Bobby Kotick will get to keep his seat on Activision Blizzard’s board of directors despite catching flak over the alleged role he played in creating the company’s toxic workplace culture. At the video game developers’ annual meeting of stockholders, investors voted on several proposals, as well as who gets to be on the company’s board of directors over the next year. A…
Wait, what? Captain America was still using an iPhone 6s? Sure, Cap was frozen in ice for 70 years, but who had Chris Evans using an iPhone 6s in 2022 on their bingo card?
The star of Apple TV+’s Defending Jacob series shared a heartfelt farewell to his Home button…
Google is rolling out Chrome OS version 103, which includes features that will make it easier for users to share things between Chromebooks and Android devices. For one thing, as the company announced at CES, Phone Hub is getting an upgrade. From your Chromebook…
Where do G7 countries like the US, Japan, and Germany stand in their shift to clean energy?
June 24, 2022
Here’s where the world’s seven largest economies stand in their clean energy transitions ahead of the 48th G7 Leaders’ Summit next week in Germany.
The G7 and clean energy – what they need to do
The G7 is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US.
A G7 commitment to “predominantly decarbonize” electricity by 2035 means ending coal power by 2030. They must…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 23, 2022
June 24, 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…
Sandmarc has announced a compact and lightweight cinema-style camera slider designed for use with the iPhone and action cameras.
The new Cinema Slider is made out of a combination of carbon fiber and aluminum, which the company says makes it both light and strong.
The map, to be released in batches over six months, covers the vast majority of the planet, revealing dozens of minerals found on its surface.
Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the Red Planet’s surface, the map reveals the distribution of dozens of key minerals. By looking at mineral distribution, scientists can…
In recent days, YouTube Music has more widely rolled out support for Android 12’s media recommendations feature that prominently surfaces recent albums and playlists to start immediate playback.
Original 6/18: These media recommendations automatically appear after…
After adding the ability to star, Google Tasks will soon let users print out a list of their to-dos on the web.
When using Google Tasks in the Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, etc. sidebar on the web, there will be a new “Print list” option. Tap the three-dot overflow…
Our smartphone cameras continue to get better and better, and Samsung is once again pushing the envelope. This week, Samsung announced a new 200MP camera sensor, but we don’t expect it to show up in a Galaxy device anytime soon.
Announced in a blog post today, Samsung ISOCELL HP3 is a new 200MP camera sensor designed for smartphones. The new HP3 is the second 200MP camera sensor Samsung has…
