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Governor of Texas, No. 1 in US wind power, showboats over fossil fuels

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) wants to fight Biden’s clean energy plan, despite being the No. 1 state in the US for wind power. Texas is also a rising star of solar power, not to mention the home of Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas. Yet, Abbott has issued an executive order to “protect” Texas’ energy industry from federal overreach, or in other words, President Joe Biden’s endorsement of clean…
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DefenseNews

US Air Force has a fix for two major KC-46 problems

WASHINGTON — Two of the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker’s major technical problems may be in the rearview mirror. The U.S. Air Force on Feb. 1 announced it closed one of the Boeing-made aircraft’s six category 1 deficiencies — which indicate problems that impact…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 1, 2021

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…
MobileNews

Google adds new ‘Curated Culture’ wallpapers to Pixel phones

Pixel owners picked up two new background sets with the last Feature Drop in December. Coinciding with the start of Black History Month, Google today rolled out a new “Curated Culture” wallpaper collection for Pixel devices. To access, long press anywhere on the Pixel Launcher and select “Styles & wallpapers.” After “Come Alive” and “Living Universe,” you’ll find the new…
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MobileNews

Samsung cuts $250 off the price of the Galaxy Z Flip 5G 

Samsung has slashed the price of the Galaxy Z Flip 5G by $250. You can now buy the unlocked version of the foldable phone for $1,200 before trade-in incentives from Samsung’s website.    First announced in February 2020, Samsung updated the Galaxy Z Flip partway through the summer to make it 5G compatible. With today’s price cut, the 5G variant is $100 less than the LTE version. And the new…
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MobileNews

Apple releases first beta of iOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and more to developers

Apple is releasing the first developer beta of iOS 14.5 today following last week’s release of iOS 14.4 to the public. iOS 14.5 is expected to include the groundwork for Apple’s new App Tracking Transparency privacy feature, among other changes. For those unfamiliar, App Tracking Transparency is a new feature that requires apps to request permission from users before tracking them across…
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