DefenseNews

Lockheed names new head of F-35 program

April 6, 2021
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin on April 5 appointed a new leader for the F-35 program who has experience in overseeing the jet’s sustainment enterprise, amid public criticism over the Joint Strike Fighter’s operations and maintenance costs. Effective April 12, Bridget Lauderdale will assume the role of vice president and general manager of the F-35 program. Lauderdale currently leads the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Government audit of AI with ties to white supremacy finds no AI

April 5, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. In April 2020, news broke that Banjo CEO Damien Patton, once the subject of profiles by business journalists, was previously convicted of crimes committed with a white supremacist group. According to OneZero’s analysis of grand jury testimony and hate crime prosecution documents, Patton pled guilty to…
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NewsPhotography

How Much Does Lens Sharpness Matter?

April 5, 2021
Many of us enjoy quality. Be it a car or a lens, there’s a pleasure in using quality things. And in the case of lenses, how perceivable is the quality of the images captured? The research for this article was prompted by my “lust” for the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 Apo…
MobileNews

Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

April 5, 2021
It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
MobileNews

Supreme Court rules that Android Java usage is fair use in win for Google over Oracle

April 5, 2021
In 2019, Google asked the Supreme Court to review Oracle’s long-running lawsuit over whether Android’s usage of Java was fair use. The Supreme Court this morning sided with Google and overturned Oracle’s win following a lower court ruling three years ago. This suit dates back to Oracle’s 2010 purchase of Java developer Sun Microsystems. After the acquisition, the new language owners sued…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla (TSLA) surges on Wall Street digesting delivery results, and new bull run is in sight

April 5, 2021
Tesla (TSLA) is surging on the first trading after it released its delivery results, which the market had three days to digest. A new bull run is in sight. Last Friday, Tesla released its delivery and production results – confirming that it delivered a record of over 184,000 vehicles. It was significantly higher than most analysts’ expectations, but we couldn’t see the impact on Tesla’s…
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