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Flashback: The HTC One (M8) had two cameras and two OSes

October 6, 2021
What comes after One? Well, the HTC One (M8), of course! If we haven’t made our feelings clear, “One” is a terrible name. But we won’t go into that again, the HTC One was a promising phone that did things its own way. The M8 is the sequel to that and introduced a camera feature that is still very popular today. Or should we say “common” since popular implies that people like it. We…
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Google Flights now lets you see estimated carbon emissions for planned trips

October 6, 2021
Google is pledging to help us get a better idea of our travel choices with estimated carbon emissions/impact of any journey planned using Google Flights. Announced in a dedicated blog post, now, when you use Google Flights to check the prices or times of flights, underneath the price and journey timing data, a carbon emission estimate will also be given for each airline. Google hopes that this…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 2021

October 6, 2021
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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GM announces new battery facility to develop lithium-metal and solid-state cells

October 6, 2021
GM announced today that it is building a new battery facility in Michigan to develop lithium-metal and solid-state battery cells. The new facility will be called Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center after Bill Wallace, who led the team that designed and released GM’s advanced automotive battery systems in the Chevrolet Volt 1, Volt 2, Malibu Hybrid, and Bolt EV before he died of cancer in…
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GE’s huge Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbine is now operational

October 6, 2021
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high. Battle to be the biggest There’s a competition going on between manufacturers for most powerful offshore wind turbine. In February this…
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