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Specialized unveils new Turbo Como SL, a lightweight 28 mph electric city bike

Hot on the heels of a new ultra lightweight electric mountain bike unveiling, Specialized isn’t slowing down. Today the company is releasing a new ultra lightweight electric city bike, the Specialized Turbo Como SL. [Editor’s note: the prices originally published in this article were based on an incorrect draft of a press release. Specialized has since provided the updated pricing…
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Google Docs citations tool adding support for film, TV sources

Last year, Docs added a built-in citations tool, and Google is now updating the capability with more source types to join the existing five. The “Citations” panel remains located under “Tools.” You first select MLA (8th ed), APA (7th ed), or Chicago Author-Date…
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Report: Google likely to begin return to working in-office in US in April

Last year, for the safety of their workers, Google shifted to work from home, closing their offices across the United States. With the ongoing rollout of vaccines in the US, Google is now looking likely to begin returning to working in-person and in-office. As reported by Axios, an internal email from Google’s SVP and “chief people officer” Fionna Cicconi says that Google is carefully…
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Here’s what’s in Biden’s $2T infrastructure plan about clean energy

The Biden administration has published its $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which is called The American Jobs Plan, on the White House website. He’ll discuss the plan today in a speech in Pittsburgh. It’s extremely comprehensive – and that’s an understatement – so we pulled out the clean energy overview in a quick roundup here. The New York Times points out: Officials said that, if…
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Google Admin console redesign brings card-based interface

The Google Admin console is how administrators manage Google services for people in their organization, and a redesign is rolling out over the coming weeks to help modernize it.  The top bar still leverages a blue accent color rather than switching to a completely white…
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Tesla is going to hire over 10,000 people at Gigafactory Texas over next year, launches student worker effort

Tesla is going to hire over 10,000 employees at Gigafactory Texas over the next year. CEO Elon Musk has gotten involved in the recruiting effort, and Tesla has launched an initiative to try to hire student workers. As Electrek reported earlier this week, Tesla is starting a hiring spree at Gigafactory Texas with many new job listings. Throughout the process to get the deal for the project, Tesla…
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