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Electric cars need cobalt and copper, and Zambia’s president-elect wants to supply it

August 19, 2021
Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide victory in the country’s election last week, beating the incumbent, Edgar Lungu. Hichilema’s plan is to ramp up mining in particular to jump-start Zambia’s economy – and provide the rapidly growing electric vehicle battery industry with crucial cobalt and copper. Cobalt and copper Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest producer of…
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DefenseNews

US, Germany Mark 50th Anniversary of Chinook Crash That Killed 37 Soldiers

August 19, 2021
U.S. and German soldiers carry a wreath from a Chinook transport helicopter during a commemoration of a helicopter crash in Pegnitz, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP) BERLIN — American and German officials held a ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate a U.S. Army helicopter crash that killed 37 soldiers in Bavaria 50 years ago. The accident over Pegnitz, a town about…
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MobileNews

Delightful Google ad imagines the Perseverance Mars rover using Google Photos [Video]

August 19, 2021
NASA’s Perseverance landed on Mars six months ago and has been chronicling its mission with good imagery and video. Google is marking the anniversary with a very fun ad that imagines if the Mars rover used Google Photos.  At under a minute long, “A Mars Rover Looks Back” is set to “Put On Your Sunday Clothes” by Jerry Herman. If that song is familiar, especially in the context of…
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MobileNews

Workspace admins can now limit external Google Chat to specific teams, domains

August 19, 2021
Last year, Google Chat added support for talking with users outside their company, thus expanding from being just an internal team communication tool. Google Workspace admins are now getting the ability to limit that external Chat access. Initially, Workspace admins could either allow or disable external Chat with other Gmail users and other companies that use Google for email. More granulation…
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