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Lordstown hype train slows down after prototype catches on fire, orders put into question

March 19, 2021
Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question. The company was founded out of a deal to take over GM’s Lordstown factory just a few years ago, and they plan to bring an electric pickup truck to production this year. We…
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Leica APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens samples

March 19, 2021
We just got our hands on Leica’s new APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens for full-frame L-mount cameras and, as you might expect, it’s an impressive piece of glass. We shot it on the Leica’s SL2 and found a lot to like, including outstanding sharpness…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 18, 2021

March 19, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Camera Rescue opens repair school in bid to fix world’s film cameras

March 19, 2021
A camera repair company in Finland is recruiting new technicians for a forthcoming training school that will teach students how to repair, preserve and create parts for discontinued film cameras. The training program will be run by CameraMakers for the Camera Rescue project, and will enroll eight people on a four month course that will show them the basics of camera servicing, testing and…
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A March 26 Xbox event will focus on indie games like Stalker 2

March 18, 2021
Microsoft and Twitch are partnering for an ID@Xbox showcase of independent video games on March 26 at 9 a.m. Pacific time (noon Eastern). The broadcast will go live on the Twitch Gaming channel, and it will reveal new trailers and gameplay videos for more than 25 games —…
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Black Panther is coming to Square Enix’s Avengers

March 18, 2021
Black Panther is on his way to The Avengers game, as revealed during today’s Square Enix Present event. The new hero will be part of an expansion called War for Wakanda. It is coming out later this year. The Avengers gets Hawkeye as a new playable character today, along…
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David Alan Harvey Has Resigned From Magnum Photos

March 18, 2021
David Alan Harvey, who has been at the center of controversy around images he took in 1989 which may or may not feature underage sex workers, has announced that he has resigned as a Magnum Photos photographer. Magun had previously suspended Harvey for one year while it investigated a “confidential complaint.” Harvey has been the subject of scrutiny starting last year when Fstoppers published…
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