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This is big. General Motors (GM) has announced that it is adding Plug and Charge capabilities to its Ultium Charging 360 network of charge providers across North America. To begin, drivers with an EVgo account will be able to utilize the convenience of Plug and Charge before GM expands the technology to additional charging networks across its Ultium Charge 360 family. Plug and Charge is a concept first introduced into the ISO 15118 standard in 2014, although it has been much more recently that automakers around…

Apple's new 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapters are now available for order, priced at $59 apiece. Your money gets you two USB-C ports and a maximum combined output of 35W, with Apple now confirming how things will go down when you plug two things in at once. A new support document published on Apple's website details exactly how much power those two USB-C ports can output when two devices are plugged in. According to that document, the chargers will automatically detect what is plugged in and then offer up the required…

TP-Link has finally added HomeKit to one of its products, and it's a serious bargain. The new version of its very good mini smart plug has Apple HomeKit support and energy monitoring all for just $12.50 per plug. The Kasa Smart WiFi Plug Mini with Energy Monitoring and Apple HomeKit, EP25 is available on Amazon for $49.99 for a four-pack (a two-pack at $29.99 is coming in Q4). There are a lot of smart plugs out there but very few with energy monitoring and HomeKit compatibility, and none as cheap as $12.50 that offer…

There used to be a long-standing joke about Microsoft Internet Explorer. The number one browser for downloading a better browser was Internet Explorer. After 27 years of long service, Internet Explorer is retiring for good. Some might argue that it has come way too many years, too late. It has been a long, slow (pun unintended) death of the one-time most used browser.Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer in 1995 as an add-on package for Windows 95. After that, Microsoft's internet browser was made available to everyone…

Books are displayed along side an Amazon Kindle device, which offers previews of those same books on nearby shelves at the Amazon Books store on November 4, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Photo: Stephen Brashear (Getty Images)Amazon has become the latest big tech company to scale back its ambitions in the Chinese market, announcing Thursday that it would stop shipping its Kindle e-reader there and shutter its ebook store in the country in 2023. The company closed its ecommerce business there in 2019.First reported by…

Shelving its plans to roll out electric vehicles out of its two plants, Ford India Pvt Ltd will resume compensation talks with its workers.“The management has told the workers that it has no plans to make electric vehicles in India. The management has called for talks with the Union for compensation to be paid to the workers on the closure of the plant," a Ford India Union official told IANS.He said the compensation talks were stopped as the company had plans to make electric vehicles at its two plants - Chennai and…

The iPod Touch, the only version of the portable music player still being sold, will be available till supplies last, the company said. The current generation of iPods will only be available as long as current supplies last, Apple said. (Reuters)…

If you're shopping for a new laptop, it's important to consider battery life when narrowing down your options.  Laptops with the best battery life are often built for home, office, or school use, though it is possible to find gaming laptops with decent battery lives as well; though they won't be nearly as impressive. Many laptops touting long-lasting batteries can give you anywhere between 10 and 12 hours of use on a full charge, which…