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After poor work conditions report, Foxconn iPhone plant in India set to reopen this Wednesday [U]

January 12, 2022
Update: As reported by Reuters, Foxconn India’s iPhone plant restarted production this Wednesday after three weeks closed. The publication notes that the factory reopened with one shift and 120 workers. Foxconn will take over two months for the plant to produce at full capacity again. Late last year, 9to5Mac reported that Apple had ordered Foxconn in India to suspend iPhone production at a plant…
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Taiwan soon to have more Gogoro electric scooter battery swap stations than gas stations

January 12, 2022
Electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro is famous for its battery-swapping network of GoStations that extensively covers its native Taiwan. The system has become so popular that it will soon eclipse the number of gas stations on the island nation. Gogoro’s battery swap stations look something like a bright green and white vending machine. Users of Gogoro’s batteries (which include scooters of…
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Twitter testing new search bar on the Home tab of its iOS app

January 12, 2022
2022 has just begun and Twitter has already announced some new features for its iOS app. After an experimental new option to retweet a post with a video reaction, the social network is now testing a search bar in the Home tab of its iPhone app. Currently, Twitter search…
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Cyclum Renewables reimagines the truck stop ahead of electric semi truck surge

January 12, 2022
Somewhere in a Venn diagram that includes Turkish bath houses, refugee camps, and outdoor music festivals exists the American truck stop. In concept and execution, it’s a business model that has endured for decades – but the coming wave of electric semi trucks will present different challenges than a gas pump and shower, and challenge presents opportunity. Cyclum Renewables plans to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2022

January 12, 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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Instagram May Let Users Manually Rearrange Photos On Their Profile

January 12, 2022
Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that would allow users to customize the order in which photos appear on their profile pages. The grid customization feature was recently discovered through an analysis of the app’s code. The feature was discovered by app developer and reverse engineer specialist Alessandro Paluzzi who has discovered many other features in the app in the past…
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