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Asus ZenFone 8 series starts at $599 w/ Pixel 5 size, headphone jack, Snapdragon 888

With LG calling it quits, there’s room for smaller brands to make an impact on the smartphone market. Asus today unveiled its latest attempt at the mainstream smartphone market with the ZenFone 8 series, a pair of flagship-tier smartphones with affordable prices and a solid overall package. Small flagships are a rarity nowadays. The only flagship-tier smartphone that comes to mind in the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

GM releases cool GMC Hummer EV electric pickup off-roading footage and full specs

GM has released cool new footage of the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup off-roading, as well as the full off-road specs. When GM relaunched the Hummer brand as an electric pickup truck, it started presenting the new vehicle as a great off-roading machine, especially with special features like crab mode. Speaking of crab mode, a Hummer EV prototype was spotted using it in traffic using the feature…
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DefenseNews

US Army’s Precision Strike Missile breaks range record

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile ranged 400 kilometers — roughly 250 miles — in a test shot at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on May 12, Lockheed Martin announced. The test marks the farthest the PrSM has flown so far, which is roughly…
DefenseNews

US Army scraps Stryker mobile gun systems in favor of new lethality upgrades

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is scrapping its Stryker Mobile Gun Systems in favor of new lethality upgrades for its fleet of combat vehicles, the service announced in a May 12 statement. The Army decided to divest the gun systems by the end of fiscal 2022 after “a comprehensive analysis highlighted obsolescence and systemic issues with the system’s dated cannon and automatic loader,”…
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How Astronomers Use Gravity as the Ultimate Camera Lens

The Hubble Space Telescope has an incredible camera system in its own right, but thanks to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing it can capture images far beyond what human technology and optical science currently allow. As noted by Fstoppers, NASA explains that extreme gravity can create interesting visual effects that can be observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Einstein predicted that…
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