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Uber’s EV ridehailing business is maturing

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber is holding its annual Go-Get conference in London today. As part of the event, the company is rolling out a number of changes to its ridehailing and delivery business to reflect the fact that more drivers and couriers are using electric vehicles. Uber Green, the company’s EV

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Germans Decry Influence of English As ‘Idiot’s Apostrophe’ Gets Official Approval

A recent relaxation of rules around apostrophes in German, permitting their use in possessive forms like “Eva’s Blumenladen,” has sparked criticism from traditionalists and concerns over the influence of English on the German language. The Guardian reports: Establishments that feature their owners’ names, with signs like “Rosi’s Bar” or “Kati’s Kiosk” are a common sight

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Rust resumes rise in popularity

Rust, the fast and memory-safe programming language born out of Mozilla, has resumed its rise up the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, although it still has not cracked the index’s top 10. Rust returned to 13th place in the October edition of the Tiobe index, the highest spot the language has reached. Rust

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