At the 2022 JP Morgan Auto Conference yesterday, General Motors (GM) EVP and CFO Paul Jacobson talked about scaling EV production and said the company is hitting an inflection point.
GM is aggressively electrifying its fleet, despite shortages and supply chain disruptions. Meanwhile, GM plans to scale EV production this year with a slate of new models and several deals to lock up critical EV…
If you want an EV, buy this week – Rivian, Fisker and others rush to lock in EV tax credits before changes
August 10, 2022
Rivian, Fisker, and other EV makers are offering binding purchase agreements to reservation holders after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act with big EV tax credit changes. The availability of tax credits could change within the span of the next week if the House…
How to preorder the Galaxy Watch 5
August 10, 2022
Samsung announced the new Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and the forthcoming Galaxy Buds Pro 2 during its Galaxy Unpacked event this week. Both smartwatches are set to launch on August 26th but are available for preorder today…
FCC rejects Starlink’s bid for rural internet subsidies due to its $600 satellite dish
August 10, 2022
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Starlink’s application for $885 million in federal subsidies that it would use to provide satellite internet to broadband customers in rural areas. The FCC states that the SpaceX-owned company’s dish is simply too expensive and that Starlink “failed to demonstrate” that it “could deliver the promised service.”
The funding is part…
Magnum Photos Marks its 75th Anniversary With Unseen Photos
August 10, 2022
Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft, surrounded by thousands of white butterflies, Altai Territory, Russia, 2000. | Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photo
Magnum Photo is marking its 75th anniversary by publishing 150 photos, some of them previously unseen, from its…
Canon has officially partnered with Japanese toy company Takara Tomy to produce two “robots in disguise” Transformer toys that take the shape of the EOS R5.
Spotted by TFormers and The Verge, Takara Tomy is set to release a pair of Transformer toys that take…
Fujifilm will host what it describes as a free and “interactive festival” for anyone interested in photography this September in New York. Called Fujifina, the event is making a location shift from its traditional home in Tokyo, Japan.
The company says that this “curated, dynamic public event” will showcase the power of image making through a series of special exhibits of…
After nearly five years of development, Polaroid lovers in France have developed a new instant print back adapter to fit vintage Type 100-400 Polaroid Land cameras. Dubbed the Newland Camera, the back adapter enables the folding, bellows style land cameras made in the 1960s…
These Canon EOS R5 replicas are actually Transformers that shapeshift into Optimus Prime and a Decepticon
August 10, 2022
While the above camera looks just like a regular Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera, you’d be in for quite the surprise if you tried to use it. That’s because hidden within the nearly perfect replica is a transformer toy the turns from a mirrorless camera into a robot with a…
Fujifilm has confirmed its next X Summit event will take place in New York City on September 8, 2022. Fujifilm hasn’t shared any details about what all we can expect from the event, but we do know we’ll be getting our first glimpse of Fujifilm’s X-H2 camera.
After announcing its new X-H2S mirrorless camera at its X Summit event back in May 2022, Fujifilm teased the X-Trans CMOS 5HR, a 40MP…
