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This magical photo series won gold and evokes the mystical beauty of Japan's waterside trees – shot with two Panasonic full-frame cameras

December 8, 2025
Do you ever get time to photograph the same spots? Well, consider this. Ever since childhood, Genki Uehara has been taking pictures of Kakumanbuchi Marsh, on Mount Akagi in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture, and it still entrances him. “Even after decades, I can still witness the same timeless cycle of seasons that once inspired me,” he explains. Now his latest series has earned a gold…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Kia EV2 sheds camo, giving us our best look at the new SUV [Image]

December 8, 2025
Kia’s most affordable electric SUV will be here in just over a month. Ahead of its debut, the EV2 was spotted with light camo, offering our best look yet. Kia EV2 looks more like an SUV with less camo Just days after Kia confirmed the EV2 will debut at the Brussels Motor Show on January 9, 2026, the small electric SUV was spotted in Europe with barely any camo. The EV2 is a fully electric…
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DefenseNews

South Korea’s Hyundai feeds rapid naval upgrades in the Philippines

December 8, 2025
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Once reliant on aging, second-hand vessels from the United States, a steady drumbeat of new warships is beginning to enter Philippine Navy service. The new capabilities are part of a rapid modernization program there, prompted by aggressive Chinese tactics and territorial claims in the adjacent South China Sea. The world’s largest shipbuilder, South Korea’s HD…
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GamingNews

Greedfall 2: The Dying World Is an Old-School RPG That Harkens Back to KOTOR and Dragon Age 1

December 5, 2025
The golden age of the BioWare RPG may be past, but there are still developers willing to go the distance with a genre that begs for good fantasy worldbuilding, good game mechanics, and interesting well-written stories all in one. Spiders is one of them, and Greedfall 2: The Dying World is their sequel to the colonial fantasy RPG that was a very welcome and pleasant surprise back in 2019. That…
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