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Report: TCL may ride on Google TV and Roku to surpass LG as the second-largest TV maker

April 4, 2022
TCL has been one of the fastest-growing brands in the TV industry, largely thanks to the success of its Roku TVs and, to a lesser extent, its Android TV OS lineup. According to a new report, TCL is now set to surpass LG in TV production. A report from Omdia (via The Elec) suggests that TCL will overtake LG and assume the position of the second-largest TV maker in the world, just behind Samsung.
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iPhone saved the life of snowboarder after he fell into crevasse 10,000 feet up in the Alps

April 4, 2022
An iPhone saved the life of a British snowboarder after he fell into an off-piste crevasse and was unable to climb out. He was alone at the time, something he now says was a mistake he will never repeat. He said that he will never be able to repay Swiss rescue services, but also credits an emergency feature of his iPhone for being able to call for help in the first place … Tim Blakey posted…
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Tesla (TSLA) is up on record deliveries despite Giga Shanghai extending its shutdown

April 4, 2022
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in pre-market trading on Monday after releasing new record delivery numbers this weekend, despite investors learning that Gigafactory Shanghai is unable to restart production today. As we reported on Saturday, Tesla released its Q1 2022 delivery and production results and beat its all-time delivery record with 310,000 EVs despite a difficult quarter. One of the main…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter

April 4, 2022
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform. Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments. While most…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 2, 2022

April 4, 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 delays dress rehearsal of new Mega rocket

April 4, 2022
Today, NASA suspended the last major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket after pressurization issues prevented technicians from safely loading propellants into the rocket. The test — known as a wet dress rehearsal — has been postponed until Monday, April 4th at the earliest, NASA announced in a post on the Artemis I live blog. “Teams have decided to scrub tanking operations for the…
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