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Porsche joins fray, unveils 2 slick new e-bikes, and they cost exactly what you’d expect

March 5, 2021
Porsche’s just-announced Taycan Cross Turismo isn’t the company’s only electric vehicle grabbing headlines this morning. The automaker has also just launched two new full-suspension electric bicycles designed for both the streets and the trails. The two new models, known as the Porsche eBike Sport and the Porsche eBike Cross, both feature full-suspension carbon fiber frames. Porsche claims…
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Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts

March 5, 2021
Google has historically released new versions of Chrome every six weeks with smaller patches rolled out in between. In a big change, Google Chrome is moving to a four-week update cycle this year. From the beginning, Google has taken an aggressive stance on updating its browser in the background. Chrome is architected that way to ensure security, with new versions downloading silently and users…
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More executive heads roll after the Texas power outage disaster

March 5, 2021
Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Texas’ power grid, was fired by ERCOT’s Board of Directors yesterday after the state’s disastrous cold weather power outages. This follows the resignation on Monday of DeAnn Walker, the chair of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas. Seven ERCOT board members have also stepped down over several weeks – many of…
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Video: Programmer shows it's possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) DSLR

March 5, 2021
We’ve already seen how DOOM can be played on a Kodak digital camera from 1998. It appears though that’s not the only gaming software that can be played on a digital camera. In a recent YouTube video, a programmer that goes under the pseudonym Turtius shows it’s possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) with a clever bit of reverse engineering. The project started as a…
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