DefenseNews

Japanese F-35s to make inaugural deployment to Australia

August 16, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan will send its fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters overseas for the first time later this month to take part in exercises in northern Australia. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or JASDF, said in a release Monday that four Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the 3rd Air Wing at Misawa will undertake a two-week deployment. According to the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 15, 2023

August 16, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Why don't 71% of Americans know about the money they can get from the IRA?

August 16, 2023
Most Americans apparently don’t know about the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy and EV rebates and tax credits, according to a recent poll – here’s why. Tomorrow will mark a year since President Joe Biden signed the $500 billion Inflation Reduction Act, a game-changing law that’s going to help the US reduce emissions to 50% of their 2005 levels by 2030. It’s packed with clean…
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NewsPhotography

Sigma 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG DN OS sample gallery

August 16, 2023
Earlier in the year, Sigma unveiled its impressive 60-600mm superzoom lens for full frame mirrorless systems. This is such an versatile lens that we took it out again for another round of samples, this time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Although it has 10x zoom…
MobileNews

Teardown video shows the Galaxy Z Flip5 is much easier to repair than predecessor

August 16, 2023
Last year the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 received a below average 4/10 repairability score in disassembly video. How does the new Galaxy Z Flip5 fare? Much better actually, it got a 7.5/10. A major reason for this improvement is that Samsung used pull tabs for the two batteries whereas they were just glued in place last year. The small battery in the top half has 1,000mAh capacity, the one in the…
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MobileNews

Watch the Honor Magic V2 get assembled on video

August 16, 2023
We assume that, over the years, you’ve seen your fair share of teardown / disassembly videos, where one YouTuber or another takes apart a smartphone or another. Maybe they even reassemble it at the end. That’s cool enough. But you know what would be cooler?
NewsSpace

NASA’s Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth

August 16, 2023
NASA’s Europa Clipper is designed to seek out conditions suitable for life on an ice-covered moon of Jupiter. On Aug. 14, the spacecraft received a piece of hardware central to that quest: the massive dish-shaped high-gain antenna. Stretching 10 feet (3 meters) across the…
GamingNews

Xbox Game Pass closes August with Texas Chainsaw Massacre

August 16, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of “Playing the Edge.” Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.  Xbox today announced which games are coming to Game Pass in the final August wave. While the offering that spans the next few weeks is a bit…
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