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Ford dealers are taking advantage of strong demand for F-150 Lightning, marking it up by $30,000

December 31, 2021
Many Ford dealers are taking advantage of the strong demand for F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck and marking it up by as much as $30,000. Amongst many other things, one great underappreciated thing that Tesla did was put the auto dealer model into perspective. Tesla’s direct-to-consumer approach is not perfect, but it showed that there’s a major issue with having widely different prices…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How to discover AI code, know-how with CatalyzeX

December 31, 2021
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more When it comes to building an AI project, whether it’s for speech recognition or some other use case, data scientists and…
MobileNews

Apple acoustics VP talks AirPods and the limitations of Bluetooth in new interview

December 31, 2021
Apple’s AirPods have been a runway success over the last several years, and the lineup now includes multiple different variations from which to choose. In a new interview with What HiFi, Gary Geaves, Apple’s VP of Acoustics, and Eric Treski from the Product Marketing Team went in-depth on the technology behind AirPods, with an interesting focus on how Bluetooth can be a major bottleneck.
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MobileNews

Google Tasks web sidebar getting a list-focused redesign, favoriting

December 31, 2021
Back in August, Google updated Tasks for Android and iOS with tabs that let you quickly jump between lists. The instance of Google Tasks that exists in the web sidebar of Gmail, Docs, and other Workspace apps now looks to be getting a similar redesign, as well as the ability to favorite items. A Google blog post about productivity tips this morning includes a screenshot of a new Google Tasks web…
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This LOFAR 'video' may have helped researchers discover how lightning forms

December 31, 2021
Lightning is a widespread atmospheric event. Per the Met Office in the UK, there are three million flashes of lightning every day on Earth, or about 44 strikes per second. Despite this, scientists haven’t been able to conclude how exactly lightning forms inside a thundercloud. That could be changing though, with the help of new video recorded by a team of researchers. In 2018, a very…
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