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Leading global advanced air mobility (AAM) company Joby may have decided to set up its future production line in Ohio as the most financially alluring locale vying for its presence, but California is looking to get as much job creation and economic activity from the Santa Cruz-based air taxi startup before its focus shifts east – and has just handed over a nearly $10 million grant to prove it. Joby announced today that it has been awarded a $9.8 million California Competes grant by the Governor’s…

Swedish foiling e-boat maker Candela has announced the maiden flight of its P-12 passenger ferry, with its dual electric drives and tri-wing setup lifting the vessel above the water to reach a top speed of 30 knots. Series production has now begun, marking "the start of a new, sustainable era in water transport.""Today, in many cities, roads are congested while the waterways – mankind’s oldest infrastructure – is unused for fast commuting," said company founder Gustav Hasselskog. "The P-12 offers a path to use these…

American filmmaker and DC Chief, James Gunn, on Tuesday, announced that he has begun the pre-production work on `Superman: Legacy`. Taking to Twitter, Gunn shared a picture of the screenplay which he captioned, "I`m honored to be a part of the legacy. And what better day than #SupermanAnniversary Day to dive fully into early pre-production on #SupermanLegacy? Costumes, production design, and more now up and running." `Superman: Legacy` is all set to release on July 11, 2025. I’m honored to be a part of the…

The next Superman movie, Superman: Legacy, is heading to theaters in just over two years and today, its writer and director announced he’s full steam ahead. James Gunn, the co-president of DC Films, is that person and he took to social media on Tuesday to reveal that he’s diving “fully into early pre-production” on the film with “costumes, production design, and more now up and running.”Spoilers of the Week March 30-April 1Why is this so special? Because the news comes on April 18, 2023, the 85th anniversary of the date…

Tesla is displaying an impressive-looking ‘pre-production beta Cybertruck’ at Investor Day – resulting in our best look at the latest version of the electric pickup truck yet. As we previously reported, Tesla has built a fleet of beta Cybertruck prototypes to test ahead of the start of production this summer. Over the last few weeks, we started spotting those Cybertruck prototypes around California. Every time we see a new prototype, we try to see new design features that might end up in…

When Stellantis showed off the Ram 1500 Revolution this past January, the automaker said the prototype would serve as a design template for Ram’s first electric truck. Now, more than a month later, Stellantis has shared a first look at the 2024 Ram 1500 REV, and wouldn’t you know, the pre-production model looks more like its gas-guzzling predecessors than the futuristic concept we saw at CES 2023. Stellantis To start, the 2024 model doesn’t carry over the prototype’s “brutiful” styling. Like Ford did with the F-150…

It was recently revealed in an earnings report that the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 will start pre-production in 2023.Thanks to a third-quarter earnings report covered by Tech4gamers, we know CDPR will begin to work on the Cyberpunk sequel after the Phantom Liberty expansion, which is set to release in 2023. You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.Size:640 × 360480 × 270 Want us to remember this setting for all your devices? Sign up or Sign in now!…

Tom Holland’s Alleged Spider-Man 4 Is In An ‘Advanced’ Pre-Production Stage?(Photo Credit –Still From Spider-Man: No Way Home) What is up with Spider-Man 4? If you are wondering that, then we have some good news. Apparently, the Tom Holland starrer is shifting into “advanced” pre-production. After the release of 2021’s No Way Home, Marvel fans have demanded a fourth movie with Tom’s iteration of the Wall-Crawler. Not just that, but fans also want to see Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield again as superheroes, either…

The most essential part of becoming a data engineer is to build highly scalable and reliable data pipelinesIn one of my previous articles on this subject, namely Learning the Core of Data Engineering — Building Data Pipelines, I talked about the 8 key components of building a data pipeline also called Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) pipelineIn today’s article, I will go into more detail to explain what makes a data pipeline good enough for deployment in a production environment. Hopefully this can also provide you a…

Bitblaze, a Russian brand specializing in servers, storage systems, and workstations, has demonstrated its pre-production Bitblaze Titan BM15 laptop based around the Baikal-M1 processor designed in Russia. The notebook, designed primarily for government agencies and enthusiasts, is said to enter mass production in November. The only question is whether the company can indeed mass produce the machine now that TSMC does not produce advanced chips for any company in Russia."I have a legend in my hands: a pre-production …