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The Ford Lightning F-150 Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia Jun 01, 2021

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The automaker says the battery inside the pickup can power a home for three days—useful in a world of fires, floods, and freezes.Â

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All Those Electric Vehicles Pose a Problem for Building Roads May 31, 2021

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Gas taxes are the largest source of funding for highway construction and maintenance. As more cars plug in, that revenue is shrinking.

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The Most Radical Thing About Ford's F-150 Lightning? The Cost May 28, 2021

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After tax credits, the base model of the electric pickup will be cheaper than its gas-fueled sibling, removing what has been a big barrier for EV sales.

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Roku and YouTube Are Battling for Your Precious TV Data May 27, 2021

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Connected TV advertising brought in $9 billion last year and is poised to grow as more viewers shift from cable to streaming.

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Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now? May 26, 2021

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A software entrepreneur pivoted to making masks at the start of the pandemic. The experience opened his eyes: “I thought, ‘Wow, the US really is behind.’”

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Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises May 25, 2021

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Talk is cheap, unless you’re an in-demand content creator for platforms like Clubhouse and its many clones.

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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps May 24, 2021

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Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market.

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DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Transform Soccer May 21, 2021

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The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to bring computer vision and statistical learning to the high-stakes world of sports.

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To Make These Chips More Powerful, IBM Is Growing Them Taller May 20, 2021

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The company reveals a process that it says can cram two-thirds more transistors on a semiconductor, heralding faster and more efficient electronic devices.

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Black and Queer AI Groups Say They'll Spurn Google Funding May 19, 2021

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The move is the latest fallout following the departures of the heads of the company's ethical AI research team and a recruiter.

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