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Rivian powers party in the woods with its electric pickup truck

December 24, 2020
Rivian is showing some fun things you can do with its R1T electric pickup truck by powering a party in the woods with the truck. The Rivian R1T is likely one of the most anticipated vehicles set to go into production next year. It was one of the very first serious electric pickup truck programs to be unveiled, and many industry watchers are regarding it as a more “normal pickup” electric…
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Samsung opens Android 11 beta to Galaxy A51, M31 devices

December 24, 2020
The rollout of Android 11 to Samsung’s massive portfolio of devices has started and, so far, things are way ahead of schedule. Now, some of Samsung’s more affordable devices from the Galaxy A and Galaxy M series are getting an Android 11 beta program, including the ultra-popular Galaxy A51. Like the Galaxy S20, Note, and other devices before them, Samsung users on select Galaxy A and Galaxy…
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SkyPixel announces 6th annual drone photo and video contest

December 24, 2020
Last year, to commemorate its 5th anniversary online, SkyPixel announced a photography and videography contest aimed at creators capturing aerial imagery. Since launching in 2014, around the same time consumer-grade drones became mainstream, the platform has garnered over 18…
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7Artisans releases a $195 35mm F5.6 golden pancake lens for Leica M mount cameras

December 24, 2020
Chinese optics manufacturer 7Artisans has announced its latest lens, a gold-adorned 35mm F5.6 manual focus pancake lens for Leica M mount camera systems. The ultra-thin lens is constructed of five elements in four groups, including two ultra-low dispersion elements. It has a fixed F5.6 aperture but somehow manages to squeeze in a manual focus system (30cm to infinity) that’s controlled…
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Google told its AI research scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ on sensitive topics

December 23, 2020
(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested that authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in the work. Google’s new review procedure asks that researchers…
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