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Study dispels myth that electric cars pollute as much as gas-powered cars due to ‘dirty’ grid

A new study dispels the persistent myth that electric cars pollute just as much as gas-powered cars because they charge on a “dirty” electric grid, and mining for battery materials is polluting. While electric cars have no tailpipe emissions, unlike vehicles equipped with an internal combustion engine, they still pollute through the energy needed to produce them, like any other product, and…
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Google News Showcase launches in Austria today

Google launched a $1 billion licensing program in October 2020 to support publishers and surface card-based content across its platforms. Google News Showcase is now coming to Austria. The effort today has signed over 800 — up 100 from May — deals with news…
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Pergear Launches 60mm f/2.8 Ultra-Macro for Fuji, Sony, Nikon, and M43

Pergear has announced a new 2x magnification lens, the 60mm f/2.8 Ultra-Macro for a range of APS-C mounts — Fujifilm X-mount, Sony E-mount, and Nikon Z-mount — and Micro Four Thirds. The company touts the lens as able to recreate “life-size” 2x maximum magnification photos and can focus as close as 19.1 centimeters (about 7.5 inches) and is therefore suitable for close-up subjects. It is…
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Elon Musk confirms Tesla plans to open Superchargers to other automakers later this year

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla plans to open its Supercharger network to other automakers later this year. It’s something that has been in the works for a while. It’s hard to put a number on that value, but there’s no doubt at this point that Tesla’s Supercharger network is the most extensive electric vehicle fast-charging network in the world. Instead of relying on third-party…
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 20, 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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YouTube Music for Android loses ‘Offline Mixtape’ app shortcut

One of YouTube Music’s oldest (and best) features is an “Offline Mixtape” that can be quickly played on Android. Over the course of today, the app shortcut has disappeared for users. The Offline Mixtape is set by Smart Downloads with users able to choose how many songs (up to 500 or 2GB) they want downloaded for listening without an internet connection. Besides being accessible from the…
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