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Quick Charge Podcast: August 24, 2022

August 25, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…

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Snap Reaches $35M Settlement in Privacy Lawsuit Over Lenses

August 25, 2022

Snap has agreed on a settlement of $35 million in an Illinois class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition. The state alleged that Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, had fallen foul of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing…

NASA Scientists Help Probe Dark Energy by Testing Gravity

August 25, 2022

Could one of the biggest puzzles in astrophysics be solved by reworking Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity? A new study co-authored by NASA scientists says not yet. The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and scientists don’t know why. This phenomenon…

EA Sports reveals cover for new NHL 23

August 25, 2022

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. NHL 23, the popular hockey franchise from Electronic Arts, has revealed the latest cover athletes. This year features two athletes from different sides of the sport — Trevor Zegras and Sarah Nurse. Zegras, on…

Google Play Store not showing all your ‘Recently updated’ Android apps

August 25, 2022

Google recently addressed an issue where version numbers disappeared from the Play Store, and a similar problem in that vein has now appeared involving the “Recently updated” list. Since yesterday (August 23), Google Play has not consistently shown all the Android apps…

Galaxy Watch 5 Review: Wear OS’ best gets just a little bit better

August 25, 2022

After years of neglect, Google finally gave Wear OS a boost last year, and that arrived with the help of Samsung and the Galaxy Watch 4. Finally, good hardware gave the platform a chance to thrive, which is only getting better now. How can you follow up the watch that…

Fitbit ‘by Google’ branding starts to take over ahead of upcoming Pixel Watch integration

August 25, 2022

Fitbit today unveiled its new lineup of smartwatches and a new fitness tracker, and it’s clear that the brand’s new owner has heavier influence this time around. Ahead of the Pixel Watch bringing Fitbit to Google’s hardware lineup, “Fitbit by Google” seems to be the new branding for the company. If you head over to today, you’ll notice “by Google” added to the site’s…

YouTube Music rolling out big ‘Library’ tab redesign on Android

August 25, 2022

YouTube Music is significantly redesigning its Library tab on Android with a focus on making it faster to start playing content. Previously, the Library tab started with a “Recent activity” carousel that shows albums, songs, artists, and playlists with large previews…

Tidal adding ‘Early Access’ beta program for new features, coming to Android soon

August 25, 2022

Tidal has gained some traction in the last couple of years for housing quality Hi-Fi audio for streaming. Though it has a decent fanbase, Tidal is far from perfect. Rolling out now, Tidal is inviting users to its Early Access Program, which will allow beta testing for new…

Samsung’s latest gaming monitors have Google Stadia, GeForce Now, and more built-in

August 25, 2022

In the era of cloud gaming, you can get away with killer games without needing strong hardware to back them up. Now, Samsung is doubling down on that with support for cloud gaming services such as Google Stadia, GeForce Now, and Xbox Game Pass built into its new monitors. The new lineup of Samsung Odyssey gaming monitors was announced at Gamescom 2022 this week, with the G70B and G65B monitors…