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Tesla files to produce 5 more versions of Model Y at Gigafactory Shanghai, some for export

August 11, 2021
Tesla has filed with the Chinese government to produce five more versions of the Model Y electric SUV at Gigafactory Shanghai. Some of those variants are expected to be exported to other markets that will get the electric SUV for the first time. Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China released its latest batch of “new energy vehicle” applications for…
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DefenseNews

A note to Rep. Luria: Our US Navy is doing fine

August 11, 2021
As someone who spent 24 years in the Navy, I completely understand where Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., who spent 20 years in the Navy, is coming from when she argues that the service is constrained by budgetary and bureaucratic limitations from developing a proper maritime…
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Sample gallery: Nikon Z fc

August 11, 2021
We recently got our hands on a final production Nikon Z fc, and we wasted no time taking the retro-styled camera out and about around the Seattle area. Given that it uses the sensor from the Z50, we expected solid image quality, and the Z fc delivers. The collapsable 16-50mm…
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App Annie: Mobile games on track to surpass $120B in 2021

August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Mobile games are on track to surpass $120 billion in spending in 2021, growing 20% over $100 billion in 2020, according to an analysis of first-half results by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. App Annie’s report, dubbed the 2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down: Key Trends on Subgenres, Monetization & User…
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Twitter’s Algorithm Found to Favor Photos of Young, Pretty White People

August 11, 2021
Twitter has wrapped its first bounty program for artificial intelligence bias on the platform, and the results have highlighted an issue that has been noted as a problem in the past. According to a report from CNET, researcher Bogdan Kulynych (who took home the $3,500 prize) has found that an important algorithm on the platform tends to favor faces of people who “look slim and young and with…
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DefenseNews

US Army orders more Strykers with 30mm cannons from Oshkosh

August 11, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has ordered 83 more Stryker combat vehicles equipped with 30mm cannons from Oshkosh Defense worth $99 million to outfit another brigade combat team. The service selected Oshkosh in June following a competition to up-gun Double V-Hull A1…
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Aviation Week Awards NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter With Laureate

August 11, 2021
. Aviation Week Awards NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter With Laureate The prestigious honor recognizes the pioneering rotorcraft for its history-making flights on the Red Planet. The “little helicopter that could” has garnered attention, fans, and numerous accolades, with the latest coming from Aviation Week Network in the form of a 2021 Laureate…
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