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Nikon Announces development of Flagship Z9 Professional mirrorless camera

Nikon has announced the development of their flagship Mirrorless camera, the model - named the Z9, is said to be the flagship for the Z mount system and is said to sit above the current Z7 series with features such as a "professional" camera body with design cues borrowed from the Nikon D6 DSLR which is currently Nikon's DSLR equivalent.  At the time of writing, details of the camera are still unreleased but the only key points to memorize are 8K video recording and Stacked CMOS senor which is said to offer the best still and video capabilities of a Nikon camera so far. Announcement date of the Nikon Z9 will be released at a later date. Source - Petapixel

Apple to discontinue it's iMac Pro

Apple is apparently set to pull the plug on the iMac Pro - it's all in one desktop pc with a 10 Core Xeon W processor retailed at an eyewatering $4999. The desktop has had a market of its own and sales figures of the device are still not known, but considering that apple is moving towards its own chipsets, discontinuing the intel setup could likely mean that Apple is either setting up to re-launch a new re-designed iMac Pro or kill off the segment altogether.  Via - Engadget

EV News - Porsche Unveils new Taycan Cross Turismo

Porsche has unveiled its latest Taycan based Tourer/Wagon - The Taycan Cross Turismo . The new car - marketed towards adventurists who might benefit from a bigger 93.4Kw battery and all wheel drive thanks to two motors, starts at $90,000 for the base model and all the way up to $188,000 for the high spec "Turbo" S variant.   The Taycan cross Turismo comes in 4 variants with different power outputs and ranges. The Taycan 4 Cross Turismo with 280 kW (380 PS; CO2 emissions combined 0 g/km, Electricity consumption combined 28.1 kwh/100 km), overboost power for Launch Control 350 kW (476 PS), acceleration 0-100 km/h in 5.1 seconds, top speed 220 km/h, range (WLTP) 389 – 456 km. The Taycan 4S Cross Turismo with 360 kW (490 PS; CO2 emissions combined 0 g/km, Electricity consumption combined 28.1 kwh/100 km), overboost power with Launch Control 420 kW (571 PS), acceleration 0-100 km/h in 4.1 seconds, top speed 240 km/h, range (WLTP) 388 – 452 km  The Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo with 4