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These cameras and lenses have won seven major design awards for "innovation, quality, and influence" for just one company

The iF Design Award 2026 winners have been announced – and Nikon has taken home seven awards across its imaging lineup. Presented by the iF International Forum Design, the iF Design Award is one of the most recognized marks of excellence in product design, highlighting innovation, quality, and influence. This year’s winning Nikon gear spans a wide range of categories, including mirrorless…
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This solar farm lets cattle roam under moving panels

Silicon Ranch has brought something online commercially that you don’t see every day: a utility-scale solar farm where cattle graze under moving panels. The Nashville-based developer has launched its new “CattleTracker” system at the Christiana Solar Ranch in Tennessee. It’s the first commercial deployment of the company’s patented approach to combining solar generation with full-scale…
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DefenseNews

US Army tests fresh drones, 3D printers at ‘Balikatan’ drill in the Philippines

FORT MAGSAYAY, Philippines — As an American reconnaissance drone hummed overhead, soldiers of the U.S. and Philippine armies stormed forward through the jungle terrain, laying down suppressive fire on enemy positions. This jungle patrol in the thickly vegetated training area of Fort Magsaysay, located 75 miles north of Manila, was just one of many events taking place across the Philippines in…
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ComputersNews

Is VR gaming now dead in the water?

Meta is looking a lot less meta lately, reportedly pivoting from the virtual reality Quest brand and the ghost of Oculus to double down on pervert glasses. After a decade of work, Sony’s VR ambitions over on the PlayStation seem to have made little progress. And I’ve barely heard a mention of Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset—allegedly the flagship launch device for Android XR—since it arrived…
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