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Wes Davis

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    President Biden says he’ll sign a TikTok ban, if passed.

    The President said so while addressing reporters in this video from The Associated Press.

    The push to ban TikTok was revived this week as House congressional lawmakers introduced a bill to make it illegal to distribute ByteDance apps. TikTok has been prompting users to protest the ban, which House Republicans will vote on despite Trump’s objections.

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    Wes Davis
    Xfinity internet plans get a free speed upgrade.

    Comcast says it’s doubled the throughput for Connect plans, from 75Mbps to 150Mbps, while its prepaid plans go from 50Mbps to 200Mbps. Connect More and Fast will each get a 100Mbps boost, as well, bringing those up to 300Mbps and 500Mbps, respectively.

    The company says it’s not raising prices for these increases.

    Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.

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    Wes Davis
    Meta’s outage took Quest VR headsets out too, but it’s trying to fix that.

    It wasn’t just Meta’s social networks that went down yesterday — internet-connected Quest headsets, which should be able to work offline, showed an error message that prevented their main interface from loading, making them useless, as UploadVR detailed today.

    Mark Rabkin, Meta’s VP of VR, blamed a login server bug yesterday, adding that Meta will try to make sure Quest devices are “more resilient.”

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    Wes Davis
    The 2024 Nissan Leaf gets the US EV tax credit.

    Nissan announced today that its EV hatchback once again qualifies for a federal EV tax credit, though only up to $3,750 and not the full $7,500 that precious few vehicles actually qualify for.

    The car had previously fallen off the list of eligible cars because of battery components sourced from “foreign entities of concern” as defined by new guidelines under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

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    Wes Davis
    Revel offers 25 percent charging discounts to eligible Uber drivers in NYC.

    In addition to discounts for eligible Uber Pro drivers, Revel will use anonymized Uber data to decide on future EV charging station locations to address “charging deserts,” according to a press release shared with The Verge by Uber spokesperson Conor Ferguson.

    Revel CEO Frank Reig says this will help it grow its charging business in NYC and, eventually, other cities. Revel plans to add 48 public fast-charging stations near the rideshare waiting area of New York’s La Guardia Airport.

    A picture of a Revel moped and Tesla EV and
    Revel will use Uber driver data to direct its EV charging station expansion.
    Image: Revel
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    Wes Davis
    Sony says a GeForce RTX 4080 or Radeon RX 7900XT will run Forbidden West at 4K / 60fps on PC.

    But you can squeak by at 720p and 30fps with a GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or an RX 5500XT 4GB, according to the Playstation Blog. Space-wise, the game weighs in at 150GB.

    Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for PC is out on March 21st, preorders are live on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

    A chart showing the requirements for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition.
    Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition ain’t askin’ for much.
    Image: Nixxes Software