In Victoria, Australia, the state government is considering implementing a punitive mileage tax specifically on electric cars. A coalition of organizations, including Hyundai, VW, Uber, ABB, WWF, and others, has come out against the proposal, calling it the “worst electric vehicle policy in the world” in a full-page ad in The Age newspaper in Melbourne.
The Victorian government currently…
Tesla Model 3 and Model Y prices have been on a roller coaster so far in 2021 and now they went up again in a new update today.
The cheapest Tesla now starts at $39,000.
We have been tracking price changes in Tesla’s lineup for years and there were often swings in…
RuneScape is coming to iOS and Android this summer
April 23, 2021
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Twenty of years of one of the most long-lived MMORPGs is coming to your pocket. Today, publisher Jagex announced that RuneScape is coming to iOS and Android. It’ll join Old School…
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The Call of Duty: Warzone free-to-play battle royale game has grown to more than 100 million downloads in the past 13 months on the strength of one major map.
But Activision blew up that map yesterday, with a nuclear missile landing on the city of Verdansk in a desperate attempt to wipe out a zombie infestation.
Xiaomi and its sub-brand Redmi are going to unveil a new gaming phone, part of the flagship K40 series, and so far we’ve only heard rumors about the chipset. Today the brand took it to Weibo and revealed the Redmi K40 Gaming will be powered by a Dimensity 1200…
Xiaomi is gearing up to launch yet another phone from the Redmi K40 family but this time it’s going to be gaming-centric. A handful of teasers in the past have revealed some of the key specs, including a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 chipset.
Now yet another teaser gives us…
Despite the fact that iOS 14.5 has yet to be released to the public, Apple is now beta testing iOS 14.6. The company today released the first developer beta of iOS 14.6 as well as iPadOS 14.6 and watchOS 7.5 beta 1.
Today’s new release of the iOS 14.6 beta 1 is available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if the update does not immediately appear for…
iOS 14.6 makes it easier for beta users to install RC build and skip other available beta updates
April 23, 2021
Apple today released the first beta of iOS 14.6 to developers even though it hasn’t yet released iOS 14.5 to the public. And while we still don’t know exactly what’s new in this update, the iOS 14.6 release notes confirm that the company has made some changes to make…
In addition to company-wide initiatives and deals, Google is marking Earth Day by letting businesses in Maps and Search specify what recycling is available on site.
Listings in Google Maps and Search today display a slew of “attributes” from outdoor seating to Wi-Fi…
Google Fi marks 6th birthday with new ‘Simply Unlimited’ plan that lacks ‘Unlimited Plus’ extras
April 23, 2021
Google is today marking the sixth anniversary of its MVNO carrier with a new plan that brings the number of total offerings up to three. “Simply Unlimited” is joining Google Fi’s “Flexible” and the just-renamed “Unlimited Plus” plans.
Fi launched in 2015 as an invitation-only “Project” for the Nexus 6 and expanded availability a year later. Every Pixel phone to date has…
