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These are the most heartbreaking wildlife photographs of 2026 – and they're going on an international tour

June 15, 2026
A sea turtle with a human handprint. A koala hit by a car. The 2026 Environmental Photography Award recognized some of the most heartbreaking wildlife images of the year – and now those images are going on an international tour. The Environmental Photography Awards presented by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation were packed with fantastic compositions that not only demonstrated an eye for…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

The Chevy Equinox EV is now way more expensive to lease, but the Bolt is a bit cheaper

June 15, 2026
America’s most affordable EV offering over 315 miles of range, as GM calls it, just got significantly more expensive to lease this month. Chevy Equinox EV lease prices climb in June Just two months ago, you could score a $10,000 discount, or 20% off a new 2026 Chevy Equinox EV. After cutting it last month, Chevy was offering up to $5,000 in total customer cash. This month, we only get a $1,000…
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DefenseNews

Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds

June 15, 2026
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s readiness rates continued to decline through fiscal 2025, with the fleet’s full mission capable rate falling to 25%, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday. The mission capable rate, which…
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Ukraine’s defense AI chief predicts ‘new paradigm’ of warfare

June 15, 2026
KYIV — Warfare in Ukraine and beyond faces a paradigm shift in the coming years as artificial intelligence systems integrate into unified networks that speed up decisions on the battlefield, a senior Ukrainian official said. Ukraine, in the fifth year of fighting a full-scale Russian invasion, is already using AI for a plethora of battlefield functions, from flying drones at targets to helping…
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ComputersNews

The AI PC era has a benchmarking problem

June 15, 2026
I like numbers. Data feels sure. What could be better than measurable progress, a way of quantifying the world to stop arguments before they start? But as we all know, people find plenty of reason still to fight about performance, even in spite of PC benchmarks. (Half the…
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Microsoft tests Windows AI features on RTX GPUs, not just NPUs

June 15, 2026
An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An experimental release of the Windows App SDK on Github now allows certain AI-specific features to run on Nvidia RTX GPUs, rather than…
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