DefenseNews

Biden to nominate Frank Kendall as Air Force secretary

April 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has officially nominated Frank Kendall to serve as secretary of the Air Force and Gina Ortiz Jones for undersecretary of the Air Force. The announcement, made by the White House on Tuesday afternoon, confirmed reporting by Defense News earlier that morning. Kendall is best known as the Pentagon’s top acquisition official during the Obama…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Electric powertrain maker REE forms business alliance with Toyota’s Hino Motors

April 28, 2021
REE Automotive and Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Group, announced a business alliance to design and produce solutions in “next-generation commercial mobility.” The alliance will combine Hino’s experience as a commercial vehicle manufacturer with REE’s proprietary REEcorner technologies. The result should be a unique modular platform capable of serving a multitude of various…
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GamingNews

Nintendo finally adds online play to a huge Switch hit

April 27, 2021
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Nintendo is finally updating Super Mario Party with online play. This comes — well, not just in time for stay-at-home orders due to the pandemic (which started more than a year ago). But…
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Sigma Launches a Completely Rebuilt 35mm f/1.4 Art Lens for Mirrorless

April 27, 2021
Sigma has announced the 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art lens for E-Mount and L-Mount. The company says that the original 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM that was announced in 2012 — the first of all the Art lenses that set the standard for the line — has been redesigned from the ground up specifically for mirrorless cameras. Sigma says that this new lens is the culmination of much of the optical design expertise and…
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Which DSLR System Held Its Value Better, Canon or Nikon?

April 27, 2021
Canon and Nikon have ruled the DSLR landscape for a couple of decades now, but which one has proven more valuable in the long run? Let’s set the scene and then crunch some numbers. This story is part of KEH’s Tilt-Shift Report, where the company shares exclusive data…
AI & RoboticsNews

Adobe extends AI-infused customer analytics platform to offline data

April 27, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Adobe today unfurled an enhanced Adobe Customer Journey Analytics cloud service that enables organizations to apply AI to data from both online and offline sources to gain deeper insights into customer behavior. Available as an extension to the Adobe Experience Platform, the Adobe Customer Journey Analytics service…
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