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California wins the emissions fight – automakers leave lawsuit, but still want dirty air

February 3, 2021
All automakers have dropped support for a lawsuit that threatened California’s long-held legal ability to set its own emissions rules, as reported by Reuters. The lawsuit was unlikely to continue, given the Biden Administration’s flurry of action on environmental issues in the early days of Joe Biden’s presidency. Just yesterday the Department of Justice asked courts to put the litigation…
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DefenseNews

Boeing’s F-15EX jet makes its first flight

February 3, 2021
WASHINGTON — Boeing’s first F-15EX took to the skies for its inaugural flight on Feb. 2, a milestone that will allow the company to deliver the first two planes to the U.S. Air Force by the end of March. After a couple of hours of delays due to weather — which also…
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US Air Force bomber unit sets up shop in Norway

February 3, 2021
COLOGNE, Germany — The U.S. Air Force is temporarily deploying 200 personnel with an expeditionary B-1 Lancer squadron to Norway to help manage bomber training flights in the region, U.S. European Command announced Tuesday. The service members, hailing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, will set up shop at Orland Air Base near Trondheim, a hub for Norway’s F-35 fighter jet fleet. The force…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 2, 2021

February 3, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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GamingNews

Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch launches March 9

February 3, 2021
Respawn Entertainment may finally be ready to start talking about Apex Legends on the Switch again. The studio is announcing the release date for season 8 of its battle royale shooter, and that may include the release date for the game on Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld…
GamingNews

The Sims 4 reached big milestones in December for EA

February 3, 2021
The Sims 4 is over 6 years old, but the life simulator still has a ton of, well, life. As part of its latest financials, Electronic Arts noted today that The Sims 4 has now reached 33 million players. What’s more, the game saw record numbers of daily, weekly, and monthly average players in December. Although it is an older title, EA still releases plenty of new content for The Sims 4. It’s…
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