DefenseNews

Turkey’s removal from F-35 program to cause hike in engine price

WASHINGTON — The cost of the F-35′s engine is set to increase by 3 percent due to Turkey’s removal from the program in 2019, the head of Pratt & Whitney’s military engines division said Thursday. The company’s F135 engine — which is used in all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter — was initially manufactured with a total of 188 parts produced by…
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NewsPhotography

Set of World’s Earliest Photos by Fox Talbot Sells for Staggering $1.96M

In a sale celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sotheby’s photography auctions, a set of nearly 200 early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbott quadrupled its pre-auction high estimate and achieved a new auction record for the artist: $1,956,000. Talbott, who is considered by some to be the father of photography, was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the…
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MobileNews

Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New for April 23: Skate City]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 180 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service. New for April 23: Skate City gets an all-new endless mode. You can learn more about and download all the new games by heading to the Arcade tab in the App Store, then swipe down to the…
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MobileNews

St George’s Day celebrated with dedicated Google Doodle

To help you celebrate St George’s Day, Google’s latest Doodle features the eponymous dragon slayer in an illustrated tapestry. UK and Ireland have a number of patron saints, all with their own dedicated day. St George’s Day is England’s turn to celebrate the myth…
MobileNews

Shield TV may soon adopt latest Android TV homescreen w/ top-row ‘recommendation’ ads

The Nvidia Shield TV has long been one of the best Android TV devices and after Google revamped the platform’s homescreen to include “recommendations” it was one of the only products spared. Now, though, it seems like the Shield TV is about to get updated with the latest Android TV homescreen with the Discover tab and, unfortunately, the top-row ads. Recapping briefly, Google updated the…
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