GM has confirmed that it is working with LG to build another battery factory in the US under their joint-venture.
Automakers who are serious about electrifying their vehicle lineup have to secure large amounts of batteries.
Some are doing it through contracts with established battery suppliers, and other automakers are getting more involved in the supply chain.
GM falls into the latter category…
Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Texas’ power grid, was fired by ERCOT’s Board of Directors yesterday after the state’s disastrous cold weather power outages. This follows the resignation on Monday of DeAnn Walker, the chair of…
The Nikon Z 24-200m F4-6.3 is an impressively capable travel zoom for the company’s full-frame and APS-C Z-mount cameras. It doesn’t have a super-fast maximum aperture (it’d be the size of a bazooka if it did, after all), but it turns in really sharp images…
Japanese industrial manufacturer Hitachi Zosen has developed a solid-state battery claimed to harness one of the highest capacities in the industry. Additionally, the Osaka-based company states this new solid-state battery can operate under a larger range of temperatures. It will soon be tested in industrial machinery and space.
Per Nikkei Asia, the Japanese company unveiled its solid-state…
Video: Programmer shows it's possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) DSLR
March 5, 2021
We’ve already seen how DOOM can be played on a Kodak digital camera from 1998. It appears though that’s not the only gaming software that can be played on a digital camera. In a recent YouTube video, a programmer that goes under the pseudonym Turtius shows it’s…
Nikon has released NX Studio, a new all-in-one image management and editing program for macOS and Windows computers.
The new program is designed to view, process and edit still photos and video. As Mike Tomkins detailed in our review, NX Studio is effectively the…
VW’s MEB electric vehicle platform is getting a stamp of approval from UBS in their teardown of the VW ID.3 electric car.
The German automaker is seen catching up to Tesla in EV technology.
By focusing solely on all-electric vehicles all the way back to the early 2000s, Tesla has managed to build a significant lead in electric vehicle technology as more legacy automakers only started taking…
Following last year’s big Android and iOS revamp, Google Photos on the web is getting a matching “Explore” tab and “Favorites” shortcut.
Navigation on photos.google.com was streamlined in July following the mobile update, which also introduced the simplified…
Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH
March 5, 2021
Leica has announced the release of the APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH. The compact 35mm F2 is the closest-focusing M-mount lens, with a minimum focus distance of just 30cm (11.8″).
The optical formula of the 35mm F2 includes 10 elements in 5 groups, with 4 aspherical…
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Roblox will host a launch party for Why Don’t We, which is releasing its second album The Good Times and the Bad Ones. The party will take place at 4 p.m. Pacific on March 5 inside the virtual world of Roblox.
Roblox wants to build the metaverse, and it’s a good candidate for doing so, as it has 32.6…
