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YouTube testing of PiP for iOS app continues as desktop site trials more browsable comments list

February 16, 2022
Back in June, YouTube announced that it was beginning to roll out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to the iOS app for Premium subscribers. That said, the Google video site has yet to make it widely available, though it just extended the opt-in testing period again. Picture-in-Picture – which allows users to watch YouTube while using other iOS apps – is currently available to Premium customers who…
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Will this metal recycling startup revolutionize the battery and clean energy sectors? [Update]

February 15, 2022
Most of the materials required for batteries and other clean energy technology are dirty to mine. They’re also mostly controlled by China. Can a recycling technology startup change that? Electrek spoke with Megan O’Connor,cofounder and CEO of Nth Cycle, a Beverly, Massachusetts-based developer of a recycling technology that extracts critical metals from batteries for a second life, about how…
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ElectraMeccanica partners with self-driving startup to test autonomous food deliveries and rides-on-demand via SOLO EV pilot program

February 15, 2022
Compact EV manufacturer ElectraMeccanica has announced a new partnership with autonomous technology startup Faction Technology, Inc. Through the partnership, ElectraMeccanica will provide its SOLO EVs to a pilot program that will test Faction’s self-driving platform as it relates to autonomous food deliveries and vehicles on demand. ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. ($SOLO) is an EV designer…
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Oppo Partners with Hasselblad on Smartphone Cameras, Joining OnePlus

February 15, 2022
Oppo has announced a three-year partnership with camera maker Hasselblad to co-develop camera technologies for Oppo’s Find X series smartphones. The announcement follows a similar arrangement between OnePlus and Hasselblad last year. The Result of Merging Resources OnePlus and Oppo merged last year and while the two companies said that they would continue to operate independently…
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