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When it comes to making electric cars better, it's the batteries that you'll hear about the most.

But what about the motor that actually drives the car?

Car enthusiasts have long-obsessed about what is under the bonnet of a traditional car, but in the electric world the motor gets little attention.

That might be about

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Twitter shares tumbled 17% in early trading as quarterly profits came in at less than a quarter of what analysts had predicted.

The company said it made $37m (£28.7m) profit in the third quarter.

Product bugs and unusually low demand over the summer hampered advertising sales.

Revenues were 9% higher than the previous year

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Image caption A graphic symbol on the Galaxy S10 tells users where they need to press to provide a fingerprint

RBS and its sister bank Natwest have pulled their apps for the Samsung Galaxy S10 after a security flaw was found on the phone.

Last week, users found the device could be unlocked by anyone via its

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Tesla shares have surged to their highest levels since February, after it told investors that manufacturing at its Chinese factory and plans for its next model were ahead of schedule.

The

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Regional towns given new tech life as shared working spaces take root
Conor Gallagher has worked in tech all of his life, a journey that took him from London to Malaga to Dublin. But he wanted somewhere different to put down roots and start a family. He also still nurtures ambitions to some day start his own tech company.

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Richard Rodger: 'Whoever you are, it does you no good at all not to prepare for the pain that will come, which you choose to inflict on yourself'
Software systems fail. When you build a startup based on running a software system that has to be up 24/7 with no failures, you're going to experience broken software, and a broken website, many times.

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