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Tesla Model 3 Long Range and Polestar 2 Long Range — which is better for an EV road trip? [Video]

June 30, 2021
In his debut episode for Fully Charged, Jack Scarlett joins Robert Llewellyn in rural Wales to see which of two popular electric cars — the Tesla Model 3 Long Range or the Polestar 2 Long Range — is best suited for a road trip. [This is an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and Electrek] Robert and Jack don’t do a straight comparison of the Tesla Model 3 and the Polestar 2, as…
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MGM Resorts introduces 100-megawatt solar array to power 13 hotels on Las Vegas Strip

June 30, 2021
Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM), who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array capable of offering up to 90% of daytime power to the company’s 13 resorts scattered across the Las Vegas Strip. This includes hotels like Aria, MGM Grand, and The Mirage. The solar array will support the hospitality company’s climate-conscious goals set for 2030. MGM…
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Google Chrome to offer ‘HTTPS-Only Mode’

June 30, 2021
For years now, Google has been one of the biggest proponents of using a more secure HTTPS connection everywhere possible. Google’s latest optional push, “HTTPS-Only Mode,” would make older HTTP websites inaccessible in Chrome. HTTPS was once a marker of a website’s…
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Nissan will build the UK’s first EV battery gigafactory

June 30, 2021
Japanese carmaker Nissan is expected to confirm this week that it will build the UK’s first battery gigafactory, according to Sky News. The factory will open in Sunderland in 2024, in the northeast of England, and it’s expected to produce enough batteries for 200,000 electric cars annually. Nissan battery gigafactory Nissan will partner with Chinese specialist Envision AESC to build the…
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Gmail and Google Chat now support custom statuses on the web

June 30, 2021
With Chat serving as a key part of the integrated Gmail experience, Google lets users quickly specify their activity status. In addition to the existing availability options, you’re now able to set a custom status in Gmail and Chat on the web. This month’s announcement…
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Carrier caught injecting ‘SMS AD’ into Google verification code message [Update: Comment]

June 30, 2021
SMS is widely regarded as an insecure form of two-factor authentication, and another example of this has just emerged. A carrier looks to be injecting ads into the Google verification code used to sign in to services like Gmail. Update 6/29: Google issued the following statement to us today: “These are not our ads and we are currently working with the wireless carrier to understand why this…
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