Apple was the second most successful smartphone vendor globally in Q1 2022, according to new data. The Cupertino company falls behind Samsung, as the South Korean tech giant has 23.4% of the global market.
As shown by BanklessTimes, Samsung and Apple are battling for the top manufacturer slot in the smartphone sector. Samsung sold 73 million phones in Q1 2022 while Apple was the second one with 56…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: Solar-powered ice cream vending bike
July 9, 2022
Dumpster diving into the abyss of the world’s largest online shopping site has regularly seen me bob to the surface with some uniquely interesting and sometimes terrifying finds. China has become the undisputed leader in producing electric vehicles, especially the…
Tim Cook goes for a ride in Rivian electric pickup at Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’
July 9, 2022
As reported earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook is attending the Sun Valley Conference this week in Idaho, often referred to as a “summer camp for billionaires.” While we rarely learn much about what goes on at Sun Valley each year, a fun Friday story this year is that…
Back in April, the well-known billionaire Elon Musk announced that he would buy Twitter in a $44 billion deal. However, the deal was put on hold a month later after a number of controversies. Now Elon Musk seems to have officially backed out of the Twitter deal, as he has formally notified the company that he will no longer acquire it.
As reported by Bloomberg, Musk sent a letter to Twitter on…
Finnish startup Polar Night Energy and local Finnish utility Vatajankoski have together built the world’s first commercial sand-based, high-temperature heat storage system that can be powered by solar and wind.
Sand-filled energy storage in Finland
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NASA Highlights Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets Coverage
Editor’s note: The Climate Conversation prelaunch event on Wednesday, July 13, begins at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT).
Riding aboard will be EMIT, a mission developed at JPL to…
Nearly a year later, the Google Home app has made no progress in cleaning up its Nest disaster
July 9, 2022
Last year, Google refreshed the Nest camera lineup for the first time in several years, but it also came with a change on the software side of things. The Google Home app is supposed to replace the Nest app, but the transition period has been a maddening limbo. Nearly a year later, virtually nothing has changed on that front either.
The Google Home app is getting better, but barely
Starting with…
Saints Row officially coming to Google Stadia on August 23, day-and-date with other platforms
July 9, 2022
After months of uncertainty, it was today officially announced that Saints Row will be released on Google Stadia the same day as other major platforms.
The reboot of Saints Row was originally scheduled for release this past February, but was delayed to August. The game is…
Report: Google offers to split parts of ad business into Alphabet to avoid antitrust lawsuit
July 9, 2022
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Google has “proposed splitting parts of its business that auctions and places ads on websites and apps into a separate company under the Alphabet umbrella.”
This concession is meant to avoid a US Department of Justice…
LG V50 ThinQ picks up its Android 12 update
July 9, 2022
LG is long gone at this point, but the company isn’t quite done supporting its existing smartphones. Today, LG has released the Android 12 update for the LG V50 ThinQ in the US.
The LG V50 ThinQ first hit the scene in 2019 and pushed forward LG’s middle-ground on the way to foldable smartphones. A special case could add a second screen to the device, giving more space for a second app or…
