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Can you use MacBook Pro chargers for iPhone and iPad fast charging?

Recommendations to fast charge iPhone or iPad often include picking up the 20W power adapter from Apple or similar from a third party. But what about using a higher-powered USB-C charger from your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Follow along for which iPhones and iPads you can fast charge with Apple’s MacBook chargers or similar third-party chargers. Fast charging offers around 50% battery in 30…
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Serial 1 BASH/MTN electric mountain bike unveiled by Harley-Davidson’s e-bike brand

When Harley-Davidson spun off its electric bicycle division into Serial 1 and then released several models of urban e-bikes bearing the “/CTY” suffix, the company was dropping a fairly heavy hint that non-city electric bikes would soon follow. Now Serial 1 has made good on that heavy foreshadowing, unveiling the brand’s first electric mountain bike known as the BASH/MTN. The Serial 1…
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Tesla’s permit for its battery factory in Texas is challenged by environmentalists

A group of environmentalists is asking the city of Austin to withhold Tesla’s permit for its upcoming battery cathode material factory next to Gigafactory Texas over concerns about water supply along the Colorado River. Over the last two years, Tesla was simultaneously building massive factories in Germany near Berlin and in Texas, near Austin. In Germany, the company ran into many issues…
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Photographer Restores Olympus E-M1 with Custom 3D-Printed Parts

An industrious photographer 3D-printed replacement parts for his broken Olympus E-M1 after the camera froze in negative four-degrees Fahrenheit conditions while snowboarding. Witono posted a video to his YouTube channel where he shows how he created his own replacements for the battery door lever, the eyecup, and the accessory port cover, all parts that broke while snowboarding in Canada.
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