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EGEB: Scientists turn coal into graphite in a microwave oven

January 12, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Scientists have managed to convert raw coal powder into nano-graphite, used in lithium-ion batteries. If the US fully builds out its electricity grid nationwide, then it could slash green energy costs. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers…
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TCL and Alcatel launching trio of Android tablets, including one w/ color E Ink competitor

January 12, 2021
Today, TCL is announcing a trio of Android tablets to be released over the next few months, including a model using a NXTPAPER display, their competitor to color E Ink. By the spec sheet, the TCL TAB 10S and TCL NXTPAPER have a great deal in common. Both tablets run on Android 10, use a MediaTek MT8768 series chip, and offer as much as 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The main thing that sets the…
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LG confirms Stadia will be supported on 2020 TVs, but nothing older than that

January 12, 2021
Stadia is set to make a couple of platform expansions in 2021, including LG’s WebOS as announced at CES 2021. In a further announcement, LG has clarified what TVs will be getting access to the Stadia app, and there’s both good news and bad news. The good news? Stadia will be available on a lot more TVs than the original reveal let on. Instead of just LG’s high-end offerings, the Stadia app…
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Google Chrome address bar may soon default to HTTPS

January 12, 2021
Google Chrome will soon have an experiment that will automatically try to connect to the HTTPS versions of website URLs that you type into the address bar instead of the insecure HTTP version. For years now, HTTPS has steadily grown from being a way of feeling secure about a particular site into being the expected minimum for a website. It’s gotten to the point that instead of Chrome showing…
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