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Hertz is teaming up with the city of Denver — and soon, it hopes, with other cities — to build out its charging infrastructure to support the ongoing transition to electric vehicles.The partnership is a big step toward helping rental car drivers, including those who may be renting an EV for the first time or in an unfamiliar area, to navigate the often-daunting task of finding a charge. It'll also see Denver boost availability and education around EVs in a first-of-its-kind effort.As part of the program, called "Hertz…

Amazon plans to wind down AmazonSmile, its giving program that allows buyers to donate to their favorite charities with every purchase, by February 20th, 2023. In its announcement, the e-commerce giant said "the program has not grown to create the impact that had originally hoped" almost a decade after it was launched. Apparently, the program's ability to make meaningful impact was hampered by the fact that it has over 1 million eligible organizations worldwide. Donations were often spread too thin.  Whenever people use…

The Galaxy Book from Samsung can now be repaired at home. Image: SamsungSamsung today announced its expanded repair program now includes the Galaxy S22 family of Android smartphones and the Windows-based Galaxy Book Pro laptop line.This is the first time Samsung has added laptops to its self-repair repertoire. As with the launch of its repair program, these added service options are in collaborationwith iFixit, an organization-slash-retailer that has long been promoting the ability for consumers to repair their gadgets…

Last year Samsung announced its self-repair program in partnership with iFixit, starting in the US in August with support for seven devices: the Galaxy S20 and S21 flagships (sans the FE models) and the Galaxy Tab S7+. Today, the company is adding five new devices to the program. The Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy S22 Ultra are now covered, owners can get replacement display assemblies, back panels and charging ports for them. The S22 is about to turn 1 year old and its US warranty is about to run out (unless you…

The tech community fought tooth and nail for the ability to repair devices at home. Since then, Apple, Google, and Samsung made strides in letting people repair their own devices. Samsung has a self-repair program, and it just added five new devices including the Galaxy S22 phones.Starting last Summer, Samsung allowed people to repair their broken devices through its self-repair program. When it first started, the program allowed you to fix a handful of the then-current Galaxy phones. It partnered with iFixit to provide…

Samsung announced its self-repair program in the United States last year. It teamed up with iFixit to provide genuine replacement parts, tools, and guides to those who wanted to repair their devices themselves. The self-repair program initially supported the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S21 series in addition to the Galaxy Tab S7+. Samsung is now expanding this program to cover more devices. The Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy S22 Ultra are all covered by the Samsung self-repair program now. The initiative now covers Samsung…

Samsung expanded its self-repair program for Galaxy devices today, adding the latest flagship smartphones and, for the first time, PCs. As you may remember, the initiative is a team-up with iFixit, which provides tools and online self-repair guides. Starting today, you can order repair kits for the 15-inch models of the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360. Supported PC repairs include the display, battery, touchpad, case (front and rear), power key with fingerprint reader, and rubber foot. Additionally, Samsung added…

A rehabilitation program that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown “impressive” results. The program is based on a gradual or paced increase in a patient’s physical activity. The findings showed that before the start of the program, patients were reporting an average of three “crashes” a week, where they were left physically, emotionally or cognitively exhausted after mild physical or mental exertion. However, six weeks later, at the end of the program, that number was…

During my time at CES in Las Vegas, I got the chance to visit the local HQ of Halo.Car – an EV mobility solutions provider that specializes in rental cars that are dropped off and picked up using remote pilots. Company founder and CEO Anand Nandakumar personally showed me around and explained how Halo.Car’s remote piloted technology looks to bridge the gap between car sharing, autonomous driving, and quicker EV adoption. Halo.Car is a relatively young startup focused on much of the same segments…

Improve Article Save Article Like Article Improve Article Save Article Hi everyone! Hope all of you have prepared well for this placement season.In the first week of January, Wells Fargo visited our campus for the Program Associate role. The process had three rounds.Online Assessment: Resume shortlisting was done and the shortlisted students (primarily CGPA based) got the test link. The Online Assessment was conducted on AMCAT and had three sections:Verbal Aptitude: The questions were from ‘Reading Comprehensions’,…