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Tesla fears having to shut down service centers in Oklahoma as new bill passes committee

March 3, 2022
Tesla fears having to shut down its stores and service centers in Oklahoma as a new bill banning direct sales and service from automaker has passed a House committee unanimously, and it’s heading to a vote. To this day, there are still some states that prevent Tesla and other automakers from selling directly to consumers. This is because of old laws put in place to protect franchise…
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The Polestar O2 Electric Car Can Deploy an Autonomous Camera Drone

March 3, 2022
Swedish electric car maker Polestar has announced a new concept roadster called the Polestar O2 that it says will ship standard with an integrated cinematic camera drone that allows drivers to autonomously record their experience. The Polestar O2 introduces several features that are unique for a vehicle, such as a bonded aluminum platform that the company says will allow for a bigger battery, a…
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CT Scans of Instant Cameras Reveal Their Inner Workings

March 3, 2022
Scan of the Month has released a set of CT scans of a set of instant cameras. The images allow viewers to look past the well-known plastic exteriors and see the inner workings of where the magic of instant photography comes to life. “Scan of the Month is about…
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The Camera Sales Forecast for 2022 Isn’t as Bad as CIPA Makes it Sound

March 3, 2022
The news of falling camera shipments is like the dripping of a faucet. It comes with a regular, steady, beat, and just when you think it has stopped… plink, there it goes again! So perhaps it’s no surprise that CIPA — the trade body for manufacturers — has a downbeat forecast for 2022, but strangely seems to have missed the good news! For those that aren’t familiar with the…
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Graphcore unveils next-generation AI chips and plans for powerful supercomputer

March 3, 2022
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. As large, powerful AI models like OpenAI’s text-generating GPT-3 come into wider use, the hardware traditionally used to train these models — mostly GPUs — will have to be replaced with more efficient solutions. In a 2020 study, MIT researchers found that reducing the error rate on a popular image…
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