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Ford has received more than 44,000 reservations for F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

Ford confirmed that it has received more than 44,000 reservations for the new F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. It’s tracking a bit behind the Tesla Cybertruck, but it’s still doing good. Earlier this week, Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric version of the company’s best-selling pickup truck. The vehicle has the potential to greatly accelerate electric vehicle adoption…
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MobileNews

Annoying ‘out-of-sync’ Google Photos prompts on non-Pixel devices may go away w/ Android 12

The arrival of Android 11 brought with it the effects of Scoped Storage which, on phones that weren’t Pixels, also led to an annoying Google Photos quirk that included more prompts and “out-of-sync” warnings. On Android 12, those annoying trash prompts and more will be gone for Google Photos users on all devices. A page from Google (via XDA) explains a new “Media Management Access”…
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DefenseNews

Pakistan delivers JF-17 fighters to Nigerian Air Force

ISLAMABAD — Nigeria’s Air Force officially took delivery of three JF-17 fighter aircraft Friday during a ceremony at a base in Makudri amid celebrations marking the 57th anniversary of the service. The fighters were handed over by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which…
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Google Weather readies Material Theme redesign, new menu

For years, Google’s “Weather” applet on Android has used a fairly straightforward design with elements from the original 2014 Material Design. Now, Google Weather is in the process of being updated to be more in line with the Google Material Theme. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play…
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NewsPhotography

Video: A review of Canon's first PowerShot camera, 25 years after its release

Gordon Laing, Editor of CameraLabs*, has *published his latest ‘Retro Review,’ featuring the Canon PowerShot 600, an early digital camera that he considers ‘Canon’s first consumer digital camera.’ The 10-minute video showcases the pros and cons of the 25-year-old camera, contextualizing the features with its contemporaries at the time of its release in 1996. Specifically, Gordon…
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