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SmartThings Find app can track down lost Samsung Galaxy devices

October 31, 2020
Smartphones and other devices are so intertwined with our lives that losing one can be traumatic. To that end, Samsung has unveiled SmartThings Find, an app that uses a variety of technologies to locate your phone, even if there’s no cell or WiFi signal. Unlike Samsung’s current Find My Mobile app, SmartThings Find can locate devices other than smartphones, including the Galaxy Watch and even…
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Samsung redesigns its Galaxy Store to focus on games

October 31, 2020
Samsung wants its phones to be the go-to option for mobile gamers, and it’s taking another step towards achieving that goal. The redesigned Galaxy Store has just two home screen tabs: one for apps and one for games. Each time you buy a game from the Galaxy Store…
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Podcast: Tesla service push, Tesla regen braking, Model 3 EPA rating, and more

October 31, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s service push, changes to Tesla’s regen braking, Model 3 2021 gets its EPA rating, and more.  Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for electric vehicle drivers at ElectrifyAmerica.com. The Electrek Podcast…
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Swedish electric dirt bike maker CAKE adds two racing models, starts racing league

October 31, 2020
CAKE has two new race-oriented versions of its electric dirt bikes, and the company is ready to put them to use on the track. CAKE’s main two models have been their CAKE Kalk OR and CAKE Kalk INK. The former uses nicer suspension and thus carries a bit of a premium price compared to the latter, but both use essentially the same drivetrains. The bikes are powered by 11 kW (14.75 hp) motors that…
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EGEB: Exxon to lay off 1,900 US employees

October 31, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Exxon is making big cuts to its personnel, which could be close to 15% of the global workforce. Protect the earth and its biodiversity or face deadlier, more frequent pandemics, says a new report. A new report from Wärtsilä…
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Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta’s performance from the sky with scary near-miss

October 31, 2020
Today, we take a look at an interesting new video showing Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta’s performance from the sky in a new drone video with a scary near-miss. As we reported last week, Tesla has started pushing the first version of its “Full Self-Driving” feature that autonomously navigates on both city streets and highways. However, the feature is in beta and it is not truly “Full…
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