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Quick Charge Podcast: May 6, 2021

May 7, 2021
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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AI & RoboticsNews

It’s time to train professional AI risk managers

May 7, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Last year I wrote about how AI regulations will lead to the emergence of professional AI risk managers. This has already happened in the financial sector where regulations patterned after Basel…
GamingNews

Battleground Mobile India to arrive as an alternative to PUBG Mobile

May 7, 2021
PUBG Mobile was kicked out of the Indian market last fall, but now a successor is on its way, developed by the same company Krafton. The new name will be Battleground Mobile India, and this time it will bring localized in-game events. PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battleground) pulled out of the Asian country after the local government actually banned it, quoting the app was “prejudicial to the…
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MobileNews

WhatsApp for iOS testing new sticker suggestion feature

May 7, 2021
WhatsApp for iOS is testing new sticker suggestions, as reported by WABetaInfo. With this, WhatsApp users will be able to more easily find stickers to send to friends, family, or coworkers. According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development and will be available…
MobileNews

Google Play Store requiring Android apps to detail data use in new ‘safety section’ next year

May 7, 2021
With every major OS release, Android has continued to iterate on privacy and security features. Google announced today that the Play Store is adding a “safety section” that all Android applications must fill out to “help people understand the data an app collects or shares.” Developers agree that people should have transparency and control over their data. And they want simple ways to…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

EGEB: Opportunities for solar workers will skyrocket – in numbers

May 7, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020. By 2035, we’ll need 900,000 solar workers. 2020 saw the largest annual decrease in US energy production on record. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…
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