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Umar Shakir

Umar Shakir

Former News Writer

Former News Writer

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    Umar Shakir
    Audi digital keys will soon work through Samsung Wallet.

    Audi’s A6 e-tron series, Q6 e-tron series, and A5 series vehicles in Europe will get the feature this month before it rolls out globally based on the “launch timeline of Audi vehicles.” Samsung Wallet already supports various Genesis, Kia, Hyundai, and BMW vehicles.

    two Samsung phones showing an Audi A5 Avant car key with controls to open the trunk, lock, and unlock.
    Samsung Wallet supports connectivity using ultra wideband (UWB).
    Image: Samsung
    Umar Shakir
    Umar Shakir
    Tesla reportedly supports canceling the $7,500 EV tax credit.

    Unsurprisingly, President-elect Donald Trump plans to end the federal incentive, which encouraged Americans to buy EVs like Teslas for years. Now, Reuters is reporting Tesla is for it:

    representatives of Tesla - by far the nation’s largest EV seller - have told a Trump-transition committee they support ending the subsidy

    Meanwhile, Trump has tasked Tesla CEO Elon Musk with cutting “wasteful expenditures” in the new administration.

    Umar Shakir
    Umar Shakir
    xAI competitors are flying spy planes over the ‘Colossus’ data center.

    Elon Musk’s xAI has a rapidly growing supercomputer that other AI companies are worried about, The Information reports. Hopefully, they also find out how the facility affects the local environment.

    Umar Shakir
    Umar Shakir
    Frontier’s shareholders approve a Verizon takeover.

    According to The Wall Street Journal, the $9.6 billion sale, expected to close in 2026, would see Verizon paying $38.50 a share and absorbing “about $10 billionof Frontier’s debt. 63 percent of Frontier’s stockholders are for the all-cash transaction, while others are opposed, saying the offer is too low.

    Frontier owns more than two million fiber connections across 25 states, including some in Texas, California, and Florida that it bought from Verizon in 2016.