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Hands-on: TCL’s new Google TV models are well-designed and, more importantly, not slow

Google TV came to life on last year’s Chromecast, then expanded to Sony’s pretty-darn-expensive Bravia TVs earlier this year. Now, though, the platform is coming to something more affordable. TCL is bringing several Google TV models to market this month, and I’ve had to chance to check them out in person. I was able to spend some time recently taking an in-person look at the TCL 5-Series…
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Tesla turns Gigafactory Shanghai into its new ‘export hub,’ and July numbers are showing it

Tesla recently said that it has shifted its “export hub” from Fremont Factory to Gigafactory Shanghai, and Tesla’s July results in China are confirming that. During Tesla’s Q2 2021 results last month, the automaker said that it is making Gigafactory Shanghai its “new primary vehicle export hub”: “Due to strong U.S. demand and global average cost optimization, we have completed the…
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Report: Android TV has made ‘strong gains,’ smart TVs could be in 50% of global households in 5 years

Google has had a renewed interest in the TV market over the past year or two, and it seems those efforts are paying off. A new report projects the growth of smart TVs over the next few years and notes that Android TV has made “strong gains.” A report published by Strategy Analytics (via FlatPanelsHD) forecasts the reach of televisions sold with a smart operating system over the next several…
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Starship Technologies’ delivery robots are coming to more college campuses this fall

Starship Technologies is expanding its footprint, deploying dozens of its pint-sized six-wheeled delivery robots on college campuses this fall. Starship is adding four new schools to its operational domain: University of Illinois Chicago; University of Kentucky; University of Nevada, Reno; and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. The company, which originated…
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