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Teslas reportedly being stopped from driving on the highway by police in Chinese megacity

April 24, 2021
Tesla owners are reporting being stopped from driving on the highway by the police over safety concerns in Guangzhou, China. Right now, there’s a lot of discussion about Tesla and safety in the US following the very publicized fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S in Texas. But the same buzz is also happening in China after a Tesla owner protested about an accident at the automaker’s booth…
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Samyang announces new 12mm F2 autofocus lens for Sony APS-C mirrorless cameras

April 24, 2021
Samyang, also known as Rokinon and Bower depending on your region, has announced the 12mm F2 E, a new autofocus wide-angle prime lens for Sony APS-C mirrorless camera systems. The len, which offers a similar angle-of-view to an 18mm lens on a full-frame camera, is constructed of 12 elements in 10 groups, including three extra-low dispersion elements and two aspherical elements. Other…
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Turkey’s removal from F-35 program to cause hike in engine price

April 24, 2021
WASHINGTON — The cost of the F-35′s engine is set to increase by 3 percent due to Turkey’s removal from the program in 2019, the head of Pratt & Whitney’s military engines division said Thursday. The company’s F135 engine — which is used in all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter — was initially manufactured with a total of 188 parts produced by…
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Set of World’s Earliest Photos by Fox Talbot Sells for Staggering $1.96M

April 23, 2021
In a sale celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sotheby’s photography auctions, a set of nearly 200 early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbott quadrupled its pre-auction high estimate and achieved a new auction record for the artist: $1,956,000. Talbott, who is considered by some to be the father of photography, was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the…
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