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Tesla Model S Plaid breaks all the records in first independent test, but 0-60 mph has a caveat

June 18, 2021
Tesla Model S Plaid has broken several production car records in its first independent tests with MotorTrend, but the insane 0-60 mph in less than 2 seconds needs an asterisk next to it. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S Plaid, the automaker announced that it’s going to break the record for quickest production car with a 0-60 mph in 1.99 seconds and quarter-mile in 9.2 seconds. The automaker…
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Florida Power & Light blows up its last coal plant, will replace with solar

June 18, 2021
Florida Power & Light (FPL) yesterday demolished its last coal-fired plant, the Indiantown Cogeneration Plant in Martin County, east of the Everglades. And right before the plant imploded, FPL CEO Eric Silagy announced that the utility will build a solar center near the site. FPL coal plant demolition Florida Power & Light’s Indiantown coal plant formally closed on January 1, 2021, and…
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More cost overruns are coming for Boeing as the KC-46 program logs another two technical deficiencies

June 18, 2021
WASHINGTON — Boeing will have to pay to fix two new technical problems afflicting the KC-46 refueling tanker, which the U.S. Air Force has designated as “category 1” deficiencies that rank among the program’s most critical issues. The Air Force has discovered that drain tubes in the KC-46′s air refueling receptacle — which are used to remove water from the aircraft — can become…
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Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art field review

June 18, 2021
Introduction 90% Overall score Jump to conclusion The Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art is a designed-for-mirrorless companion to the company’s first Global Vision lens, the 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art from 2012. It’s available for both the L-mount shared by Leica…
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How to enable the Google Chrome ‘Web Feed’ RSS reader on Android

June 18, 2021
During I/O 2021, Google announced that Chrome for Android would be testing a built-in RSS reader. It’s considered an experiment that might not ever launch, but you can test the RSS-powered “Web Feed” in Chrome today. The “Web Feed” — as it’s called — only works on Chrome 92 (currently in the Beta channel) and newer. The flag might appear in earlier versions, but a key part of the…
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