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Tesla (TSLA) announces it sold most of its Bitcoin

July 21, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it sold most of its Bitcoin, about 75%, during the last quarter. The automaker didn’t elaborate on the reason. Early in 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles. However, a few days later, Tesla took a step back with crypto by removing the Bitcoin payment option.
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 20, 2022

July 21, 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. Aventon’s award-winning  set a standard for upright cruiser ebikes with new upgrades and design features. Check out the full line on Aventon’s . New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through…
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Google Photos Now Shows How Much Space You’re Using

July 21, 2022
There’s a brand new feature in Google Photos that enables users to know how much space each image is taking up in the cloud. It’s located in the “backed up” category of the image’s metadata. The new information metric is found in the info section of each…
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Google to slow hiring, Pichai calls for ‘consolidating where investments overlap’ [U: Pause]

July 21, 2022
In a sign of the times and following other tech companies, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees today that Google is “slowing the pace of hiring for the rest of the year.” Update 7/20: According to The Information, Senior Vice President Prabhakar Raghavan of Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce, and Payments has announced a two-week hiring pause. This presumably applies to employees within his…
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Android 13 Beta 4 feedback survey now open for Pixel owners

July 21, 2022
With the launch of Android 13 Beta 4 last week, Google said the “official release is next” but before that Pixel owners can leave feedback on what should be the last survey. Please only fill out this survey if your device is running Beta 4 (TPB4.220624.005). You can verify this by going to Settings>About Phone. As always, this Android 13 Beta 4 survey starts by having users confirm their…
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