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Nissan is the latest carmaker to join Teslas network of charging stations. The company announced that Nissan Ariya drivers can use the MyNissan app to find charging stations with plans to make the North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapter available to Ariya drivers. The move to Teslas grid of Superchargers will expand Nissans charging network to 90,000 stations across the US. Nissans energy network also includes the Shell Recharge, ChargePoint and EVgo networks with plans to expand other networks as well. Nissan will begin offering EVs with NACS ports in the US and Canada sometime next year. Nissan Leaf drivers wont be able to use the new charging stations. Instead, they can still find NissanConnect EV and Services through the app. Tesla may not be winning the EV battle when it comes to its embittered Cybertruck thats now under its fifth recall, but its ahead in the charging battle. Stellantis announced that EVs for brands like Dodge, Fiat and Alfa Romeo will use Teslas NACS. General Motors started selling Teslas NACS adapter last month after a 15-month wait. Hyundai just started adapting its EVs including its Ioniq lineup to Teslas NACS system. At this point, nearly every major automaker has pledged to support the system, making Nissan one of the last holdouts.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/nissan-ariya-drivers-will-soon-be-able-to-use-tesla-superchargers-195026448.html?src=rss
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Threads is sometimes criticized for not prioritizing real-time content in its recommendations. Now, Meta is adding status indicators that can show when a particular user is online in an apparent effort to address that need. The optional feature, called activity status, will display a green bubble alongside someones profile photo when theyre online. The indicator is meant to help users find others to engage with in real-time, according to an update from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. We hope that knowing when your people are online makes it easier to have conversations. Its an interesting choice for a platform that still doesnt have direct messaging capabilities. Such indicators are more common in chat apps like Discord (Instagram, which does have robust DM capabilities, also has a similar feature). But Meta has said repeatedly it doesnt want to bring in-app messaging to Threads, with the apps head of product recently telling Business Insider there are no plans to add DMs to the app. The feature also doesnt exactly address many users desire for a feed thats more oriented to real-time information and conversations. Instead, Meta is offering the status indicators as a way to seek out users who are currently active on the service as a way of encouraging conversations that are more likely to get timely replies. But without a clear way of finding people who have that green bubble alongside their profile photo, its unclear how easy this will actually be.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-can-now-show-when-people-are-online-and-using-the-app-194041928.html?src=rss
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Riot Games is cutting jobs from its League of Legends team. Marc Merrill, the studio's co-founder, co-chairman and chief product officer, announced the cuts today on X. "This isnt about reducing headcount to save moneyits about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond," Merrill said. A rep from Riot Games told Engadget that 32 jobs will be eliminated across the company in this move. The spin seems to be that the developer is trying to reprioritize behind the scenes, especially with Merrill's insistence that "were not slowing down work on the game you love" and that the team "will eventually be even larger than it is today as we develop the next phase of League." He didn't add any more details about what that new focus would be or which departments will bear the brunt of the cuts. It's a bold move for Riot to make now, especially since League of Legends is right in the middle of its much-viewed World Championships. We received confirmation that the esports team would not be impacted by the cuts. The company also downsized at the start of 2024, eliminating 11 percent of its global workforce. That move mostly impacted employees "outside of core development," so the League of Legends team likely didn't see any changes at that time. The company also separately announced in January that it would shutter the Riot Forge publishing project. All these changes point toward a bigger picture of changing and narrowing focus for Riot. The company has tried a lot of new ideas since the explosive success of League of Legends; a first person team shooter, a mobile auto chess battler, a fighting game and an animated TV show, to name a few. But it seems like Riot's time for experimentation may be ending.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/riot-makes-more-cuts-this-time-to-crown-jewel-league-of-legends-192548888.html?src=rss
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