images, but for now, enjoy the gallery.

Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page). We make the originals available for private users to download to their own machines for personal examination or printing; we do so in good faith, so please don't abuse it.

In addition to its ultra-wide prime, Canon announced a rather exotic lens this week: the RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM, which, at its widest setting, has a 190° field of view, meaning it can actually see behind itself. We got to spend a bit of time with it prior to its launch to get an idea of what shooting with this kind of focal length is like. (The experience gave us a renewed awareness of where our fingers and the feet of our tripods are.)

We hope to spend a bit more time with this lens to capture a few more kinds of subjects with it, such as architecture in good weather and, if we can find one, a skateboarder. We'll be sure to keep you updated when we add those images, but for now, enjoy the gallery.

One of the most successful infantry weapons of the Cold War, if not of the last century, is beginning its journey to retirement as Raytheon successfully demonstrates the Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI), which is set to replace the Stinger missile.

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Category: Military, Technology

Tags: Raytheon, Missile Defense

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have developed an electronic skin that allows humanoid robots to distinguish everyday touch from damaging force. That ability, once reserved for living nervous systems, could reshape how robots interact with the physical world and with humans in particular.

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Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Robots, Skin, Electronic skin, Sensory, Touch

In Paris, Stärke Motors is talking German cars. The newly-unveiled Speedster Gen 2 is a modern Porsche 718 with a retro 356-style body and interior. For about US$135,000, anyone with a 2017 or newer 718 can have Stärke transform it into a Speedster. For about $50k more, the company will source a donor car for you.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Car, Porsche, Retro, retromobile

SpaceX's Starlink communications satellite constellation is doing double duty as the company announces that it's moonlighting as the Stargaze Space Situational Awareness system that can track and manage traffic in low Earth orbit.

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: SpaceX, Starlink, Space Junk

We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral designs found on the painted pottery sherds from the Halafian sites across northern Mesopotamia, dating back 8000 years.

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Category: History, Science

Tags: Mathematics, Archeology, Evolution, Art

If you’ve followed Mazda over the years, you know the 3 has always been the brand’s emotional core. For 2026, Mazda’s latest Mazda 3 Hatchback continues that tradition, polishing the edges of a well-worn formula rather than reinventing it. What you get is a car that feels more expensive than its price tag suggests, and more alive than its rivals.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Car, Reviews, Mazda

There has been a lot of architecture news coming out of Saudi Arabia recently, little of which has been good. Now the jewel in the crown of the desert kingdom's ongoing transformation, the Line, appears to be facing a major rethink.

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Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Building and Construction, Neom, Saudi Arabia

There have been several rounds of lens news recently, with Canon introducing two new ultrawide options for RF mount, Leica releasing its first wide-angle Noctilux and Viltrox finally announcing its first lens for L mount. Some of DPReview's editors sat down to discuss these new options and to talk about what impact they might have for photographers.

Let us know what you think of the new lenses in the comments or on our forums!

Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page). We make the originals available for private users to download to their own machines for personal examination or printing; we do so in good faith, so please don't abuse it.

This week, Canon announced its widest non-VR prime lens for full-frame RF cameras, the 14mm F1.4 L VCM. We were lucky enough to get the chance to shoot some samples with it to get a feel for how it performs.

Of course, one of the most exciting uses for this kind of lens is astrophotography. Thanks to a combination of shipping delays and almost exclusively overcast weather, we weren't able to get any shots of the stars in time for this launch, but we'll be making sure our resident astro enthusiast, Dale Baskin, gets a chance to take some samples with it. Look forward to an update with those in the near future (assuming the skies cooperate, of course).

There have been several rounds of lens news recently, with Canon introducing two new ultrawide options for RF mount, Leica releasing its first wide-angle Noctilux and Viltrox finally announcing its first lens for L mount. Some of DPReview's editors sat down to discuss these new options and to talk about what impact they might have for photographers.

Let us know what you think of the new lenses in the comments or on our forums!

Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page). We make the originals available for private users to download to their own machines for personal examination or printing; we do so in good faith, so please don't abuse it.

This week, Canon announced its widest non-VR prime lens for full-frame RF cameras, the 14mm F1.4 L VCM. We were lucky enough to get the chance to shoot some samples with it to get a feel for how it performs.

Of course, one of the most exciting uses for this kind of lens is astrophotography. Thanks to a combination of shipping delays and almost exclusively overcast weather, we weren't able to get any shots of the stars in time for this launch, but we'll be making sure our resident astro enthusiast, Dale Baskin, gets a chance to take some samples with it. Look forward to an update with those in the near future (assuming the skies cooperate, of course).

Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a bonkers idea that's hoovering up money and mindspace, so let's unpack what it's all about – and whether it's even grounded in reality.

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Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Space Junk, Artificial Intelligence, Data Center, Elon Musk, SpaceX

New research has found when plant leaves physically touch each other, they seem to form a biological signalling network to warn each other about the upcoming stress. This can boost their resilience to withstand intense light, which is a common environmental challenge.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Plants, Stress, Communications, Evolution