There’s exactly one Mercedes EQXX in existence, and we had the good fortune to be able to drive it around a test track in Southern Germany this week. This is a special car for a number of reasons, but in a nutshell, it is a 100kWh ultra high efficiency EV with a slippery .17 coefficient of drag and 600W of solar panels on top.
One look at the Mercedes EQXX, and it is pretty clear that a lot of…
The average electric car price in the United States hit $66,000 last month – a more than 13% increase year over year. That’s a bit disappointing since the promise has been that EV prices would come down, but this price increase isn’t the whole story.
One of the…
Photo editor Mandy Helwege has made $100,000 so far this year Photoshopping pictures of dogs next to their younger selves.
Helwege began her niche business in 2018 when she was still working in sales. But after posting a viral TikTok video toward the end of 2021…
Tetsuro Goto, a former Nikon general manager and the designer of the Nikon Df, responded to questions about Nikon’s supposed withdrawal from the DSLR business by saying that the maximum performance of SLRs has already been reached.
In an interview with Aeradot, Goto — who served in multiple roles at Nikon through the years including as general manager, chairman, and lead of the…
July 6, 2000 compared with July 3, 2022
NASA has revealed dramatic photos that show water levels retreating in Lake Mead which is critical to both the supply of water and electricity across the southwestern United States. The startling images of the largest reservoir in the…
Kodak has announced that it is repurposing some of the expensive, high-tech machines used to manufacture its photography film for use on batteries for electric vehicles (EV). The company has invested in Wildcat Discovery Technologies, which makes EV batteries.
Wildcat…
Canon has partnered with an Australian university to bundle 10 Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS II lenses together into what they call the Huntsman Telescope to scout the skies from the Southern Hemisphere.
The novel telescope design, made by Macquarie Unversity with support from Canon, will be used to search for and study ultra-faint galaxies and astronomical objects from Australia.
The…
Kolari Vision has finished its teardown of Nikon’s new flagship mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z9. Kolari provides specialized lens filters and infrared and full-spectrum conversions of cameras, so they’re well-versed with taking cameras apart and seeing…
Samsung is merely two weeks away from the debut of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4, but it sounds like the foldables might demand a slightly higher price tag according to the latest developments.
This week, a retailer in Europe has posted the Galaxy Z Fold 4 early, giving…
In March of 2012, the “Android Market” was rebranded into “Google Play.” To mark 10 years, Google is introducing a new logo for the Play Store, and there’s also a 10x Play Points booster to celebrate the decade.
Google Play is 10 years old
In terms of stats, the Play Store is used monthly by “more than 2.5 billion people in over 190 countries” with 2 million app developers.
