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The Ford F-150 Lightning has a handy trick that has had a lot of buzz for a while: it has support for bi-directional charging, known as vehicle-to-grid or vehicle-to-home, and the idea is the truck can keep the lights on at home.

But, it’s far more complicated than that. It probably costs more than you expect, and Ford’s not exactly helping.

A post from Ford’s Charging and Energy Services person on LinkedIn, of all places, confirmed the $3,895 price (and that’s before installation, which is via Sunrun!):

👨‍✈️ Telegram Premium plan is in the works: What do you get by subscribing? (Android Authority).

💡 “How I made my own Hue light strips for cheap” (Android Authority).

👉 The Redmi Pad could take the fight to cheaper Android tablets (Android Authority).

🍎 From a book on Apple, an adapted feature on why Jony Ive left Apple: Evolving responsibilities, frustrations building as the company got in his way, mostly over the Apple Watch, all of which eventually led to his June 2019 resignation. He’d had enough. (New York Times, gift link).

💻 Every little bit helps: How to pick the least eco-hostile laptop(Ars Technica).

🙅‍♀️ The Wikimedia Foundation won’t accept crypto donations anymore (Engadget).

⛓ Also, the biggest story in Crypto is this: Bored Ape Yacht Club creator’s metaverse mint rocks the Ethereum blockchain (The Verge).

📺 Russians reportedly turn to old Soviet-era tactics to watch Western movies: with entertainment companies dropping out, and VPNs becoming limited, bootlegs are it (Gizmodo). And as someone on Twitter joked (but it’s all too real): “Now showing: The.Batman.2022.1080p.HMAX.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.x264.”

🏡 FYI: Airbnb will stop giving refunds for Covid-19 related cancellations (Gizmodo).

🔭 Webb’s mirror alignment is done—now it’s on to the instruments (Ars Technica).

🧊 Hunting Antarctica’s holy grail, deep beneath the ice: special old ice (CNET).

🤔 “Why can’t we reproduce the sound of very old violins like Stradivarius? Why are they so unique in sound and why can’t we analyze the different properties of the wood to replicate it?” (r/askscience). (Incredible answer: “We can probably make a violin sound like a Stradivarius by simply telling people it’s a Stradivarius.”)

This is great: “Delighted to announce that my plane was showing THE LAST DUEL but the closed-captioning was from KNIVES OUT”:

Bonus: A bus crashed in Albania and officials will leave it in place “as an installation to raise awareness of citizens to respect traffic rules.”

Have a great start to your week,