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Lucid goes public (CCIV) with over $4 billion in cash injection to accelerate its electric car rollout

February 24, 2021
Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors announced a SPAC deal to go public with over $4 billion in cash injection to accelerate its plan. Over the last few months, Lucid had been rumored to be in discussions with Churchill Capital Corp IV, a special purpose company created to make a reserve merger SPAC deal. Today, they have confirmed the deal, which will be bringing $4.4 billion in cash to Lucid…
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First look inside new Tesla Model S refresh

February 24, 2021
Someone managed to get a first look inside a new Tesla Model S refresh, showing the first unpolished look inside the new electric vehicle. Last month, Tesla officially unveiled the new Model S and Model X refresh.  The unveiling of the new vehicle was somewhat strangely on the sidelines of the release of its Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings. Tesla didn’t do an official release of the updated…
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Israel to buy two KC-46 tankers, with plans for more F-35s and weapon systems

February 24, 2021
JERUSALEM — Israel will purchase two Boeing KC-46 tankers as part of a letter of offer and acceptance announced Feb. 22. Israel’s Defense Ministry said it is also pursuing additional F-35 fighter jets (beyond the 50 it already has agreed to buy), more helicopters, advanced munitions and other weapon systems. Israel will use the Foreign Military Financing program from the U.S. to acquire the…
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Samsung Unveils New 50MP Sensor with Next-Gen Dual Pixel Autofocus

February 23, 2021
Samsung has announced the next generation of its 50-megapixel sensor called ISOCELL GN2. It follows last year’s GN1 and promises significant autofocus improvements thanks to a new phase-detection advancement the company calls “Dual Pixel Pro.” Dual Pixel is a technology most commonly associated with Canon cameras and splits a pixel to allow it to sense a phase change on a per-pixel basis…
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