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Rivian (RIVN) announces 6% cut in its workforce to focus on production ramp

Rivian (RIVN) announced this week that it is laying off 6% of its workforce in order to focus on its electric pickup truck production ramp. Over the last few months, many tech companies have announced layoffs in reaction to the changing economy that points toward a recession. In the EV industry, Tesla announced it is laying off about 10% of its salaried employees – though we reported that it…
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Apple stops signing iOS 15.5 following iOS 15.6 release

Apple on Wednesday stopped signing iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, exactly one week after the company released iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 to all users. As a result, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users can no longer downgrade from iOS 15.6 to iOS 15.5, which may affect users waiting for jailbreak. iOS 15.5 was released on May 16 with minor improvements to Apple Cash and Apple Podcasts, plus other bug…
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 27, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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NASA Marks 25 Years Since Pathfinder Touched Down on Mars

When a daring team of engineers put a lander and the first rover on the Red Planet a quarter century ago, they changed how the world explores. On a July evening in 1997, Jennifer Trosper drove home from work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory holding a picture of the…
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Google feels it is ‘important’ to be able to share Nest Cam recording with police, but never has [U]

Having a security camera in or around your home can be both useful and a source of peace of mind, but there’s always a concern that the footage captured could end up somewhere you don’t intend it to. As it turns out, with Google’s Nest cameras, some emergency situations can result in Google handing recordings to police upon request, even without a warrant. A part of Google’s privacy policy…
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