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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. But no matter where we went, we could not escape one thing: the goddamn thermostat. In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. A startup was not the plan. The plan was a break.

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Robot Gift Guide 2022

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And if these robots aren’t enough for you, many of our picks from years past are still available: check out our guides from 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , and 2012. All you have to do is make sure it can’t escape, then just let it loose and forget about it for months at a time. Lego Robotics Kits. Amazon Astro.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. EV market share went from a stratospheric 45% to escape-velocity 63%, crossing 100k on a population of barely 5M.

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