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Ford, Honda, and BMW create a new vehicle-to-grid company to help EV owners save money

Image: Getty Images Ford, BMW, and Honda are joining forces to create a new vehicle-to-grid company that aims to help EV owners save money by sending energy back to the electrical grid. The new company, ChargeScape, will “create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers.” Through that platform, EV

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Apple plans to release macOS Sonoma on September 26 and iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10 on September 18 (Michael Stroup/AppleInsider)

Michael Stroup / AppleInsider: Apple plans to release macOS Sonoma on September 26 and iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10 on September 18  —  Just before the iPhone 15 and new Apple Watch models ship, every Apple user has updated software to look forward to with everything arriving before the end of

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The US sentences Karl Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 alongside Ruja Ignatova, to 20 years and orders him to pay $300M; Greenwood had pleaded guilty (Sarah Wynn/The Block)

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The US sentences Karl Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 alongside Ruja Ignatova, to 20 years and orders him to pay $300M; Greenwood had pleaded guilty  —  – Karl Sebastian Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 with the so-called “Crypto Queen” Ruja Ignatova, was sentenced to 20 years on Tuesday.

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A17 Pro features 6 CPU cores, with 2 performance cores that are 10% faster, a redesigned GPU that’s up to 20% faster, and the Neural Engine is almost 2x as fast (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: A17 Pro features 6 CPU cores, with 2 performance cores that are 10% faster, a redesigned GPU that’s up to 20% faster, and the Neural Engine is almost 2x as fast  —  To nobody’s surprise, Apple unveiled its latest generation of iPhones at its ‘Wonderlust’ event today and while the standard

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Apple announces a USB-C charging case for AirPods Pro, letting iPhone 15 owners use the same cable to charge both devices, and new wired EarPods with USB-C (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Apple announces a USB-C charging case for AirPods Pro, letting iPhone 15 owners use the same cable to charge both devices, and new wired EarPods with USB-C  —  It’d be a little strange for Apple to transition the iPhone lineup over to USB-C only to leave its massively popular AirPods

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A Virus for the BBC Micro

If you work at all with British software or hardware engineers, you’ll find that there’s an entire generation perhaps now somewhere between their mid-40s and mid-50s, who stand slightly apart from their peers in their background and experience. These were the lucky teenagers who benefited from the British government’s 1980s push to educate youngsters in

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Apple kills the iPhone Mini

Farewell, old friend. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The mini-sized iPhone is dead. Apple quietly dropped the iPhone 13 Mini from its lineup on Tuesday, discontinuing the last of its smaller-sized phones. The new lineup now consists of the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 14, iPhone 13, and the second-generation iPhone

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The 6.1″ iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 for the 128GB model, same as the iPhone 14 Pro, and the 6.7″ iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,199 for the 256GB model (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: The 6.1″ iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 for the 128GB model, same as the iPhone 14 Pro, and the 6.7″ iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,199 for the 256GB model  —  It’s the “most Pro iPhone we’ve ever created,” according to Apple.  The body is built from grade 5

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Apple is releasing iOS 17 on September 18th

iOS 17 introduces new features like Standby mode (pictured). | Image: Apple iOS 17 will be available for public download on September September 18th, introducing iPhone users to new features like Live Voicemail, StandBy mode, and a new Journal app. Apple made the announcement during its iPhone 15 launch event on Tuesday after first unveiling

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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro will be able to capture 3D “spatial videos” for the Apple Vision Pro, using its ultra-wide and main cameras together (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro will be able to capture 3D “spatial videos” for the Apple Vision Pro, using its ultra-wide and main cameras together  —  Apple announced today it has a new iPhone feature that will tie into its brand-new mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro.

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macOS Sonoma comes out on September 26th

Apple has announced the release date of macOS 14, better known as macOS Sonoma. The operating system will be available to the public on September 26th. Sonoma brings a number of features to macOS that make the operating system look and feel much more like iOS. Mac users will see desktop widgets, videoconferencing features, and

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Apple introduces new 6TB and 12TB iCloud+ storage tiers, priced at $30 and $60 a month, available on September 18 (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple introduces new 6TB and 12TB iCloud+ storage tiers, priced at $30 and $60 a month, available on September 18  —  As part of its iPhone 15 event, Apple today announced new higher storage options for its iCloud plans.  —  Previously, an individual iCloud account maxed out at 2 TB storage,

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