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Tesla cofounder JB Straubel will recycle Nissan Leaf batteries at Redwood Materials

February 25, 2021
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel announced that his new startup, Redwood Materials, is going to recycle Nissan Leaf battery packs. Redwood Materials is a Nevada-based company that is developing new processes to recycle materials with a focus on electric car batteries. It was founded by JB Straubel, an early founding member of Tesla and the company’s longtime chief technology officer, until he left…
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YouTube Music for Android now lets you repeat songs while Casting

February 25, 2021
The criticism of YouTube Music, especially from Google Play Music users, is that it bizarrely lacks basic features. One of those is the ability to repeat songs while Casting, though that has finally just been added to YouTube Music on Android. For the past few weeks, there has been some hints that Google was working on this minor capability. The Now Playing screen would previously hide shuffle…
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Google Chat ‘preview’ starts rolling out to some classic Hangouts users

February 25, 2021
A free version of Google Chat is officially set to arrive in the first half of 2021. As we spotted earlier this month, Google is starting the Hangouts migration with a “preview of the new Chat” for free, personal accounts. Chat has long just been a Workspace-only app, though those paying customers can invite anyone with a Gmail address to specific conversations. The company has spent the…
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Maryland county transitioning to electric public school buses

February 25, 2021
Maryland’s Montgomery County plans to switch the entire public school bus fleet to fully electric from diesel engines. The transition is one of the largest in the US to date, and is expected to take 12 years. The green plan will completely replace all 1,400 current ICE buses. What’s most interesting about the deal is that it comes with virtually no additional cost to Montgomery County’s…
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