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Android App Bundles replacing APK format for new Google Play applications in August

Google introduced the Android App Bundle format in May of 2018 at I/O as part of its modern development push. The AAB standard will become the default for new applications published to the Play Store this August.  To bring these benefits to more users and focus on modern Android distribution that benefits all developers, Google Play will start requiring new apps to be published with the…
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EGEB: Caterpillar will develop all-electric vehicles for a graphite mine

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Caterpillar agrees to develop all-electric mining machines for Nouveau Monde Graphite. Democratic Republic of Congo will build two solar farms in the copper- and cobalt-rich southeast. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so…
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Tesla Model 3 Long Range and Polestar 2 Long Range — which is better for an EV road trip? [Video]

In his debut episode for Fully Charged, Jack Scarlett joins Robert Llewellyn in rural Wales to see which of two popular electric cars — the Tesla Model 3 Long Range or the Polestar 2 Long Range — is best suited for a road trip. [This is an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and Electrek] Robert and Jack don’t do a straight comparison of the Tesla Model 3 and the Polestar 2, as…
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Google Chrome to offer ‘HTTPS-Only Mode’

For years now, Google has been one of the biggest proponents of using a more secure HTTPS connection everywhere possible. Google’s latest optional push, “HTTPS-Only Mode,” would make older HTTP websites inaccessible in Chrome. HTTPS was once a marker of a website’s safety and a security measure reserved only for websites with things that needed special protection like financial…
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