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Several San Francisco neighborhoods were impacted by a massive power outage on Saturday that left nearly a third of the city without electricity, according to PG&E. During the blackout, Waymo's driverless taxis came to a halt when traffic lights stopped working. #sanfrancisco #waymo #blackout #california

Texas authorities released CCTV footage that shows thieves using a stolen SUV to rip an ATM out of a convenience store. Police found the vehicle abandoned less than a mile away from the scene, and are still searching for the suspects. #ATM #Robbery #Thieves #Texas #ConvenienceStore

A man has built a rechargeable battery pack big enough to power his whole home - using the batteries from discarded vapes. Electronics engineer Chris Doel, 26, stripped the lithium batteries from 500 binned vapes to create a single one large enough to run his entire house electrics for eight hours. He wired the 2.5 kWh battery in to his home with an inverter and ran all electrical components entirely off-grid for eight hours, including the microwave, kettle, and all lighting. Chris, who works fo

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