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US House passes climate bill, on to President Biden

August 13, 2022
The United States House of Representatives has voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the massive climate bill passed by the Senate on Sunday, in a party-line vote of 220-207, supported by Democrats and opposed by republicans. Now it goes on to Biden’s desk – where the President is expected to sign it in the coming days – which will immediately affect the availability of EV tax…
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Google Photos renaming ‘Archive’ to ‘Hidden’ as Android shows on-device file location

August 13, 2022
In a small tweak, Google Photos is renaming the “Archive” ability that lets you hide images and videos from the main feed to be much more obvious.  Upon updating Google Photos for iOS to version 6.1 today, we were greeted by an “Archive is now called Hidden” prompt: Hidden photos will still show up in albums and search results. You can find the Hidden folder in the Library…
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Google built the Pixel Buds Pro firmware with its Pigweed development kit

August 13, 2022
We’ve now learned that the Pixel Buds Pro mark the first known major use of Google’s open source Pigweed development kit. Back in 2020, Google unveiled Pigweed, an open source collection of libraries or “modules” meant to make it easier to develop for embedded devices. In layman’s terms, Pigweed is something of a starter kit for creating a new gadget. At the time, Pigweed was…
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CATL announces giant new 100 GWh battery plant in Hungary

August 12, 2022
CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, has announced a plan to build a giant new battery plant in Hungary to supply automakers like Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, abbreviated as CATL, sort of came out of nowhere. It was founded only a decade ago and has quickly become the world’s largest battery cell manufacturer by supplying key companies in…
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