This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the current situation at Tesla Fremont factory, Hyundai Ioniq 5, WD ID.4, and more.
The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our top stories of…
More missiles, dispersed forces are key to stopping Chinese invasion of Taiwan, says former US Navy official
February 27, 2021
MELBOURNE, Australia — The U.S. military needs to quickly deploy more anti-ship missiles capable of targeting invading forces heading to Taiwan, and ensure American assets within range of Chinese missiles are sufficiently dispersed or hardened against a preemptive…
Pentax has launched a quartet of recolored versions of its K-1 Mark II DSLR, which was first released in 2018 and is currently the company’s flagship K Series camera. The K-1 Mark II J Limited 01 DSLR seems to be available only in Japan, which was also the case for the…
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes are coming to Switch
February 26, 2021
Today’s Pokémon Presents event revealed that remakes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are on their way to Switch. They are called Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and they’re coming out late this year.
These games first debuted for the Nintendo DS in 2006 in Japan and in 2007 in the U.S. These are the fourth major entries in the franchise following Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, and Ruby/Sapphire.
MIT Engineers Create Camera Lens That Focuses With No Moving Parts
February 26, 2021
Using physical glass elements for camera lenses has been at the core of imaging technology for centuries, but MIT engineers have now fabricated a new “metalens” that can focus on objects at multiple depths without changing its physical position or shape.
This new lens…
Canon has unveiled its next concept camera and it’s designed for desk workers and office life, both at home and at the office. It’s less of a photo-taking device and more of a monitoring camera with the purpose of keeping an eye on how you sit called Posture Fit.
The…
Funleader Launches M-Mount Version of its 18mm f/8 Cap Lens
February 26, 2021
Funleader has announced an updated version of its Caplens 18mm f/8 for M-Mount that it claims has been adjusted to make for a better user experience in street and landscape photography, specifically on Leica rangefinders.
This new version is available in M-Mount, but Funleader also makes L-mount, Sony NEX, Canon RF, and Fujifilm X adapters that are compatible with it if the updated design is…
Moody Pano Photos of Waves Shot on Waterproofed Hasselblad XPan
February 26, 2021
Surf photographer Ben DeCamp has captured a beautifully moody series of black-and-white photos of waves using a waterproofed Hasselblad XPan film camera, considered by some to be a “holy grail” camera that DeCamp leveraged for his enthralling panorama-style images.
Huawei P30 and Mate 20 series get Global EMUI 11 build
February 26, 2021
Just as specified in its software release schedule Huawei has begun seeding its EMUI 11 update for the P30, P30 Pro and Mate 20 series global units. The update is still based on Android 10, comes in at 1.8GB and is currently following a limited release cycle. Check out this…
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite brings Snapdragon 750G on Geekbench
February 26, 2021
Samsung’s next tablet is obviously edging closer to announcement as someone’s already running Geekbench on it.
The device, model name SM-T736B, is most likely the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite or possibly going by the name of Galaxy S8e (for Enterprise Edition).
We believe the device in the Geekbench listing is using a Snapdragon 750G, because the model number SM-T736B has been slated as the 5G…
