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“Radiant green airglow” adds a magical finishing touch to this award-winning astrophotographer’s image of New Zealand at night

Arriving at Mautohe Cathedral Cove, on New Zealand’s North Island, at sunrise, astrophotographer Evan McKay was “stunned by the beauty of the light.” Noticing the composition with Te Hoho Rock as the centerpiece, framed by the natural curvature of the beach, he planned his return for a night shoot, as explained on his website. “I knew the Moon would be rising early in the night, leaving no…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Polestar and Oxford wired up drivers to measure how performance feels

Polestar and the University of Oxford put 12 drivers in eye trackers and heart-rate monitors and sent them around a Swedish racetrack in two versions of the Polestar 4. The goal was to put numbers on something no spec sheet captures: how performance feels to the person driving. The 544 hp Polestar 4 Dual motor with Performance pack delivered 32% higher peak acceleration than the 268 hp Rear motor…
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DefenseNews

Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones

At a former flight-test base south of Paris, drones swoop over fields and woodland as teams on the ground test systems designed to stop them — a response to a growing wave of drone incursions and “hybrid attacks” since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The potential clients for technology such as electronic jammers and interceptor drones tested at the Brétigny-sur-Orge site are no longer just…
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ComputersNews

AMD just gave your old Radeon GPU a new lease on life

FSR 4.1 is coming to Radeon RX 6000 GPUs way ahead of schedule, along with Ryzen laptops, gaming handhelds, and Xbox consoles. Credit: Brad Chacos / IDG AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling technology was a revelation when it debuted last year, delivering the sort of…
GamingNews

'Haven't Played Your Console in a While?' Trade It in, Xbox Tells Customers Amid Stock Shortages

Xbox is sending emails to customers reminding them that they can trade in their Series X and S consoles if they’ve been collecting dust. The email has reportedly been sent to customers in the U.S. who haven’t used their console in some time. The past year or so has seen console prices skyrocket thanks to the ‘RAMpocalypse’ sparked by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Google…
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