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• The IPCC says these changes to transportation could slow global warming — if they’re done right

  06-04-2022 21:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Around the world, revolutionary changes are under way in transportation. More electric vehicles are on the road, people are taking advantage of sharing mobility services such as Uber and Lyft, and the rise in telework during the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way people think about commuting. Transportation is a growing source of the global greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, accounting for 23% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2019 and&n
  
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• This camouflage EV charger shows April Fool’s jokes are no laughing matter

  06-04-2022 16:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Are you bored of EV chargers that ruin your home’s aesthetic? Well, they could be a thing of the past. On April 1 (remember that date), EV home charger company Andersen announced its so-called Andersen-2-Invisible (A-2-I) charger. Thanks to built-in 4K mini screens, the charger is able to mimic the pattern of the wall behind it, blend in, and camouflage itself, much like a chameleon. Consumers need only upload a picture on the company’s Konnect+ app of the wall where they want the c
  
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• Nuclear fusion just made a massive leap towards energy generation

  06-04-2022 14:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been called “a breakthrough” by some news outlets and caused quite a lot of excitement among physicists. But a common line regarding fusion electricity production is that it is “always 20 years away
  
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• Google Play’s new billing policy might violate South Korean law

  06-04-2022 14:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  South Korea will likely push Google to remove certain clauses from its new billing system policy — specifically the one that requires developers to take off external links to purchase digital goods. The search giant’s new policy for in-app payments on the Play Store came into effect on April 1. It requires developers to mandatorily use the company’s own billing system. What’s more, apps can’t use external links or promotional text to tell users about their paid pla
  
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• How to run your car on vegetable oil

  06-04-2022 13:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  Can’t afford an EV? Not willing to give up on a classic car? Want to eschew rising fuel prices? There are lots of good reasons to increase your car’s fuel economy. But one thing you might want to consider is running your car on vegetable oil. I took a deep dive, and I’m sharing all I learned with you about making the switch: Not all cars are equal Firstly, not all cars can run on straight vegetable oil. Older crappier diesel engine cars are most suitable to run on cooking oil.
  
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• The EU wants to make all salaries transparent — here are 3 pros and cons

  06-04-2022 11:46 via thenextweb.com
  
  Imagine you could find out exactly what your coworkers earn. You wouldn’t need to subtly bring up the conversation over Friday night drinks. You wouldn’t have to guestimate how much of a raise you should ask for during your annual review, and you would know exactly how much your role is worth when you decide to apply for a new job. Wouldn’t things be, well, easier? Thanks to a new plan by the European Commission, you might be able to find out what Katie from sales makes or eve
  
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• Google delays its plans to shelve free G Suite accounts… by a month

  06-04-2022 11:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this year, Google announced that it was going to discontinue the free version of G Suite. The company gave you two options: choose a paid plan, or continue with a no-cost plan with a self-hosted email address. Now the search giant has issued a few key updates to this rollout plan on its support page. It’s giving users a bit more time to switch to new plans. Google has shifted the automatic upgrade to paid plan from May 1 to June 1, 2022. That means, if you haven’t chosen a n
  
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• How to prevent apps from running at startup in Windows 11

  06-04-2022 03:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  It happens to every Windows user eventually. You buy a fancy new PC, and everything runs smoothly at first. And then, slowly but surely, it starts to feel more sluggish. Every week or month, things take just a little longer to load, until your PC feels like it’s running Windows 1.0, not Windows 11. If this describes you, it’s probably about time you take a look at which apps are running at startup, and strip things down to the bare essentials. We’re here to help. There are mul
  
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• Adding CDN Caching to a Vite Build

  06-04-2022 01:57 via css-tricks.com
  
  https://css-tricks.com/adding-cdn-caching-to-a-vite-build/
  
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• How to Simplify Your Web Design Business

  06-04-2022 00:46 via speckyboy.com
  
  https://speckyboy.com/simplify-your-web-design-business/
  
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• Twitter to add edit button for Blue subscribers

  06-04-2022 00:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  The edit button is finally coming to Twitter — some strings attached. You’ve asked for it — nay, demanded it — since the day the website launched and now you’re getting it. Well, sort of. now that everyone is asking… yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year! no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll 😉 we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what&rs
  
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