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Nikon announces new budget Z 28-75mm F2.8 and teases 800mm F6.3 PF

December 14, 2021
Nikon has announced the Z 28-75mm F2.8, a new standard zoom lens for its full-frame Z-mount cameras, billed as a more affordable alternative to the Z 24-70mm F2.8 S. According to Nikon, the new zoom offers impressive versatility, ‘capable of everything from impressive portraits with a soft background blur to extremely detailed landscape photos, striking low-light ambience or a…
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NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022

December 14, 2021
. NASA to Launch 4 Earth Science Missions in 2022 The missions, including two led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help monitor our changing planet. Scientists will discuss them at the American…
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NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars

December 14, 2021
. NASA Begins Testing Robotics to Bring First Samples Back From Mars Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade. Testing has already begun on what would be the most sophisticated endeavor ever attempted at the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 13, 2021

December 14, 2021
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…
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Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire to become first publicly traded electric motorcycle company

December 14, 2021
Thanks to a new merger deal, Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle company known as LiveWire will become the first publicly traded electric motorcycle company in the US. The deal was formed between three companies: Harley-Davidson, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) AEA-Bridges Impact Corp, and Taiwanese electric scooter giant KYMCO. The deal will be financed with $400 million in…
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SONDORS claims its $5,000 Metacycle electric motorcycle outsold Zero and Harley-Davidson

December 14, 2021
Electric bike company SONDORS has claimed that its low-cost electric motorcycle is outselling the largest electric motorcycle manufacturers in the US: Zero Motorcycles and Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire. The SONDORS Metacycle was unveiled early this year, grabbing headlines around the world with its shockingly low $5,000 price tag. For comparison, Zero’s most affordable electric motorcycles…
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