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Google requiring Chrome Web Store devs to enable 2FA, combine repetitive extensions, more

June 30, 2021
Google today announced the latest set of policy changes to limit extensions abuse and improve security of the Chrome Web Store. This includes requiring 2FA for Chrome Web Store developers and cracking down on deceptive installations. Similar to the Play Console for Android apps just yesterday, Chrome Web Store developers need to enable 2-Step Verification (2SV or 2FA) on their Google Accounts…
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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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