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The United States now has one EV charging station for every 15 gas stations.
Bloomberg:
Almost 600 public fast-charging stations were switched on for US drivers in the first three months of the year, a 7.6% increase over the end of 2023, according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of federal data. There are now almost 8,200 quick-turn EV stations across the country, or one for every 15 gas stations. Tesla is responsible for slightly more than one quarter of them.
EV charging is still a bit more complicated than a fill-up, what with different charging speeds, competing standards, and rival networks, but alignment is underway.
Sean Hollister
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Does a 25-year-old Super Soaker still reign supreme?
Spyra recently sent me its new $54 SpyraGo electric water blaster, so I decided to bring back a literal blast from the past: a 1998 Super Soaker CPS 2500, one of the most effective hosers ever made.
Below, see how they perform against the flagship $179 SpyraThree and the $15 X-Shot Epic Fast Fill, one of the best budget soakers you can buy!
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The world’s smallest Nintendo Wii is literally the size of a deck of playing cards.
The Short Stack: a scale model of a Nintendo Wii one-thirteenth the size, with an actual trimmed Wii motherboard inside. Four headset jacks do duty as working GameCube controller ports, attached to custom PCBs that add USB-C power, HDMI output, and microSD storage.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are all rolling out Meta AI search right now.
Alex told us they were coming, but it looks like Meta is flipping the switch as we speak — adding Meta AI searches alongside traditional ones in each app’s default search box. Oh, and some Ask Meta AI mini-prompts, too. If Meta AI has an answer to something you type, it’ll show a blue-violet circle next to that search result.
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Silicon Valley is getting one of its computer stores back.
You might be surprised how few are left — when we lost Fry’s Electronics, I mentioned how many other Valley stores had already closed or moved.
Now, Micro Center is returning to Santa Clara, CA after 12 years away. It’ll open its doors at 5201 Stevens Creek Blvd later this year. That’s just 1.6 miles away from Central Computer.
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A new Konami Code has been discovered, 25 years after this Castlevania first came out.
How did the N64’s Legacy of Darkness hide the ability to instantly unlock all its characters for a quarter-century? Well, this particular Up, Up, Down, Down required four Ups and four Downs, used C-buttons instead of D-pad, and you’ve gotta hit Z (not Start) at the end. Have yourself more Konami Code stories.
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