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NVIDIA's new Shield update can stop late-night movies waking up the entire house

NVIDIA has rolled out Experience Upgrade v9.1 for all Shield TV and TV Pro units, and one of the features it brings will make watching action movies without earphones more feasible for night owls. The new Night Listening mode can optimize sounds when it’s switched on so that loud explosions are subdued while quiet dialogue gets emphasized even while the volume is on low. “Enjoy…
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Texas-based Volcon launches 80 MPH ‘Stag’ electric UTV with 100+ miles of range

The Round Rock, Texas-based electric powersports company Volcon may be a relative newcomer to the industry, but the American manufacturer has already made a splash with its popular Grunt off-road electric motorcycle. Now the company is following up with twice the wheels and well over twice the power in the new all-electric Volcon Stag UTV. The Stag was first teased nearly two years during the…
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Opinion: EVs will be supply constrained until ICE cars die out

Question: When does an internal-combustion-engined car become valueless? Answer: When the cost of buying or leasing an electric vehicle along with paying for maintenance and miles becomes less expensive than using a free gas car. That’s already been the case for years for high mileage drivers but with higher gas prices, we’ve now reached the point where the cost comparison is becoming more…
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James Webb’s Supercooled MIRI Camera is Finally Ready

NASA has announced that the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, the second of the James Webb Space Telescope’s four primary scientific instruments, has concluded its preparations and is ready to start capturing the universe. Since Webb’s telescope optics and instruments completed alignment earlier this year, the team moved on to the 17 different instrument modes that needed to be…
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