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Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk warns they need to be ‘lucky’ for electric pickup to not be delayed

January 29, 2021
Elon Musk warned that Tesla would need to be “lucky” in order to deliver some Cybertruck electric pickups this year. Volume deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are not coming until 2022. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, the automaker said that production would start in 2021. This was always an ambitious goal considering all the innovations that Tesla needed to achieve to bring the…
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Fujifilm X-E4 hands-on

January 29, 2021
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Introduction Shown with accessory grip attached The role of the Fujifilm’s X-E models has changed subtly since the X-E1 arrived as the second camera in the company’s X-mount range of mirrorless…
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Rheinmetall, MBDA building high-energy lasers for Germany’s Navy

January 29, 2021
STUTTGART, Germany — Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have officially been tasked to build, test and field a high-energy laser weapon system for the German Navy over the next year. The consortium, dubbed ARGE, was awarded a contract “in the low double-digit million euro range” by Berlin’s military procurement office, the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology…
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US Army plans major aviation exercise ahead of Project Convergence

January 29, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News in a recent interview. Edge 21 — which stands for Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise — will be held at Dugway Proving…
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Hands-on with the new 100MP Fujifilm GFX 100S

January 29, 2021
Hands on with the new 100MP Fujifilm GFX 100S Coming (relatively) hot on the heels of the groundbreaking GFX 100, Fujifilm’s latest medium-format camera brings 100MP to the masses, at an MSRP of $5,999. That’s not small change, by any means, but for those…
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Epic Games Store reached 160 million customers in 2020

January 28, 2021
Epic Games released the 2020 stats for its digital PC store, revealing that it reached 160 million customers in 2020. Epic Games Store launched in 2018 as a way for the company to build on the success of Fortnite. Steam is still the undisputed king of PC gaming stories. It…
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Shutterstock Bets $75M That Photography Won’t Always Involve Cameras

January 28, 2021
Shutterstock is set to acquire 3D-render stock agency TurboSquid for $75 million dollars, investing in a future where photos aren’t necessarily captured with a camera. TurboSquid’s value appears to have soared amid the COVID-19 outbreak, as traditional photography was hampered by stay-at-home orders. Shutterstock’s acquisition is one that brings in both talent and intellectual property and…
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