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Podcast: Tesla Gigafactory Berlin, Rivian’s price fiasco, Ford bi-directional charger, and more

March 4, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s environmental approval, Rivian’s price fiasco, Ford’s bi-directional charger, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one…
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Leica releases $6,295 'Reporter' version of its Leica Q2 Monochrome camera

March 4, 2022
Leica is back again with another special-edition camera, this time giving its Q2 Monochrom camera the ‘Reporter’ treatment its given its original Q2 and M10-P cameras. As with nearly every limited-edition Leica model, the Q2 Monochrom Reporter remains entirely unchanged from its predecessor on the inside. Notably, the camera still has a full-frame 47MP sensor designed specifically for…
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AI Weekly: The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a test case for AI in warfare

March 4, 2022
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues unabated, it’s becoming a test case for the role of technology in modern warfare. Destructive software — presumed to be the work of Russian intelligence — has compromised hundreds of computers at Ukrainian government agencies. On the other side, a loose…
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Samsung says GOS does not throttle non-game Android apps, will add controls in future update

March 4, 2022
Earlier this week Samsung was caught seemingly throttling the performance of literal thousands of Android apps through its “Game Optimizing Service” (GOS), and today the company has officially responded to those findings and will add controls in a future update. Recapping the situation, Samsung Galaxy owners in Korea primarily discovered that a system app pre-installed on Galaxy devices was…
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