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What does Trump’s election mean for EVs, Tesla, and Elon Musk?

2024-11-06T11:16:21-05:00

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said a lot of things about electric vehicles. He said he would "end the electric vehicle mandate on day one," that EVs "don't work," and that they benefit China and Mexico while hurting American autoworkers.

But he has also closely aligned himself with Elon Musk, who runs the biggest EV company in the US. And he will likely have Musk continuing to whisper in his ear on important policy matters moving forward, even going so far as to promise to appoint the mercurial billionaire to a role in his administration.

So now that he's the president-elect, what will he actually do that will affect the auto industr …

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Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election

2024-11-06T06:31:22-05:00

Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Trump is the second president in US history to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms and the first convicted felon to be elected president. Trump declared victory early on Wednesday, followed by The Associated Press, The New York Times, and other outlets.

Trump secured narrow victories in battleground states, including Wisconsin, the home of this year's Republican National Convention. He made gains nearly everywhere in the country, from rural outposts to deep blue cities where fewer voters turned out for Democrats than in previous election cycles.

From the moment …

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If the Electoral College has invaded your phone screen, here’s how to get rid of it

2024-11-05T22:03:50-05:00

Some iOS users with the Washington Post app installed may have looked down at their device tonight only to find an undismissable black toggle hovering on their screen, with electoral vote counts in the 2024 presidential race slowly ticking upwards. (On my own iPhone it appears as the dynamic island.) If you tap on it it merely expands to give you more information about the race, along with little drawn portraits of the candidates, which is decidedly not the content you want if you were just trying to find the button to make the whole thing go away.

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Google CEO says the company should be a ‘trusted source’ in the election

2024-11-05T18:19:11-05:00

Sundar Pichai. | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees ahead of Election Day to make sure "the products we build" are "a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief."

"As with other elections, the outcome will be a major topic of conversation in living rooms and other places around the world," Pichai said in an internal memo on November 4th obtained by The Verge and first reported on by The Washington Post. "And of course, the outcome will have important consequences."

"Whomever the voters entrust, let's remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to …

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Voting tech isn’t perfect, but so far it’s holding up

2024-11-05T15:53:58-05:00

The technology that powers Election Day has hit some expected hiccups, but as of early afternoon on Tuesday, nonpartisan groups say that the voting system is mostly holding up. Where it has faltered, they stress, there are robust backup plans that will ensure voters can still cast their ballots and that their votes will be counted.

Members of the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, which runs a hotline for voters seeking information or help at the polls, said they're so far seeing reports of pretty standard tech issues. That includes spotty Wi-Fi connections impacting electronic poll books used to check voters in more efficiently, im …

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This Google election conspiracy theory doesn’t add up

2024-11-05T15:43:58-05:00

There's no evidence Google is hiding a map of polling places from Trump voters, despite the suggestions of a video reposted by Elon Musk.

In the video, originally shared by X user DogeDesigner, a user searches Google for "where can I vote for Harris" and "where can I vote for Trump." The Harris search shows Google's 2024 US elections panel, which includes a map you can use to find where to vote. The Trump search does not.

But there's a complicating factor here: Harris is also the name of a county in Texas. And the polling map pops up when people search terms like "where can I vote" and a location - try searches like "where can I vote for B …

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The fever dream of TikTok Live election results

2024-11-05T15:42:00-05:00

It takes me a minute to figure out what's going on in this TikTok livestream happening on the morning of the US presidential election.

The screen is split in two. On the top, a man is streaming himself from the chest up, shouting at viewers. On the bottom is an electoral map of the US, with each state colored red (Republican), blue (Democrat), yellow (third-party), or tan (unclaimed). The man appears to be auctioning off the Electoral College.

"Uh oh! Two Texas blues just came in, ladies and gentlemen!" he shouts, clicking to change the state of Texas from red to blue. A few seconds later, Texas goes red again. "It's a neck and neck game r …

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The FBI says Russian emails are sending fake bomb threats to polling stations

2024-11-05T15:14:02-05:00

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning that fake bomb threats are being emailed to US polling locations in multiple states that "appear to originate from Russian email domains."

"None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the FBI says. The agency says it is working closely with state and local law enforcement to respond to any election threats and urges the public to "remain vigilant" and report suspicious activity to state and local authorities.

Fake bomb threats were sent to polling locations in Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, prompting "at least two" sites in Fulton County, Georgia, to be evac …

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Misleading ‘pro-Harris’ texts are bombarding swing state voters

2024-11-05T13:39:34-05:00

Swing state voters are being inundated with text messages seemingly designed to look like they're coming from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris or even from her campaign itself. Some of the messages imply that Harris is misleading the public about her efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, while others say she has "pledged to support Israel as they wage their war in Gaza." Although the texts are written to sound like standard campaign mass messaging, they contain no call to action or URL to a campaign site. But most bizarrely, the sender will reiterate and emphasize that Harris "will always stand with Israel" …

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Apple News will let you watch election results from your lockscreen

2024-11-05T11:34:12-05:00

For anyone obsessively watching election results in the US, Apple News will bring live updates to iPhone and iPad users' lockscreens. And if you've got a recent iPhone, you can keep tabs on the electoral count right in the Dynamic Island while doing other things on your phone.

To get the updates on your lockscreen, you'll have to register first. Open up Apple News and tap on the "Follow the 2024 election live" banner. If you don't see the option right away, look for "Election 2024" under the "Special Coverage" section of the menu. You should get a notification that the Live Activity has been enabled.

The widget will be available on iPhones …

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