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First-ever fully customized Zero SR/S electric motorcycle adds wings and style

Zero Motorcycles recently teamed up with Deus ex Machina to create the first-ever fully customized Zero SR/S electric motorcycle. Zero has occasionally collaborated with designers who have taken Zero’s platform in entirely new (and often shocking) directions. The modularity of electric motorcycles and lack of conventional design constraints like gas tanks and internal combustion engines have…
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X SHORE Electric Boat & AIM ZERO Ocean Clean-Up

When we first embarked on our Fully Charged journey — 10 years and 553 episodes ago — we were especially attracted to electric cars and the clean energy that could potentially power them. Over time, and to our occasional astonishment, the adaptability of the humble battery has opened up new applications as easily as a swiss-army knife. Aviation is something we never thought we would see in our…
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New Android feature alerts you to smoke alarms and other 'critical' sounds

Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. Sound Notifications is rolling out to Android (and Wear OS) devices and it’ll use the microphone in your phone to listen for things like beeping appliances, running water or barking dogs. Then, it’ll send you a push…
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iOS 14: How to translate websites on iPhone and iPad

One of the less flashy but valuable upgrades that arrives with Safari this year is built-in translation. Follow along for a look at how to translate websites on iPhone and iPad in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. In addition to the dedicated new Translate app for iPhone and iPad in…
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Samsung's Galaxy S20 FE is surprisingly easy to love

If there’s one thing I like more than an unabashedly good smartphone, it’s an unabashedly good cheap smartphone. Spoiler alert: The Galaxy S20 FE (or Fan Edition) is precisely that.  There are a few ways to look at a phone like this. Through one lens, it&aposs Samsung&aposs response to an ongoing pandemic and its economic effects. Through another, it&aposs the valuable connective…
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