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Google updates on iOS return in earnest with Gmail, Calendar, and Docs today

At the start of last month, Google started to release new iOS versions of the YouTube family of applications following a long, unspecified pause. Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, and other apps were updated today in a seeming return to normal for iPhone and iPad owners.  Over the past few weeks, YouTube and YouTube Music have seen a handful of patches. Last Friday, Google Podcast got a new…
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Pixel 4a 5G is $449 on the Google Store, up to $200 off for new Fi customers

Last week, the first Pixel 5a rumors emerged revealing an existing design. The familiar device in question is now down to $449 on the Google Store with the Fi MVNO bringing back a past Pixel 4a 5G promotion. This $50 discount is slightly better than an odd $40 price cut to the Pixel 4a 5G in January. In the US, it applies to both the Unlocked and Google Fi model. The new Clearly White color…
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VW ID.4 first drive: For the millions, not millionaires

We finally got the chance to get behind the wheel of VW’s ID.4 electric CUV this week. This is 36 hours with the 1st Edition RWD, and it was mostly during a winter snowstorm in New York. But we still had time to give it a proper drive and get some initial thoughts to see if VW has a huge hit on its hands. VW delivered the cobalt blue version of the ID.4 up my partially plowed driveway about an…
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Tesla denies report that it is going back into the battery swap, takes jab at NIO in the process

Tesla was rumored to be going back into the battery swap business, this time in China, but the automaker is now denying the report and took a jab at NIO in the process. In 2014, Tesla demonstrated the ability to quickly and automatically swap battery packs in Model S and Model X vehicles. The technology was touted as a faster way to get a fully charged battery pack and an alternative to DC fast…
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