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• Google appeals to Apple to improve messaging between iPhone and Android

  14-08-2022 22:56 via techguide.com.au
  
  Google is appealing to Apple to do away with “out of date technologies from the 90s and 00s” and adopt RCS (Rich Communications Services) which would make texting between Android and iPhone users a lot easier, higher quality and more secure.
  iPhone users are familiar with the blue iMessage bubbles from fellow iPhone customers while green indicates a message from an Android user.
  iMessages between iPhone users includes things like read receipts, effects, higher security and higher qua
  
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• VinFast says preorders ‘will get a $7,500 rebate,’ federal tax credit or not

  14-08-2022 21:05
  
  We wrote that the Vietnamese EV car company VinFast is bringing its EV companies to the U.S. Since then, Congress announced it is making changes to the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit, meaning that it becomes much harder to get that sweet, sweet tax deduction. The two major changes are that the tax credit will becomes means-tested (i.e., if your household makes more than a certain amount, you don’t qualify) and sticker-price limited (cars over $40,000 and SUVs and trucks with a
  
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• The Best Electric Kick Scooters

  14-08-2022 15:00 via wired.com
  
  These WIRED-tested two-wheelers will help you scoot scoot scoot around town.
  
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• 6 Great WIRED-Tested Monitors Under $500

  14-08-2022 14:00 via wired.com
  
  The Gear team spends countless hours in front of displays while reviewing gadgets galore. So we reviewed those too (including a portable screen).
  
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• Aussie tourist slammed by Italian media

  14-08-2022 05:37
  
  An Australian tourist has made international headlines and was labelled a “barbarian” after he was arrested for riding through an UNESCO world heritage site in Italy.
  
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