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‘Nature needs no embellishment’: Wildlife Photographer of the Year-commended David Lloyd on capturing animals honestly

October 31, 2026
It’s April 2024, and multi-award-winning wildlife photographer David Lloyd is leading a photography safari in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, when his group encounters a herd of Asian elephants. The herd instinctively gathers together to form a protective barrier around the two vulnerable calves, while Lloyd’s instinct is to raise his camera and capture the innate behavior of these…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

The Ford Escape may return as an EV based on the UEV platform [Update]

October 31, 2026
Ford pulled the plug on the Escape last year after a 25-year run, but the crossover SUV could return as an EV on the new UEV platform. Is Ford launching the Escape EV? While Ford is preparing to launch the Fathom, its first vehicle based on the Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform in 2027, the company is already hinting at what could be its second UEV-based model. The last gas-powered Escape…
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DefenseNews

From tanks to space, Norway and Germany forge ahead with ‘Hansa’ defense pact

October 31, 2026
VIENNA — German tank maker KNDS and Norway’s Ritek have begun producing Leopard 2A8 tanks in Norway, adding a land-based industrial foothold to a security partnership spanning submarines, missiles and military operations in Europe’s north. Production started Oct. 15 in Levanger, where the companies will build 37 of the Norwegian Army’s 54 new tanks, KNDS said in an email. The facility took…
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ComputersNews

This is why you can’t build your own RTX Spark PC

October 31, 2026
My monster PC has 128GB of memory. AI doesn’t care. Credit: Adam Patrick Murray / Foundry The Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark has 128GB of memory. So does my desktop, basically. My desktop also has a GeForce RTX 5090, the fastest consumer graphics card Nvidia has ever made, and one that’s an absolute monster for AI tasks. So, why did the laptop finish my massive local AI…
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