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She was Kodak's "Turn Around" girl before she ever picked up a camera. Now Judy Glickman Lauder's collection of Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Diane Arbus & Nan Goldin photos is going on tour, and there's a lot photographers can learn from it

Every keen photographer eventually collects something, whether it’s cameras, prints, or just a hard drive full of “keepers” nobody else will ever see. Judy Glickman Lauder collected the real thing: around 100 photographs by around 50 of the medium’s biggest names. And it’s now heading out on a four-venue US tour as Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder. What grabs…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Cybertruck failure kills home charging, and Tesla is avoiding a recall

A growing number of Tesla Cybertruck owners are losing the ability to charge at home due to failures of the truck’s Power Conversion System (PCS), the unit that handles AC charging and steps the high-voltage pack down to the 48-volt system. Tesla is aware of the problem and is quietly replacing the part case-by-case, but it has not issued a recall, and owners are waiting weeks for replacement…
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DefenseNews

UK ratchets up nuclear spending, with new warhead and delivery planes in the works

VIENNA — Britain will pour more than £63 billion ($84 billion) into its nuclear deterrent over the next four years, the government confirmed this week. The June 30 announcement comes as part of a £15 billion ($20 billion) defense funding boost announced by outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government. It is a continuation and concretization of the U.K.’s recent push to expand the…
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ComputersNews

Can Microsoft’s productivity apps survive the age of AI?

Are Microsoft’s core productivity apps — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — endangered by the rise of AI? That’s the point that Bloomberg and its sources addressed in coverage this week, noting that Microsoft is being buffeted by AI disruption as its stock plunges. “Whether Microsoft Word or Excel will be rendered obsolete by AI remains to be seen,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment…
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