🔌⚡️ Are Tesla Home Chargers Safe to Use Outside?

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Happy Thursday! This is a busy week for new tech: Alienware announced a new 500Hz monitor, Anker revealed $100 ANC headphones with high-res audio, Qualcomm is building chips for handheld consoles, and Corsair announced a modular standing desk.

While there are likely outdoor EV chargers scattered throughout your neighborhood, what's the general rule on outdoor charging via home chargers like the Tesla Wall Connector? It's an important question to answer if you don't have sufficient indoor space to charge your EV, like a garage. That's why we investigated if it's actually safe to charge a Tesla Wall Connector outside the home. Here's what we found.

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Though your conversations in Facebook Messenger are encrypted with gibberish, Meta has a decryption key that can read your chats. Sounds kind of spooky. All of that is changing when end-to-end encryption (E2EE) lands on Facebook Messenger later this year. Come see why this is a huge deal.

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It feels like a streaming device is something that should keep working forever. After all, it's just streaming media, right? It's... a bit more complicated than that. Dig deep, and learn more about why streaming devices become outdated like your other tech.

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FAT32; exFAT; NTFS; these aren't insults being hurled your way by your PC. These are drive formats you have to choose from when formatting a new drive, be it an HDD, USB drive, SD card, etc. So what's the difference between these drive formats?

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The beauty of AirPlay is that it just works. Most of the time, anyway. If AirPlay isn't working properly, go through these steps to address the issue.

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Your Tesla is a major investment, and you'll want to get the most out of it. One way is to integrate accessory upgrades that not only make your EV look even more stylish, but also makes life more convenient for you while protecting your EV. Check out a few of our favorites.

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When you think about the most important technological advancements of the last few years, your mind probably doesn't go to curbside grocery pickup. But it should! Curbside pickup is a literal game changer in our day-to-day lives, saving us hours every week while helping us to stay within our budgets. Read our argument, and we think you'll be convinced that curbside pickup is one of the 20's greatest innovations.

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Tired of waiting on Google to finally release Android 14? So are we! But you need to be patience for a bit longer. Check out the tentative release date, along with everything else we know about Android's biggest update of 2023.

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Want noise canceling headphones but don't want to pay a hefty price tag? Anker's newest headphones may just be the answer. Come see why they may be the best $100 you've spent in a while when they release on August 28th.

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Does every new truck in North America need to be gigantic? AYRO doesn't seem to think so. It just received street-legal certification in the United States and Canada for its Vanish mini electric truck, ideal for short deliveries, transporting equipment to job sites, and even out on the farm. Come see why this may be an alternative to that old secondary work truck on your job.

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The GNOME desktop environment is the default desktop for all kinds of Linux distros like Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora. So when an update to GNOME is on the horizon, the Linux world pays attention. GNOME 45 is the latest update that's on the way, and it comes with a host of performance and appearance upgrades. See what's changing and when you can expect the full release of GNOME 45.

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If you want to slay a king as powerful as the Steam Deck, you best make your first shot count. Is ASUS' ROG Ally the new king of the handhelds, or is this nothing more than a peasant's showing? See what we thought in our hands-on review.

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