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Tesla opening Supercharger network will enable access to new $7.5 billion EV funding in US

August 4, 2021
Tesla’s recent move to open its Supercharger network to other automakers will enable the automaker to get access to some of the $7.5 billion in EV charging infrastructure funding as part of the new US infrastructure bill. For years now, Tesla has been talking about opening up the Supercharger network to electric vehicles from other manufacturers. Last month, CEO Elon Musk finally confirmed…
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GamingNews

Activision Blizzard’s Q2 2021 bookings drop 7% to $1.92B

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s and its own expectations with 19% revenue growth to $2.29 billion for the second quarter ended June 30. The earnings come the…
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Activision Blizzard creates new mobile studio for Call of Duty

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard has created a new mobile game studio for the Call of Duty franchise. The studio is working on an unannounced title for the Call of Duty franchise. Daniel Alegre, the president…
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Nissan slashes 2022 LEAF price below $30K, now the cheapest EV available in the US

August 4, 2021
Move over, Mini Electric, there’s a new price-friendly EV in town. Nissan has released pricing on its all-electric 2022 Nissan LEAF, and it’s pretty aggressive. The automaker slashed the LEAF price by over $4,200 compared to the 2021 models, making it the most affordable EV in the US… at least for now. While the LEAF remains Nissan’s lone BEV offering for sale, it is one of the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Is DeepMind’s new reinforcement learning system a step toward general AI?

August 4, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. This article is part of our reviews of AI research papers, a series of posts that explore the latest findings in artificial intelligence. One of the key challenges of deep reinforcement learning models — the kind of AI systems that have mastered Go, StarCraft 2, and other games — is their inability to generalize…
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MobileNews

Google Maps dark theme officially coming to iPhone this month

August 4, 2021
Google officially announced the Maps for Android dark mode in February and widely rolled it out a month later. The Google Maps dark theme is now officially set to arrive on iPhone and iPad in the coming weeks. This darker look is pitched as giving “your eyes a break”…
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Apple to expand iPhone, iPad, and Mac monthly financing to Canada with Affirm partnership

August 4, 2021
Apple is teaming up with the popular “buy now, pay later” service Affirm to expand financing options for iPhone, iPad, and Mac buyers in Canada. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple will launch this program in Canada sometime this month at online and physical retail stores. In the United States, Apple shoppers can finance purchases using Apple Card, but this is not available…
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