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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The year in transportation started with a couple of bankruptcies — Canoo and Nikola — and now it’s ending with two more. Rad Power Bikes is coming to an end — or at least a bankruptcy. The electric bike company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, weeks after it warned employees that it could shut down without new funding. A spokesperson told TechCrunch the company will continue to operate while the bankruptcy…

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Grade: BAs Android Central’s Wearables Editor, I ended 2024 by predicting what would happen with Galaxy, Pixel, OnePlus, and other Wear OS watches in 2025. Some predictions were dead on; others were wishful thinking. Looking back, I’m grading where these companies met, exceeded, or fell short of my expectations.In my “What we expect from Wear OS in 2025” post, I correctly predicted Google and Samsung’s major health and fitness push, and (unfortunately) knew that other Wear OS brands would struggle with updates this year.I incorrectly guessed that Samsung wouldn’t “go the squircle route” and that we’d see a Moto 360…

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Do you remember the days when you used to own things? You would walk to the local music store and walk out with a CD. You’d need some graphics software, so you’d buy a license for Adobe Photoshop. The latest blockbuster film would get released, and you’d buy it on DVD. Those days are long gone, my friend.Now the only option we have is subscriptions, weekly or monthly rentals that give us access to a service, but only for a limited period of time. As a result, we can find ourselves drowning in a sea of memberships. We try to…

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Just about any monitor can work with a Mac Mini. It doesn’t need to be made by Apple or have any official certification. There’s a case to be made for using a cheap 1080p monitor with the Mac Mini, but most Mac users will want something a bit more premium. As you can see by options like the Dell 27 Plus 4K, that doesn’t have to mean overly expensive. Either way, here are the four elements to consider when shopping for a good monitor to go with your Mac Mini.Size and resolution: 27-inch and 32-inch monitors are the most common…

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Microsoft is rolling out new features for the Link to Windows appIt now allows Android users to lock their Windows 11 PC remotely Other new features include sharing clipboard content (images or text), one-touch screen mirroring of the phone on the desktop, and moreWindows 11 users who’ve hooked up their Android smartphone to the OS can now get the benefit of some nifty new features, including the ability to lock their PC remotely with their phone.Windows Latest reports that as of the second week of December, Microsoft is rolling out these new abilities, and you can get them by updating…

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ChatGPT users can now tweak the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use, according to a social media post from OpenAI. These options (as well as similar adjustments to ChatGPT’s use of headers and lists) now appear in the Personalization menu and can be set to More, Less, or Default. They allow users to further customize ChatGPT’s tone, on top of the existing ability to set a “base style and tone” — including the Professional, Candid, and Quirky tones that OpenAI added in November. ChatGPT’s tone has been an ongoing issue this year, with OpenAI rolling back one update for being…

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Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, December 20 (game #657).Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today…

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