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• A Hyundai is now an air purifier — and 3 other ways car parts are getting a second life

  03-01-2022 15:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  With carmakers committed to sustainability targets for incoming decades, they are finding second life use cases for discarded cars and their components.  Recently, Hyundai has found a new way to give a second life to preproduction prototypes. Rather than conventionally crushing them or using them for accident testing, it’s released a video showcasing a “rebirth” of various Ioniq 5 car components to create an air purifier. Hyundai originally built the test car for noise, v
  
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• Samsung’s fantastic solar remote can now charge using radio waves — WHAT?!

  03-01-2022 12:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  All of us at TNW were over the moon when we heard about Samsung’s new remote powered by a Solar panel last year. Saving us the trouble of hunting for AAA batteries is truly the Lord’s work, so thank you Samsung. This year, the Korean tech giant has upped its remote game by including a new ability: Wi-Fi Charging. Yes, the new remote can literally charge through your routers useless signals that bounce around your house. How cool is that! If you’re thinking about how this
  
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• Fingers crossed: the AirPods Pro 2 could deliver sweet lossless audio to your ear holes

  03-01-2022 11:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s a new year and there’s already a fresh Apple rumor hot off the presses: the upcoming AirPods 2 Pro will support lossless audio streaming. According to a note published by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is planning a design overhaul of its top-end wireless buds, along with a new case that will beep to help you find it. The Cupertino-based company launched a lossless music tier for Apple Music last May. But there were only a few ways to enjoy it: if you’ve got an iPhone,
  
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• Don’t let ‘shrinkflation’ affect your software development

  03-01-2022 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  You might not have noticed, but the products you’re buying at the grocery store are getting smaller. That’s right: They’re shrinking. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent raw materials prices soaring, many companies are trying to find ways to cut costs. So if that box of Cookie Crisp (part of a balanced breakfast, they say) feels a little light, you’re not imagining things; General Mills has decreased its family size boxes from 19.3 ounces to 18.1 ounces. Eco
  
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