US President Joe Biden today signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, and that’s going to give the transition of the United States to clean energy a big boost. According to the American Clean Power Association, the new law could add up to an additional 550 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from wind, solar, and other clean energy sources. Electrek spoke with Enrico Viale, head of renewable…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 16, 2022
August 17, 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…
Here are the cars eligible for the $7,500 EV tax credit in the Inflation Reduction Act
August 17, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act, the major climate bill, was signed today, changing the availability of electric vehicle tax credits. Now, only EVs assembled in North America qualify for the credits. Today the US government released a preliminary list of which vehicles currently…
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Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance
The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space.
After three years of design and construction, a monthlong boat ride across the Pacific Ocean, and a lift…
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Xbox announced the latest infusion of fresh blood into the Game Pass catalog, and…
Pixel 6 Pro on Android 13 can be modded to run at 1080p, like the upcoming Pixel 7 Pro
August 17, 2022
An Android ROM developer has crafted a way to downscale the Pixel 6 Pro’s screen to 1080p, a feature we’ve seen should be coming to the Pixel 7 Pro this fall.
While digging into the many Android 13 Beta releases from this year, our team previously reported that the…
Pixel 6 series can’t go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability [U]
August 17, 2022
Google released Android 13 today for Pixel devices, and it’s rolling out now to devices. However, for Pixel 6 series owners, Android 13 is essentially a permanent upgrade, as there’s no way to roll back to Android 12.
Android updates are generally reversible, with the ability to install an older version by manually sideloading the update. This always requires resetting your phone and losing…
The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro introduced a (slightly) more detailed battery graph and Android 13 brings it to older Google phones.
The key difference between the two Battery usage graphs is how the newer one allows you to tap a two-hour increment to see app usage during that…
A small update to the Google Meet UI will help indicate how much noise cancellation is active and how loud your background environment is.
Google can remove typing, construction sounds, background chatter, and other noises that aren’t your voice to “make video calls…
While Google One has expanded to offer a VPN, premium Meet features, and more Photos editing tools, extra storage space is still a core part of the subscription service, and the company is now releasing a rather high-profile ad about that.
Google has enlisted Keegan-Michael Key to play a user with the free 15GB of storage offered by every Google Account who runs into a Google Photos warning…
