Kenji Nakamura

Bureau: Tokyo

Earth as a bright blue marble photographed from the Orion spacecraft window in deep space

The Artemis II Crew Looked Back at Earth. What They Saw Was Beautiful.

Commander Wiseman's Earth photos from Orion are the first taken by human hands beyond low Earth orbit since 1972 -- and the Moon flyby arrives Monday, the same day as Trump's Iran deadline.

By Kenji Nakamura, Tokyo April 4 4 min read

Abstract visualization of interconnected AI model nodes in blue and green tones

Technology

Google Releases Gemma 4 Under Apache 2.0 -- Its Most Capable Open Model, Built for Agents

Gemma 4, in four sizes from 2B to 31B parameters, is the first Google model under a true open-source license -- and its reasoning benchmarks rival closed competitors at a fraction of the size.

By Kenji Nakamura, Tokyo April 4 4 min read