Chinese car giant Geely has purchased a majority stake in the now-small smartphone maker Meizu. Bloomberg reports that Meizu will be run as an independent company under Xingli Technology, another tech brand under Geely’s umbrella. That said, the pair are expected to work together on new products, and Xingli has already expressed plans to make a big splash in the AR/VR space.
If you’ve been…
Tesla (TSLA) achieves record monthly production – ready for impressive second half of 2022
July 5, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) achieved record production in June – exiting the year’s first half – setting the automaker up for an impressive second half of the 2022.
This weekend, Tesla released its Q2 2022 production and delivery results. It confirmed its first quarterly setback in…
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first wind turbine at Japan’s Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro will feature 33 V117-4.2 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
Japan already operates several demonstration offshore wind turbines, but Akita Noshiro…
Fisker is asking its Ocean reservation holders to shell out an extra $5,000 in a nonrefundable deposit for a “pre-order” when holders have already made a reservation with a deposit for the Ocean electric SUV.
This week, Fisker has launched what it calls its “Pre-Order” program for the Ocean, its first vehicle since relaunching the Fisker after the original startup went bankrupt almost a…
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition has revealed this year’s shortlisted photos from all over the globe.
Competition for the World’s Greatest Space Photography
The prestigious contest received over…
Xiaomi has announced its 12S Series which includes the Ultra that was co-engineered with Leica. That flagship features the world’s largest smartphone sensor: a 50-megapixel 1-inch sensor behind a 23mm f/1.9 Leica lens.
The Xiaomi 12S Ultra features a 6.73-inch…
Godox has announced the Lux Junior on-camera flash, a $69 retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, OM-Digital (Olympus), and Sony cameras.
Described as a “retro” flash, the Lux Junior features a control system that operates through a simple dial that correlates ISO with aperture, power level, and shooting distance. For example, for a photo shot five feet away from a subject with…
Darktable, an open-source answer to Adobe Lightroom, has announced a major update to version 4.0 which adds a massive list of changes, new features, and bug fixes including new color science tools and a totally new user interface.
Developer Pascal Obry has published a…
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The ability to shoot good-looking photos and top-quality video are essential for anybody looking to create content for social media, and camera makers understandably feel they have something to offer.
Nikon’s new Z30…
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Xbox announced the first batch of games coming to Game Pass in July, and it is a doozy. Compared with June’s rather anemic second offering, the first two weeks of July will see several titles joining the platform…
