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I've honestly never seen a photo like this: How one aerial photographer turned a fishing scene into a work of fine art

There’s a split second when a cast fishing net hangs suspended in the air, mid-arc, before it settles on the water. Singaporean photographer Chin Leong Teo caught that moment in Dawn Net, and the result looks less like a fishing photograph and more like liquid gold spilling across dark water. This stunning composition helped earn Teo second place in the Photographer of the Year category at…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

A $5M startup claims rare earth-free electric motor breakthrough

A Bengaluru startup called Vimag Labs just secured its fifth Indian patent for an electric motor that runs without any rare-earth magnets, using software and power electronics to generate its magnetic field instead. It’s a small, $5-million company taking a swing at a problem that has stumped Tesla, GM, and every major automaker for years: how to build a competitive EV motor that doesn’t…
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DefenseNews

Manufacturing woes hamper US 155-mm ammo production

Manufacturing problems are dashing the U.S. Army’s plans to boost production of urgently needed 155-mm howitzer shells, a Pentagon watchdog warned. Despite a goal of 100,000 rounds per month by October 2025, the Army had only managed to produce 36,000 rounds per month as of March 2026, according to a report published this month by the Department of Defense Inspector General. Shell production…
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ComputersNews

Samsung 990 SSD review: Good, but not great. Is AI to blame?

New NVMe SSD releases have become increasingly rare — another casualty of the AI data center gold rush. Because of that, I was stoked to see a new SSD release from Samsung — the 990. The good news? It’s more power efficient and faster overall than the SSD Samsung says it’s replacing, the 990 EVO. The not-so-great news? It’s not as fast as the still-available 990 EVO Plus and…
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