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I’m a former sports photographer – but after looking at this viral World Cup photo, I will never look at team photos the same way

As a photographer who got my start at a small town newspaper, I’ve had my fair share of photographing sports teams. You probably know the sort, the ones with two or three rows of players all looking at the camera. The quick and dirty sports photo that happens when you have to take two dozen team photos in the span of an hour. But after coming across a viral photo of Norway’s World Cup-bound…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

BYD threatens to sue Trump administration over Pentagon military list

BYD is threatening to sue the US government after the Pentagon added the world’s largest EV maker to its list of “Chinese military companies” this week. Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice-president, said the company will use every legal “weapon” at its disposal to fight the designation, which she called a false claim aimed at hobbling BYD because of its international success. Pentagon…
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DefenseNews

US Army astronaut tapped for NASA’s Artemis III mission

The U.S. Army is launching into space — once again — by way of Col. Frank Rubio, who will be part of the 2027 Artemis III mission, NASA announced Tuesday. The astronaut will be part of a four-man crew that will tackle a host of difficult tests within Earth’s orbit in preparation for NASA’s 2028 Artemis IV flight, which will be the first crewed mission to the moon’s South Pole.
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DefenseNews

Trump vows to seize Iran’s Kharg Island

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to seize Kharg Island — the linchpin of Iran’s oil industry — as he escalated pressure on Tehran amid a fraying ceasefire. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote the United States would be hitting Iran “VERY HARD…
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Surface Laptop 8 for Business review: Yesterday’s laptop at tomorrow’s price

For the first time in decades, I wasn’t excited to review a Surface device. Now that I’m finished, I’m still not. The Surface Laptop 8th Edition (or Surface Laptop 8) for Business has two things going for it: an upgrade to Intel’s excellent Core Ultra 300 series processors (Panther Lake) and a moderately useful privacy screen, which can dim and obfuscate the display at the touch of a…
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