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Tesla wins trade zone status for Texas Megapacks, but China tariffs stay

Tesla’s Megapack factory in Brookshire, Texas, is now officially a foreign-trade zone, a US customs program that lets manufacturers defer duties on imported parts. The FTZ Board’s approval, published in the Federal Register on Monday, runs for 14 months. It’s easy to read this as Tesla getting a pass on tariffs for the Chinese LFP cells inside its Megapacks. Tesla’s own application says…
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DefenseNews

Saildrone expands its European market reach with manufacturing partner in Norway

PARIS — U.S.-based naval drone maker Saildrone has picked Norwegian naval builder Umoe Mandal to produce the Surveyor multipurpose surveillance craft locally, with an eye on new sales in Northern Europe, company executives said. The Norwegian shipbuilder, headquartered on the country’s southern tip reaching into the North Sea, specializes in composite structures for the naval sector, including…
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ComputersNews

Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops make no sense — until they do

We’ve tested Nvidia’s wild new chips for AI, gaming, and everyday work. Here’s where RTX Spark kicks ass—and where it doesn’t. Credit: Adam Patrick Murray / Foundry Nvidia makes laptop CPUs now. That still feels weird to type! Over the past month, PCWorld has been hammering on several laptops powered by Nvidia’s new RTX Spark platform, including Microsoft’s…
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GamingNews

'Horror Is Always at Its Strongest When Something Bad Is Happening to the World' – Boss of Silent Hill Remake Dev Bloober Reveals the Secret to His Studio's Success

Bloober Team certainly appears to be the busiest horror studio in the business right now. Off the back of its 2024 Silent Hill 2 remake selling over 5 million copies, the Polish developer currently has a staggering seven horror games in various stages of production. During Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show in Bangkok last week, IGN sat down with Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno to get an insight…
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