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Uber, Lyft may create more CO2 emissions than trips they displace

Ride-hailing services might seem environmentally friendly by reducing the need for car ownership. However, that’s not necessarily the case — they might actually make matters worse. A newly published study from the Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that services like Uber and Lyft typically generate 69 percent more CO2 emissions than the transportation options they displace.
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HTC opens pre-orders for its $899 Vive Cosmos Elite VR headset

HTC’s new high-end virtual reality headset, the Vive Cosmos Elite, is now available for pre-order. The company unveiled the device a few days ago along with two other upcoming entries to the line-up: the entry-level Vive Cosmos Play and the business-focused Vive…
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Xbox One gets another simplified dashboard redesign

Microsoft revealed last month it’s been working on a whole host of changes for the February 2020 Xbox One Update, and now they’re finally rolling out. The biggest change is yet another new Home interface — so if you’ve got downloads set to install automatically you’ll notice things are different as soon as it hits. Twists have been removed to make room for…
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Huawei's Honor 9X Pro loses Google apps, but gets an updated processor

The GSMA might have cancelled Mobile World Congress, but that hasn’t stopped companies like Sony and Huawei from announcing new hardware this week. In the case of Huawei, it has also detailed new devices from its low-cost Honor sub-brand. To start, the company has an update to the Honor 9X called the Honor 9X Pro. The Honor 9X came out outside of China this past October, so the 9X Pro…
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Microsoft confirms Xbox Series X will have a 12 teraflop GPU

We already know the Xbox Series X is going to be significantly faster than Microsoft’s current consoles, but in a blog post by Xbox head Phil Spencer, the company revealed a few more details about how big of a leap it’s going to be. Most notably, Microsoft…
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Santa Clara University adds support for contactless ID cards on iPhone and Apple Watch

Apple continues to expand the availability of its contactless student IDs feature in the Wallet app. Santa Clara University announced today that its students, faculty, and staff can now add their ACCESS ID cards to the Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch. The process for adding a Santa Clara University ACCESS card is as follows: For a technologically savvy generation of students, setting…
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