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Author says the Apple TV+ 'Tetris' movie ripped off his book

August 10, 2023
The Apple TV+ film Tetris was copied from a book written years ago, according to a lawsuit filed against the tech giant and the Tetris Company. Dan Ackerman, the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, has accused the plaintiffs of ripping off his book The Tetris Effect, which tells the history of the game in the form of a Cold War-era thriller. In his lawsuit (PDF, via Reuters), Ackerman said he sent the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: August 8, 2023

August 9, 2023
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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Will Tesla Cybertruck have a solar roof?

August 9, 2023
A solar roof is a feature that Tesla said would be available on the Cybertruck, but with the electric pickup truck being closer to production, it’s not clear if it is still in the cards. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger on the feature. Other automakers offer it as an option, but the solar roof…
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Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air M2 models are up to $200 off right now

August 9, 2023
It’s early August and that means the back-to-school season is closing in on us fast. For those looking to invest in a new laptop for the upcoming semester, Amazon has a sale on the latest 15-inch MacBook Air that brings many models down to their lowest price yet. At the time of writing this, every color of the 256GB MacBook Air M2 is $200 off and down to $1,099, and the 512GB model in…
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Tesla partners with EnergyHub to build ‘largest virtual power plant in Northeast’

August 9, 2023
Tesla and EnergyHub have announced a new partnership to build “the largest virtual power plant in [the] Northeast.” Virtual power plants are becoming one of Tesla’s most underappreciated products. Tesla is using its existing and growing fleet of Powerwalls to aggregate their power capacity and offer electric grid services to utilities while compensating homeowners for using their home…
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