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NVIDIA's $299 GeForce RTX 4060 is the cheapest 40-series card yet

You no longer have to spend more than $500 to get a video card using NVIDIA’s current Ada Lovelace architecture. The company is launching the GeForce RTX 4060 series, which will start at $299. The flagship RTX 4060 Ti will start at $399 with 8GB of RAM when it arrives on May 24th — a full $200 less than the base 4070. It’s pitched as a direct successor to the similarly-priced RTX…
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New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military will receive about NZ$5.3 billion (U.S. $3.3 billion) under the country’s 2023/2024 defense budget, unveiled May 18. Last year, the New Zealand Defence Force received about NZ$4.9 billion. Inflation to December 2022 was…
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Debt breach could damage defense industry, Air Force official says

WASHINGTON — A breach of the debt ceiling could do “long-lasting and profound damage” to the defense industrial base, the Air Force’s top acquisition official said Thursday. The exact effects of a breach are hard to predict because it is “such uncharted territory,” Andrew Hunter said at a discussion in Arlington, Virginia, hosted by George Mason University’s Greg and Camille Baroni…
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BMW i5 image leaked ahead of its official debut

BMW’s first electric 5 series sedan, the i5, is days away from making its global debut. Before its official release, a new image of the BMW i5 was leaked, and from the first look, the electric sedan is impressive. BMW i5 finally comes alive as new image emerges After…
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The US's largest clean energy transmission project just hit a major milestone

The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a Record of Decision for SunZia, the massive clean energy transmission project in the US Southwest. BLM completed the review period for SunZia in less than two years – one of the final steps the transmission project needed to complete before the project’s developer, Pattern Energy Group, can formally…
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Can Geely turn Aston Martin into an EV powerhouse after doubling its stake?

Volvo and Polestar owner Geely announced it had raised its stake in the iconic British luxury automaker Aston Martin to 17% as part of a new relationship agreement. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd., or simply Geely to most, is China’s largest privately owned auto tech group with an emerging EV presence. After buying out Volvo Cars in 2010 from Ford, Geely gained access to the established…
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