Canon M6 Mark II review: Incredible performance from a flawed flagship

Body and handlingThe big advantage of APS-C devices over full-frame cameras is the compact size, and Canon has nailed that part. Compared to the 660-gram EOS R, it weighs just 408 grams with a battery and memory card. On top of that, most of the lenses are pretty light too, thanks to the smallish EOS…

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Endures Another Grilling on Capitol Hill

You are Mark Zuckerberg. It is 1:45 pm in Room 2128 of the Rayburn Office Building. You have been testifying for almost four hours, enduring the questions of the House Financial Services Committee, five minutes per representative, some of them very angry at you. You have to pee.Chair Maxine Waters (D-California) listens to your request…

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Why Did Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner Tip Over?

So the Sooner Schooner was indeed accelerating, simply because it was turning. Also, you might notice that right before the crash, the horses seem to take a sharper turn. That reduces the radius of curvature and increases the centripetal acceleration. But why did it tip over? Torque!Don’t Get TorquedPhysicists like to simplify things as much…

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Why Republicans Storming a SCIF Puts National Security at Risk

So when Gaetz and House minority whip Steve Scalise and their merry band of lawmakers literally barge into a SCIF—they finally left after a five-hour standoff—they’re not just causing a fuss. They’re making a mockery of national security, and to a lesser extent putting it at risk. Especially the congressmen who, as numerous outlets have…

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Why Zuckerberg’s Embrace of Mayor Pete Should Worry You

We recently learned that Elizabeth Warren is the kind of presidential candidate Mark Zuckerberg considers an existential threat to Facebook. She is, after all, determined to break up the sprawling social-networking empire. But what about the others? What sort of presidential candidate does Zuckerberg consider an existential asset to Facebook? We may have an answer:…

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NASA Wants to Send a Probe to the Hellish Surface of Venus

With all the talk about sending humans to the moon and eventually Mars, it can be easy to forget there are other planets worth exploring. But a team of researchers at NASA has set its sights on Venus, Earth’s closest neighbor and one of the least understood planets in the solar system.Since the first (crash)…

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The Acid Sludge Streaming Out of Germany’s Coal Mines

Imagine a Sunny Delight factory explosion in the gloomy realm of Mordor, spilling streams of "orange drink" through the land. That's what Tom Hegen's photos look like. Only thing is, they weren't shot on Mordor—it's Germany—and that tangy-looking liquid isn't anything you'd want for breakfast. It's acid drainage out of coal mines.Hegen flew above lignite…

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Surface Pro 7: Not Much New, But Still a Whole Lot to Love

Good news for fans of the Microsoft Surface Pro: The little tablet that could, now in its seventh edition, has reached that point of maturity and general success where no one wants to rock the boat for fear of screwing something up. What’s new? Almost nothing. If you don’t have a Surface Pro 6 to…

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Taika Waititi Has Even Bigger Plans for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Throughout his career, Taika Waititi has played a lot of different roles. He’s been a minister (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), a vampire (Viago in What We Do in the Shadows), and a friendly pile of rocks (Korg in Thor: Ragnarok). In his new film, Jojo Rabbit, he plays Adolf Hitler—well, a young German boy's imaginary…

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