Month: May 2022

NOOK GlowLight 4e is a cheaper eReader from B&N

Half a year after launching the $150 NOOK GlowLight 4 eBook reader, Barnes & Noble has unveiled a cheaper option. The NOOK GlowLight 4e is up for pre-order for $120 and it should be available starting June 7, 2022. Like its pricier sibling the new…

Half a year after launching the $150 NOOK GlowLight 4 eBook reader, Barnes & Noble has unveiled a cheaper option. The NOOK GlowLight 4e is up for pre-order for $120 and it should be available starting June 7, 2022. Like its pricier sibling the new model has a 6 inch E Ink display with a […]

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If Europe and Japan can have small, cheap EVs, why can’t America?

Europe’s VW ID.1 will cost $18,000; Japan’s Nissan Sakura is just $14,000.

This EV is called the Nissan Sakura, and it goes on sale in Japan this year for about $14,000, proving that automakers can make small and affordable EVs.

Enlarge / This EV is called the Nissan Sakura, and it goes on sale in Japan this year for about $14,000, proving that automakers can make small and affordable EVs. (credit: Nissan)

You don't have to dig far into the comments of just about any article we write about new cars to find complaints about the ever-growing size and cost of those new cars. Automakers are convinced that size sells in the US market, particularly when it comes to new electric vehicles. But there is a different way, as both Europe and Japan have shown.

For example, Autocar reported on Tuesday that Volkswagen will build a small EV called the ID.1 that will sell for around $18,000 (€17,000). Due to reach the market in 2025, this diminutive EV will use a cut-down version of VW's MEB platform (as used in the US-market ID.4 crossover, among others) and is expected to have a WLTP range of about 250 miles (400 km) thanks to a 57 kWh battery pack.

In fact, Europeans will be somewhat spoiled for choice since the same factory in Spain will also produce versions of the ID.1 for the Cupra and Seat brands.

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"Lawrows Posten ist aktuell wie ein Erschießungskommando"

Wie sich die russische Außenpolitik radikalisierte. Ein Gespräch mit Alfred Koch, Ökonom und früherer stellvertretender Ministerpräsident Russlands

Wie sich die russische Außenpolitik radikalisierte. Ein Gespräch mit Alfred Koch, Ökonom und früherer stellvertretender Ministerpräsident Russlands

Sliding to mild? Nope—omicron BA.2 caused worse COVID symptoms than BA.1

Study of 1.5 M finds COVID symptoms shifted with variants. BA.2 caused the most.

Sliding to mild? Nope—omicron BA.2 caused worse COVID symptoms than BA.1

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Despite early suggestions that the omicron coronavirus subvariant BA.1 would be mild, a massive wave of infections in January caused spikes in hospitalizations and more excess deaths than earlier variants. And subsequent omicron subvariants don't appear to be easing up.

According to a preprint study involving data from more than 1.5 million people in the United Kingdom, an infection with the omicron subvariant BA.2 was more likely to be symptomatic, more likely to cause a larger number of symptoms, and more likely to cause symptoms that people said affected their daily lives "a lot," compared to an infection with BA.1.

In fact, BA.2 wasn't just worse than BA.1; it was bad overall. The study authors analyzed symptom reports linked to infections of the ancestral coronavirus strain and variants alpha, delta, omicron BA.1, and omicron BA.2. The authors found that BA.2 infections were the most likely to cause symptoms compared with all the other variants. And the finding held up when the authors adjusted for time since a booster dose in people who were triple vaccinated, suggesting that waning vaccine protection could not explain the increase in symptom reporting.

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