This article was originally published byChristopher CareyonCities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today onTwitter,Facebook,LinkedIn,Instagram, andYouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. The US city of Charlotte, NC has approved an electric bus pilot as part of a public-private partnership between theCharlotte Area Transit System(CATS) andeTransEnergy. The scheme will test 18 battery electric buses (BEB) vehicles across the greater metropolitan Charlotte area over 12-18 months, and is supported by theBloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge....

Russian President Vladimir Putin and American counterpart Joe Biden recently agreed that relations between the two nations are a low point, but the two leaders may have found some common ground on the issue of cybercrime. Biden said at the G7 summit on Sunday that he was “open” to Putin’s proposal for the two countries to exchange cybercriminals: I’m open to — if there’s crimes committed against Russia that, in fact, are — and the people committing those crimes are being harbored in the United States — I’m committed to holding them accountable....

Facebook could be set to feature prominently in another movie as it has emerged that the screen rights to a new novel based around the social network have been sold to Warner Bros. The Future of Usis a novel by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler which will be published in November this year. It tells the story of two young people in 1996 who log on to their AOL accounts, only – improbably – to see the Facebook accounts of their 2011 selves appear....

Tumblr can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to Internet censorship. We already know that Tumblr has been incorrectlyflagged for pornographic contentby Canadian security software Netsweep, and as a consequence, was blocked for some time in Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Yemen. It would seem that Saudi Arabia is the latest country to deem Tumblr blogs inappropriate for public consumption. Reports are emerging on Twitter, and ironically on Tumblr as well, that Saudi residents can no longer access the blogging platform....

It was just a week ago that we reported onJon Prosser’s leaks of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, showing off a seriously different design direction for Google’s phone line. Now another tipster with a few more major reveals under his belt,OnLeaks, has partnered withdigit.into provide another rendered look at the devices. Kudos@jon_prosserwho shared a rather good look at the#Pixel6Pro. That being said, his depiction isn’t that flawless… Thus, I’m back to provide a more accurate look at this device + display size + dimensions + 360° video, on behalf of@digitindia?...