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Tesla stock (TSLA) pushes to new all-time high as people who bet against it lost $38 billion in 2020

January 1, 2021
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is pushing a new all-time high as short sellers, people who bet against it, have lost $38 billion in 2020. That’s more than on any other stock by a wide margin. Tesla (TSLA) Short Sellers Short selling is the process of selling shares of a company by borrowing them with the hope of buying it back lower and pocketing the difference. Along with put options, it’s the most…
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Electrek’s ebike of the year is the 33mph Juiced HyperScorpion

January 1, 2021
The year 2020 wasn’t horrible for everyone. For the companies that make electric bikes, a convenient, inexpensive, and fun way to avoid public transportation, business was so good that supply chain shortages made their products hard to find. Many companies we spoke with had record years. It’s the move of ebikes into micromobility that has been the bigger trend for 2020, and our ebike of the…
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Tesla Semi: new manufacturing process job listed at Gigafactory Nevada for electric semi truck

January 1, 2021
Tesla is now listing a new manufacturing process job at Gigafactory Nevada for the Tesla Semi, the automaker’s upcoming electric semi truck. Tesla Semi When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb capacities, will have 300-mile and 500-mile range options for $150,000 and $180,000…
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What’s next on Google Stadia’s road map for 2021?

January 1, 2021
Stadia, Google’s still-teething game streaming service, is now over a year old, but it still has many needs and significant room to grow. Here are some of the biggest areas that we see Stadia focusing on for their 2021 road map. Missing features Over the course of 2020…
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Camera Gear ‘Overkill’: Why Bigger and Faster Is Not Always Better

December 31, 2020
Full frame and medium format systems can produce images of greater quality than APS-C. But that greater quality is rarely perceived, even in very large prints. I call it “overkill” because we cannot perceive the advantage of this more expensive and heavier equipment. Author’s note: Dear Reader, The article below may initially appear to contain my opinions. But I ask you to read closely.
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