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School districts embrace electric buses as the 200th Proterra-powered EV bus arrives in Indiana

October 13, 2022
Electric school buses are rolling out across the United States as school districts look to keep their students and the communities they work in safe and free of harmful emissions. In a significant milestone, Thomas Built Buses announced Wednesday that it has delivered 200 Proterra-powered electric school buses, with the latest going to Monroe County, Indiana. What makes Proterra-powered electric…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 12, 2022

October 13, 2022
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…
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NASA’s Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests

October 13, 2022
Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Micrometeorites are a potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return. The tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second. At these speeds, “even dust could cause damage to a spacecraft,” said Bruno Sarli, a NASA engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
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Google Pixel Watch initial review: Expect disappointment, and you’ll never be disappointed

October 13, 2022
It’s almost surreal that this product finally exists. The Pixel Watch is finally here as Google’s first self-branded Wear OS smartwatch, nearly a decade into the platform’s existence. Is it any good? Let’s take a look… Why an initial review? 9to5Google was granted six days of early access to the Pixel Watch ahead of today’s review embargo, not nearly enough time to reach a final…
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Google Password Manager will sync and back up passkeys on Android

October 13, 2022
In addition to announcing initial Android and Chrome support, Google today detailed how passkeys on Android will sync to its Password Manager. A single passkey identifies a particular user account on some online service. A user has different passkeys for different services. The user’s operating systems, or software similar to today’s password managers, provide user-friendly management of…
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