[ad_1] Associated Press Uber has been hemorrhaging cash for years. The company lost $8.5 billion (with a B) in 2019 alone and has yet to finish a financial calendar anywhere close to breaking even. However Uber’s new management appears confident that 2020 will be the year that the company breaks its losing streak, as CFO […]
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Toyota and Panasonic will start producing EV batteries in April
[ad_1] As expected, Toyota is the majority owner of the company with a 51 percent stake. The two also confirmed that Prime Planet Energy would make batteries for both Toyota as well as a variety of other automakers. Moving forward, they plan to develop new types of power cells as well. “Batteries — as solutions […]
Panasonic’s compact VR glasses see the future in HDR
[ad_1] Another part of the demo showed a CG recreation of a temple in Japan, including areas where visitors aren’t allowed to go. The high quality of the scans used to create the temple combined with the goggles to make one of the more real-feeling virtual experiences I’ve ever had. That came despite the glasses’ […]
Watch Panasonic’s CES 2020 press conference in 7 minutes
[ad_1] Okay, but what about everyday gadgets? Well, the company carved out some time for a slew of wireless headphones including a Technics pair that uses “Dual Hybrid Noise Cancelling Technology,” as well as digital and analogue processing, for what it calls “true wireless” sound. It also hyped up a gaming speaker co-developed with Japanese […]
Panasonic’s S1H is the first mirrorless camera approved by Netflix
[ad_1] According to Netflix’s production guide for the S1H, you have to shoot in at least 4K using the V-Log color space with 4:2:2 10-bit All-I (400 Mbps) encoding. Crucially, Netflix requires a pixel-for-pixel sensor readout with no line-skipping. The S1H can handle that either by cropping to a Super 35 portion of the sensor […]
Panasonic’s modular Toughbook 55 lets you swap out seemingly everything
[ad_1] That modularity assists with running time, too. You can hot-swap a second battery without shutting off the computer, giving you up to 40 hours of battery life. This might be ideal for field workers who don’t know when they’ll be near a power outlet. This is also a much-needed modernization of Toughbook hardware. While […]
Panasonic’s high-contrast dual LCD does a great impression of an OLED
[ad_1] What you’re looking at here is not an OLED but a complicated dual panel LCD monitor. It has a 4K outer panel with a monochrome inner panel that modulates an LED backlight. The system, which is made up of multiple optical sheets and layers, can dim the picture at the pixel level, the kind […]
LG, Panasonic and Vizio fight motion smoothing with ‘filmmaker mode’
[ad_1] Today the UHD Alliance — an industry group of various companies involved in getting 4K video to you — banded together and announced something that couldn’t come too soon: filmmaker mode. According to its backers, which include manufacturers like LG, Vizio and Panasonic, the feature will make sure movies and TV shows are seen […]
Leica’s V-Lux 5 is a high-end, travel-friendly camera
[ad_1] The centerpiece is the combination of a 20-megapixel, 1-inch sensor with a 16X 25-400mm equivalent f/2.8-4.0 lens. You should get good low-light performance and overall high quality, even when you’ve zoomed all the way out. The Panasonic roots also ensure fast autofocus (as little as 0.1 seconds), continuous burst shooting at 12 frames per […]
Tesla is quietly developing its own EV battery cells
[ad_1] It’s not hard to divine the reasoning behind the move. In-house cells would let Tesla optimize its battery packs for its cars, whether it’s longer range, more acceleration or better sustained performance. This could also cut costs by eliminating go-betweens like Panasonic, making that $25,000 EV more feasible. Moreover, it might provide a failsafe […]