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These electric cargo bikes are already replacing trucks in cities

Could electric cargo bicycles replace industrial trucks? It turns out they already are. Look, sometimes you absolutely need a truck. But let’s be honest, most of the time you don’t. How many times have you seen a pickup truck driving around with an empty bed, or a box van carrying a tiny load? It happens all the time, and it’s a ridiculous waste of space and energy. It’s also exactly the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 26, 2020

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…
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Polestar is going to bring this cool electric car concept to production

Polestar confirmed that it is going to bring its latest electric car concept, the Precept, to production, but without a clear timeline. The Volvo/Geely all-electric brand already has the Polestar 1 and Polestar 2 on the market and now it is confirming the launch of its third vehicle. As part of the 2020 Beijing International Automotive exhibition, Polestar announced that it is going to bring to…
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Windows XP source code leak sheds light on Microsoft's OS history

Microsoft is no stranger to Windows source code leaks, but a new incident might just provide insights into its history. Bleeping Computer and ZDNet report that a 4chan user has posted what’s believed to be source code for Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. The files were circulating privately for years, according to the leaker, but are only becoming publicly…
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The $4.5K Fuji XT-1 Forensics Package Doesn’t Really Create UV Photos

UV photography has many obstacles. Ultraviolet light, or light from 200nm – 400nm in wavelength, is notoriously difficult to image with normal camera equipment. A normal digital camera will record images in the visible light spectrum, or 400nm – 700nm in wavelength. To unlock sensitivity to those shorter wavelengths, a camera has to be physically modified to allow passage of light below…
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