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A new study breaks down vehicle ownership cost. Here’s how EVs fared

A new study from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most comprehensive results yet of the costs of owning and operating different types of vehicles and how costs vary by powertrain. The study is titled “Comprehensive Total Cost of Ownership Quantification for Vehicles with Different Size Classes and Powertrains.” Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National…
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GamingNews

The RetroBeat: Doom 64 proves old shooters are still great

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  As happens more and more often these days, I felt myself burned out from in-game dialogue, text, and other passive storytelling devices. Don’t get me wrong: I like a good narrative in my…
MobileNews

Xiaomi clone machine releases tablet knockoff that literally has iPad Pro in the name

Apple’s current iPad Pro hardware is remarkably strong, but the Xerox machine that is Xiaomi thinks it can out-iPad the iPad. Astonishingly inexpensive price aside, Xiaomi has some good ideas on how to make an iPad… The Mi Pad 5 Pro, which you can’t spell without saying iPad Pro, sports an 11-inch display with 120 Hz refresh rate, and Ars Technica describes the Snapdragon chip inside as…
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MobileNews

Google AdSense for Android app stops working with no PWA to replace it

Back in 2019, Google said it was “sunsetting” AdSense for Android and iOS, with users told to just check their online advertising earnings on the website. That said, the native Android app continued to work just fine until this week, but it’s now completely dead.  Opening the app today shows a yellow spinner that eventually switches to “No data” and the AdSense logo, which was never…
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MobileNews

Galaxy Watch 4 will get Assistant eventually, but only has Bixby now; Google Pay delayed [U]

Samsung products have always been a bit tricky when it comes to voice assistants since the company has its own Bixby offering but usually is required to still support Google Assistant alongside it. With the Galaxy Watch 4 series, the Wear OS-based smartwatches will be lacking Google Assistant entirely when they launch and might have to wait for Google Pay. Voice controls aren’t exactly a huge…
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