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Tesla supplier CATL unveils battery that can charge 400km in 10 minutes

August 16, 2023
CATL, the Chinese battery giant and a major supplier to Tesla, has unveiled its latest product that aims to solve electric vehicles’ charging and range limitations. The battery, dubbed Shenxing or “god-like speed”, is able to refuel to 400 kilometers (250 miles) in 10 minutes, the company said at a launch event on Wednesday. That […]

Paid users of X, formerly Twitter, gets a new tab to highlight their posts

August 16, 2023
X, formerly Twitter, has started rolling out a new feature for paid users to show off some of their posts through a new ‘Highlights’ tab. The social network updated its Blue/ X Premium support page to include details about the highlights feature. “Feature your best posts by Highlighting those posts and they’ll appear on your […]

X (formerly Twitter) makes X Pro (formerly TweetDeck) a subscriber-only product

August 16, 2023
Elon Musk-owned social network X, formerly Twitter, has made X Pro — which was previously known as TweetDeck — a subscriber-only product. Several users noted on the platform that while trying to access TweetDeck they were shown a popup prompting them to buy a Blue subscription. welp tweetdeck finally went bye-bye for me and this […]

Electrify America-backed 75MW solar farm kicks off operations

August 15, 2023
Electrify America, the EV charging company created by Volkswagen in the aftermath of its diesel emissions scandal, said on Tuesday that a new, 75 megawatt solar farm in Southern California is now up and running. Electrify America isn’t operating this solar farm. Instead, the company struck a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with renewable […]

X, formerly Twitter, slowed down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more

August 15, 2023
X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform slowed down the speed it takes when accessing links to a handful of websites including The New York Times, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, Reuters and Substack. The platform appears to be reversing the slow […]