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Tesla’s former energy head launches startup to compete against Powerwall with key partners

August 25, 2022
Tesla’s former head of energy products has launched a new startup to compete against Powerwall with a new home battery pack, and it managed to secure significant funding from key partners. Kunal Girotra, a chemical engineer, spent five years at Tesla. During his tenure, he led energy products, including Powerwall, solar panels, and solar roofs before being promoted to head of Tesla Energy in…
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Starlink lowers monthly internet prices by 50 percent for some

August 25, 2022
Starlink, Elon Musk’s internet-from-space service provided by SpaceX, is notifying customers with some good news: their monthly subscriptions have been reduced in response to “local market conditions.” I received one of these notifications for my Starlink RV service…
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Google Calendar removing ‘Goals’ from Android and iOS this year [U]

August 25, 2022
Back in April of 2016, Google updated Calendar for Android and iOS with a tool to help you find time for personal goals. Amid another upcoming removal, Google Calendar is planning to get rid of “Goals.” Update 8/24: As we reported at the start of this month, Google Calendar “Goals” are officially going away. A new notice in the Android and iOS app tells users to “Create an event…
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Scientists have increased the life of fuel cells – why that matters for solar and wind

August 25, 2022
In research that could jumpstart work on a range of technologies including fuel cells – key to storing solar and wind energy – MIT researchers have found a relatively simple way to increase the lifetimes of these devices: changing the “pH” of the system. The US Department of Energy explains how fuel cells work: Fuel cells work like batteries, but they do not run down or need recharging.
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Quick Charge Podcast: August 24, 2022

August 25, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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NASA Scientists Help Probe Dark Energy by Testing Gravity

August 25, 2022
Could one of the biggest puzzles in astrophysics be solved by reworking Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity? A new study co-authored by NASA scientists says not yet. The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and scientists don’t know why. This phenomenon seems to contradict everything researchers understand about gravity’s effect on the cosmos: It’s as if you threw an apple in…
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