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Arizona Makes It Illegal For Bystanders To Record Cops At Close Range
Arizona passed a law making it harder to record police by limiting how close bystanders can be while recording specified law enforcement activity. […] The new Arizona law requires any bystanders recording police activity in the state to stand at a minimum of 8 feet away from the action. If Read more…
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Tesla To Expand Its US Supercharger Network To Other EVs In Late 2022
Tesla plans to begin opening its Supercharger network to other electric vehicles by the end of the year, according to a White House memo that shared the automaker’s plans. The U.S. government said in April that it needs to increase its own network of about 1,100 charging stations a hundred-fold Read more…
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Florida Once Again Has Giant Calamitous Snails That Spew Parasitic Brain Worms
Officials in Florida are again battling a highly invasive, extraordinarily destructive giant snail species that also happens to be capable of spreading parasitic worms that invade human brains. The giant African land snail (GALS) — aka Lissachatina fulica — can grow up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and is Read more…
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Twitter Says It Removes Over 1 Million Spam Accounts Each Day
Twitter removes more than 1 million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, providing new insight into efforts to reduce harmful automated bots as billionaire Elon Musk has demanded more details from the social media company. The briefing comes after Musk threatened to halt a Read more…
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Europe Wants a High-Speed Rail Network To Replace Airplanes
Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Frankfurt and dinner in Vienna — all without the hassle and frustration of flying. Imagine a network of modern, super-fast and comfortable trains hurtling between every major city in the European Union, providing a reliable, comfortable and sustainable alternative to air travel. That was the Read more…
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VW Announces $20 Billion Effort To Build Its Own EV Batteries
Volkswagen said it would invest $20.38 billion to build electric vehicle batteries, a move the company says will create 20,000 jobs and generate $20.38 billion in annual sales. The automaker will create a new company called Power Co to oversee the vast effort as VW races to secure enough capacity, Read more…