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Yet another electric bike recall announced due to faulty brakes

September 22, 2023
It’s been a tough few weeks for electric bike recalls, with the latest coming from major bicycle manufacturer Trek. The company announced a recall of all Allant+ 7 models with Tektro brakes due to a risk of brake hose malfunction. In this case, the problem isn’t in the brake itself, but rather in the way the rear brake hose is routed around the headlight. The company sent out a notice to…
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Gear in this story

September 22, 2023
Credit: Tamron Announced in August, Tamron’s unique 17-50mm F4 lens Di III VXD lens is almost ready for prime time. Tamron has announced more of this lens’s specs and says that it will be available starting October, 19, 2023 for a price of $699 for Sony E-mount cameras. This is the first-ever 17-50mm lens for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras and it’s fairly compact at 114.4mm…
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NASA Releases Independent Review’s Mars Sample Return Report

September 22, 2023
An Independent Review Board (IRB) looked at NASA’s current plans and goals of the first mission to return samples from Mars, and NASA is establishing a team to respond. In addition to bringing home the first sample collected from Mars, this highly complex mission would…
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Ubisoft is making The Division 3 with Massive Entertainment

September 22, 2023
Ubisoft revealed today that Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 is in the works. Massive Entertainment, the series’ longtime developer, is leading work on the new project while supporting The Division 2. Longtime creative head Julian Gerighty is also returning to the franchise…
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Anthropic’s new policy takes aim at ‘catastrophic’ AI risks

September 22, 2023
Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the popular Claude chatbot, has released a new policy detailing its commitment to responsibly scaling AI systems. The policy, referred to as the Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), is designed specifically to mitigate “catastrophic risks,” or situations where an AI model could directly cause large-scale devastation. The RSP is unprecedented…
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AMD takes AI inferencing to space with Versal chip

September 22, 2023
You can get further out on the edge than space. And that’s where the AMD Versal AI Edge chip is headed, said Advanced Micro Devices. The new adaptive computing chip — the Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 — is a radiation-tolerant, space-grade technology built as a complete…
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Army picks four to build robotic combat vehicle prototypes

September 21, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army selected McQ, Textron Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Oshkosh Defense to build light robotic combat vehicle prototypes for a total of nearly $25 million, the service said Sept. 20. The companies have until August 2024 to build the prototypes and deliver them to the Army for testing and evaluation with soldiers. This marks the first phase of a competition…
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