Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Tesla offers free EV charging near Ukraine for people fleeing country

Electric vehicle company Tesla has started to offer free Supercharging in several countries around Ukraine for people fleeing the country following the Russian invasion. https://ift.tt/ZC1Kpgd

Monday, February 28, 2022

Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190 (João Carrasqueira/XDA Developers)

João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers:
Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190  —  Lenovo has a ton of announcements coming out of MWC 2022, and among them are a handful of new laptops geared towards consumers under the IdeaPad brand.



Orange picks Nokia for rollout of 'standalone' 5G in France

The technology is installed from scratch instead of being based on 4G, and is capable of offering the highest performance, telecoms equipment maker say. https://ift.tt/PxkXB5Y

Lenovo unveils updated ThinkPads: X13 with Snapdragon chips, X1 Extreme with a 165Hz display, and updated P-series and T-series with new Intel processors (Monica Chin/The Verge)

Monica Chin / The Verge:
Lenovo unveils updated ThinkPads: X13 with Snapdragon chips, X1 Extreme with a 165Hz display, and updated P-series and T-series with new Intel processors  —  A new X13, a new X1 Extreme, and more  —  Lenovo has dumped a whole bunch of new ThinkPads into the world, and there's some exciting stuff in there.



Ukraine's military, politicians targeted in hacking campaign on Facebook, says Meta

Meta Platforms said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country. https://ift.tt/gDzvu8V

A look at AcadArena and other "game guilds" in Southeast Asia, which loan out NFTs of in-game creatures as "scholarships" to players of games like Axie Infinity (Rest of World)

Rest of World:
A look at AcadArena and other “game guilds” in Southeast Asia, which loan out NFTs of in-game creatures as “scholarships” to players of games like Axie Infinity  —  In just a year, guilds boosting players into NFT games raised more than $80 million in Southeast Asia.



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...