Tesla Motors, Inc.'s Supercharger Network Is Still Mostly Free and other top stories.

• Tesla Motors, Inc.'s Supercharger Network Is Still Mostly Free

  

  In a blog post Thursday evening, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) revealed the latest details on its plans to charge new Tesla owners some small fees for Supercharger usage. As it turns out, however, most charging will still be free. Here's the latest on Tesla's evolving Supercharger program ahead of its higher-volume Model 3 launch later this year. Tesla Supercharger. Image source: The Motley Fool. Necessary changes As Tesla pointed out in its Thursday blog post, "Building a charging network that p..

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• Apple, bring back the MacBook Pro 17 and make your laptops great again

  

  Apple is used to criticism from PC partisans, but with its first major redesign to the MacBook Pro line in years, it found itself unexpectedly taking fire from its own fan base. The new laptop was underpowered, Mac users complained, lacked ports that people actually use, had low-to-zero serviceability, and that “improved” butterfly keyboard still wasn’t that great.  The point that seems to uniformly burn pro users is the maximum amount of RAM: just 16GB of LPDD3/2133. The reason for the l..

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• WhatsApp has 'bug' that could be exploited

  

  Screen grab of smartphone showing icons for Facebook and WhatsApp(Photo: USA TODAY)WhatsApp has a security bug that could allow encrypted messages to be intercepted from the popular messaging app that owner Facebook has said promises end-to-end encryption.WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, said last year that all communications such as text messages, videos and other files flowing the service would be encrypted. The app has become hugely popular, with more than 1 billion users.About the tim..

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• Fiat Chrysler Needs to Be Cleaner Than Clean

  

  The potential financial impact of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's run-in with the U.S. vehicle emissions regulator is surprisingly wide. Analysts at Exane are banking on it being only $250 million, while warning it could be as much as $4 billion in a Volkswagen-style scenario. At the top end, that's a quarter of the carmaker's market value before the Environmental Protection Agency said Fiat had breached its clean air rules.Even if Fiat is not cheating with its emissions technology, it needs to ..

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• The iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 will share one critical feature

  

  The iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 will turn out to be pretty similar devices if current rumors are to be believed. Naturally, the same can be said about previous iPhone and Galaxy S generations, as Samsung has often borrowed features from Apple when it comes to phone design and Apple borrows from Android all the time. However, this year, the phones are expected to sport similar designs and features, and a new report sheds light on yet another key element they’ll have in common. Sources said to be fa..

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• Take a guided tour of the White House with Barack and Michelle in virtual reality

  

  As one presidential administration ends and another begins, it seems much easier to pause and reflect on all of the changes that have defined the last eight years of the Obama presidency. A constant throughout time, however, is the dwelling where many of the United States’ most important policy decisions have been made. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the most recognizable addresses in the world, but aside from the bits we see in press photos and TV show replications, the house where our na..

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• Why I'm Worried The Nintendo Switch Is Just Another Wii U

  

  Photo: Nintendo When your console comes out in less than two months, and you just gave an hour-long presentation on that console, it seems more than a bit strange that the reaction of press and fans alike is to scour the internet to hunt down exactly what games are being released with it at launch. But that’s exactly what happened after Nintendo’s Switch presentation yesterday, which ended with the reveal of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as a launch title, but had everyone else saying, ..

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• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is Nintendo's Skyrim

  

  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is less than two months away, we found out today, and will be a launch title for the Nintendo Switch. I got the chance to finally play Nintendo's next huge RPG in Tokyo today, taking control of main character ...

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• Snapchat launches universal search to simplify navigation

  

  Snapchat just made it much easier to navigate the app and find friends, groups, Discover publishers and Our Stories with a universal search bar that’s always accessible at the top of the app. Launching today for some people on Android and rolling out soon to all iOS and Android users, the search bar lets you dig out of Snapchat the best content and conversations. The company tells TechCrunch the interface is designed for speed, so you can locate what you’re looking for and keep snapping. It mi..

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