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Pete Buttigieg wants great high-speed US rail – is it possible?

February 6, 2021
High-speed rail is part of everyday life in many parts of the world – but not in the US, where the car is still very much king. US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants to change that, and so do a lot of US residents and companies, but it’s going to be an enormous challenge. Why the US has no high-speed rail CNBC released an excellent 20-minute video report in May 2019 detailing the…
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Razer’s Huntsman V2 Analog keyboard has it all (even analog switches)

February 5, 2021
Razer has a new premium mechanical gaming keyboard that comes with all the extras. The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog is the followup to the popular and excellent Huntsman. Like the original, the V2 Analog uses optical switches and has Chroma lighting that extends to the wrist rest. But as the new name suggests, the V2 Analog modifies its optical switches with support for analog input. Now, the keyboard…
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Yongnuo Launches 25mm f/1.7 Lens for Micro Four Thirds

February 5, 2021
Yongnuo has announced the 25mm f/1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds on its official website today. While the construction appears to be designed to be affordable and lightweight, the company also claims solid performance. The YN25mm f/1.7M will weigh 150 grams and will be…
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7 Reasons to Add a Noctilux Lens to Your Camera Bag

February 5, 2021
As a professional corporate photographer who completes around 300 professional assignments a year and has done so for many years, I have used a number of modern, ultra-fast lenses made by excellent optical equipment manufacturers, but I keep on coming back to the Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens by Leica. As a Leica shooter, I was first drawn to the Noctilux out of curiosity but I already had a sense it…
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These Bluetooth earbuds can deliver 50 hours of battery life

February 5, 2021
Everyone but the most fervent Apple fans thought the company was crazy when it got rid of the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 in favor of the AirPods, essentially creating a solution to their own problem. And yet, five years later, Bluetooth earbuds of all shapes and sizes…
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Google updates Android Beta Feedback app ahead of Android 12 Developer Preview

February 5, 2021
In a sign that Google intends to follow last year’s early release cadence for previewing the next version of its mobile OS, the Android Beta Feedback app was updated via the Play Store on Thursday for Android 12. With Android 10/Q in 2019, Google made available an Android Beta Feedback app so that users could report bugs without having to visit the bug tracker website. It automatically appears…
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