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Subaru reveals the Solterra SUV, its first electric vehicle

The Verge

Coming to the US, Canada, and Europe in 2022, the Solterra SUV will be powered by an electric vehicle platform that Subaru has been co-developing with Toyota. Both models sport a 71.4kWh battery beneath the floor of the vehicle, which Subaru estimates will supply approximately 530km (329 miles) of range based on the WLTC standard in Japan.

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Zin Boats resurfaces after the pandemic to put a fresh charge into Seattle’s electric boating scene

GeekWire

There’s intentional learning and development.” “It’s the equivalent of a race car,” Zin said of the boat, parked on a trailer in the company’s HQ, sporting some of the scrapes and dings it earned as a demonstration model for potential buyers over the years.

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Polaris’ new Ranger XP Kinetic is an all-electric side-by-side with a lot of horsepower

The Verge

Polaris is hoping the electric Ranger will help attract new customers to the world of power sports vehicles, which also include ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, and heavy motorcycles. The Ranger’s two trim levels represent different battery capacities. The Santa Cruz, Calif.-based

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Brains vs. bots in the newsroom: Can AI generate better story ideas than humans can?

GeekWire

By comparison, the chatbots took subtle aspects of the prompts too far, seeing things as black-and-white. AI in sports: Of course, data analysis is already widely used in sports, but what does the advent of generative AI mean for human judgment in creating day-to-day lineups and preparing players for games? Can AI Write Code?

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Oracle and Google’s Supreme Court showdown was a battle of metaphors

The Verge

Google attorney Thomas Goldstein argued that the football analogy was missing the point — Oracle wasn’t trying to keep “fans” for its sports team, just “prisoners” for its Java SE platform. Why would Congress want a rule that says: ‘okay, these developers are extremely familiar with these commands. It was purely mechanical.”)

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From vacant storefronts to vibrant hubs: Revisiting ‘third places’ for urban resilience

GeekWire

Here are five typical examples worthy of review and comparison: 1) Multiple storefront venues such as downtown malls remain at risk , as evidenced by the recent turnover of San Francisco’s downtown Westfield Mall to a receiver.

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Steam’s biggest new hit is a Viking survival game that struck like a bolt from the blue

The Verge

On February 10th, just eight days after launch, indie developer Iron Gate announced that Valheim had already sold 1 million copies. Valheim , by comparison, is slow and methodical. I wasn’t ready to commit quite yet — I waffled a while before giving it a go. Know who bought it while I was making up my mind? One million other people.