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World’s largest offshore wind farm to use giant 14MW turbines

December 19, 2020
Equinor’s and SSE’s Dogger Bank is the world’s largest offshore wind farm. It’s being built in three phases — A, B, and C — off England’s northeast coast. And phase C will see GE’s 14MW Haliade-X turbines, upgraded from 13MW (previously the most powerful offshore wind turbine in operation), deployed for the first time. GE Renewable Energy is supplying 190 Haliade-X 13MW offshore…
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MobileNews

Google fully explains what caused Monday’s multi-service outage

December 19, 2020
Google started the week with a big outage that took down Gmail, Drive, and all other Workspace apps. As promised, Google now has a detailed explanation on the outage and steps it will take to prevent future incidents. At a high level, the issue relates to existing work updating Google’s account authentication system. As the effort was ongoing, previous components were “left in place.”…
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NewsPhotography

Venus Optics Launches Super Compact 10mm f/2 Zero-D for MFT

December 18, 2020
Venus Optics has announced it’s second “Zero-D” optic in the compact 10mm f/2 for micro four thirds. Weighing just 4.4 ounces and with a 96-degree angle of view, the new lens is an ultra-fast and ultra-wide travel-friendly optic. The goal of the lens, according to Venus, was to make a small, wide, compact lens that would work well hand-held or on gimbals for video shooters as well as…
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DefenseNews

Air Force Visits Army; Service Academy Supremacy at Stake

December 18, 2020
Army quarterback Tyhier Tyler celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented two-week stretch of…
AI & RoboticsNews

Nvidia’s Inception program tracks 7,000 AI startups, up 25% in a year

December 18, 2020
Nvidia’s Inception program is tracking more than 7,000 AI startups, up 25% in a year. That’s a lot of growth for AI companies in a very tough year. Nvidia business development VP Jeff Herbst said in a blog post that crisis breeds opportunity and that AI startups are stepping up with AI, machine learning, and data science to help address the worldwide emergency of the pandemic. “2020…
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