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China surprises with ‘net zero by 2060’ announcement

September 23, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping (above), in a surprise announcement yesterday, told the United Nations General Assembly via video that China would achieve a peak in carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. This will require a radical reshaping of the Chinese economy. China’s surprise This is huge: It’s the first time the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 — 28% of…
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First look: Volkswagen ID.4 EV sets mainstream $40K price before incentives

September 23, 2020
Last week, we got our first in-person look at the production version of the all-electric ID.4. During the socially distanced event, VW set high expectations for the crossover EV. “We believe this is our most important product launch since the Beetle,” said EV product manager, Jeffrey Lear.  To achieve that goal, Volkswagen set a Bug-like mainstream price. The sizable SUV — with dimension…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3, Active 2 can now take ECG readings from your wrist

September 23, 2020
Following the Apple Watch a couple of years ago, the ability to take an ECG reading from a smartwatch has been a sort of “holy grail” for health features. Samsung’s past two smartwatch releases, the Galaxy Watch Active 2 and Galaxy Watch 3, have had the hardware needed for ECG, and today, they’re finally getting the software to take advantage of it. Samsung is officially rolling out its…
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Fall Guys wasn’t the biggest game on Twitch in August, but it was close

September 23, 2020
You’ve played Fall Guys, right? The sleeper hit of The Summer That Wasn’t from developer Mediatonic? If you haven’t, well, I suggest you give it a shot, if only because it was the second biggest game this month on Twitch — and the second largest debut there this year. (Valorant’s launch in April was bigger, but Fall Guys did manage to beat out Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the second…
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