ComputersNews

Dell XPS 15 and 17 laptops are up to $800 off

June 15, 2023
Dell makes arguably the best laptops for Windows users through its XPS brand, and two fairly recent models are currently on sale. When we reviewed the 2022 Dell XPS 15, we called it the best 15-inch Windows laptop around. You can pick one up for a sizable discount, as the price has dropped by $800 to $1,099. Meanwhile, Dell has cut the price of last year’s XPS 17 by $650 to…
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NewsPhotography

Gear in this story

June 14, 2023
The Sigma 65mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary is a telephoto prime lens that’s been available since 2020. When it was new, we took its E-mount version for a spin using the Sony A7R III, processing the images with Adobe Camera Raw. You can check out that original set of…
NewsSpace

NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean

June 14, 2023
Using data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission, an international team of scientists has discovered phosphorus – an essential chemical element for life – locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Enceladus. The small moon is known to possess a subsurface ocean, and water from that ocean erupts through cracks in Enceladus’ icy crust as geysers at its south pole, creating a…
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DefenseNews

Italy’s Army aviation chief talks helicopter advancements

June 14, 2023
ROME — As the commander of Italy’s Army aviation fleet, Maj. Gen. Andrea Di Stasio oversees a helicopter portfolio on the cusp of old and new. Decision-makers in the country have been closely watching moves in Washington about remaking the U.S. Army’s fleet, itching to jump on the bandwagon with what some thought would be the next major accomplishment in propulsion technology. Di Stasio…
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DefenseNews

Lawmakers want US to provide Army tactical missiles to Ukraine

June 14, 2023
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are seeking to compel a resistant U.S. administration to provide Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine as it fends off Russia. In the House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, the committee calls for “not less than $80.0 million be used for the procurement of [ATACMS] for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” According to the…
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