To date, Google has made everything from phones to laptops and speakers. You can now add a Google designed and engineered smart lamp to that list with “dLight,” though it will “likely never be for sale outside of the company.”
Google designer Ben Gold tweeted about the “dLight” — get it? — lamp yesterday. (For those who don’t, the name plays off “delight” and/or “the…
Here are the new per-app language settings in Android 13 [Gallery]
February 12, 2022
One expected new feature in Android 13 is the ability to set languages on a per-app basis, instead of globally for the device as a whole. While that feature isn’t live by default in the first developer preview, we’ve been able to take a look at it.
Once enabled, “App…
Android 13’s new features for developers aren’t all exclusive
February 12, 2022
Android 13 has some fantastic new features for developers, including an update to the core Java libraries, some of which will also be coming to older versions of Android.
For the last few years, Google has been actively working on Project Mainline, an effort to separate…
Galaxy Watch 4’s newest update adds profile photos to Google Messages, Slack notifications
February 12, 2022
The Galaxy Watch 4 is a powerful smartwatch, there is no doubt about it. In fact, it may be the best of the bundle right now. To add to that, the latest Wear OS update adds a really nice new quality-of-life feature to its notification system on the Galaxy Watch 4 for Google Messages and Slack.
When the Galaxy Watch 4 was released, it was the first device to utilize Wear OS 3. In doing so, this…
Here’s where to pre-order the Galaxy S22 and S22 Ultra
February 12, 2022
Supply lines are more strained than ever and it’s affecting manufacturers around the world, including Samsung. That means if you want to buy an S22 or S22 Ultra, your safest bet is to pre-order the latest in Samsung’s Galaxy S line. Here’s where to find the Galaxy S22…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Multiplayer tower defense Bloons TD 6]
February 12, 2022
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New for 2/11: Now available on Apple Arcade is the popular…
Apple continues to show its chip prowess not only in the latest Apple Silicon-powered Macs, but also in the iPhone. New benchmarks conducted by PCMag indicate that Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22 still can’t keep up with the A15 Bionic chip in the iPhone 13 Pro.
While PCMag notes that the Galaxy S22 is the “most powerful Android phone” it’s tested so far, its benchmark results still fall…
Tesla plans to build new design center in Beijing this year, Chinese government says
February 11, 2022
Tesla is planning to build its new design center in Beijing later this year, according to a new document released by the Chinese government.
Shortly after announcing Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla made it clear that it not only wants to tap into China’s incredible capacity in…
Electric compost trucks are coming – EcoCycle will operate nation’s first, a Mack LR
February 11, 2022
EcoCycle, a nonprofit recycler in Boulder, Colorado, is putting into service the nation’s first commercial electric truck for compostable waste collection. The truck is a Mack LR electric and EcoCycle hopes that it will be first of many adopted by the industry.
EcoCycle is…
A year on from the big Texas freeze that knocked out the state’s power system and caused at least 246 deaths, new research released yesterday found that rooftop solar could have supplied more than enough electricity to meet the shortfall on all but two of the 13 days when power production fell short of forecasted demand.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar…
