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Lightning eMotors and REV to produce electric ambulances

April 16, 2021
Manufacturers Lightning eMotors and REV Group Inc. have announced they are teaming up to develop fully-electric ambulances along with Leader Emergency Vehicles, a subsidiary of REV. When complete later this year, the electric ambulances will be available to government agencies, municipalities, commercial operators, hospitals, and non-profit organizations. Lightning eMotors is a Colorado-based…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 15, 2021

April 16, 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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Tesla Cybertruck prototype spotted at its upcoming home of Gigafactory Texas

April 16, 2021
We are getting our first new sighting of a Tesla Cybertruck prototype in a long time as the electric pickup has just been spotted at its upcoming home of Gigafactory Texas. Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in 2019 and only had one known prototype of the electric pickup. Over the few months following the unveiling, the prototype was spotted only on a rare few occasions. CEO Elon Musk was seen…
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GamingNews

E3 Rewind: Nintendo’s boring and bizarre E3 2008

April 16, 2021
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. In 2008, Nintendo was on top. The DS and Wii were giant hits. The company had developed a new strategy that targeted audiences that weren’t part of the core gaming demographic. Successes…
MobileNews

WhatsApp for iOS update improves media previews and Disappearing Messages

April 16, 2021
WhatsApp for iOS started rolling out version 2.21.71 of its app today with notable new features, including Disappearing Message changes and improvements to media viewing. When the user updates WhatsApp for iOS with this new version, they will be able to see a larger image and video preview shared with friends or groups in a chat. This functionality is similar to what Twitter is testing when you…
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MobileNews

Google’s Project Zero giving companies more time to roll out patches before disclosing details

April 16, 2021
The Project Zero team today announced an updated vulnerability disclosure policy for 2021. It follows changes made last year to better address perennial concerns from the broader security community. In short, the Google security team in 2021 will wait 30 days before sharing technical details of a vulnerability that has been patched within the 90- or seven-day (for a zero-day) deadlines. That…
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