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Podcast: Tesla record earnings/delays, big software update, retail shift, Elon Apple CEO? more

July 31, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s record earnings but coming with delays, a big new Tesla software update, Tesla’s retail shift, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: AI adoption is driving cloud growth

July 31, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The adoption of cloud technologies continues to accelerate. According to the newest report from Canalys, in Q2 2021, companies spent $5 billion more on cloud infrastructure services compared to…
MobileNews

Gmail for Android rolls out tweaked colors for automatic labels, including updates, promotions

July 31, 2021
Google has very quietly rolled out a minor update to its Gmail app on Android that tweaks some of the colors within. Showing up in what appears to be a wide server-side rollout, the colors of the “Smart Labels” have all slightly changed. We’re seeing the change in Gmail v2021.07.11, but it doesn’t appear to be dependant on a Play Store update. The change is present, at least for us, on…
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MobileNews

How to make Chromecast with Google TV feel a bit faster [Gallery]

July 31, 2021
The Chromecast with Google TV is a great, affordable streamer with some awesome software, but its low-cost nature lends itself well to the device feeling super slow at times. Luckily, there are a couple of easy tweaks you can make to help keep it feeling quick. There’s no “magic pill” to solve performance issues on the with Google TV. The low-end Amlogic chip inside paired with 2GB of…
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DefenseNews

Israel cleared for $3.4B CH-53K buy, 300 Javelins for Thailand

July 31, 2021
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. State Department said Friday it has cleared a sale of 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Israel potentially worth $3.4 billion and the sale of 300 Javelin FGM-148 missiles to Thailand potentially worth $83.5 million. The package to Israel includes the King Stallion helicopters, made by Lockheed Martin, in Shelton, Conn., and up to 60 T408-GE-400 engines, made by GE…
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