App shortcuts have been a part of Android for the past several years and the most useful one from Google is arguably for the Play Store “My apps” page. If the shortcut has recently gone missing on your Pixel, there is fortunately a fix for that problem.
Long-pressing on the Play Store icon from your homescreen reveals a “My apps” shortcut. This directly opens the “My apps &…
Tesla is planning a new facility named “Bobcat Project” next to Gigafactory Texas, according to newly filed documents with the local municipality.
Electrek first revealed that Tesla is going to build its next Gigafactory in Austin around this time last year.
Now a year…
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…
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 rules have created a financial risk management profession to assess financial risks. Last week, the EU published a 108-page…
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year.
Today’s artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms run on hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of data sets. The high demand for data has spawned services that collect, prepare, and…
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)…
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 in a future update for iOS and Android users.
WhatsApp is developing a feature that allows to quickly search for stickers.
Apple’s “Experiments” videos using the iPhone have produced some really neat results over the last few years and now the latest in the series is out with a spring theme: “Full Boom.” Check out the fascinating footage the iPhone 12 was able to capture in the new…
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…
Using Smart Displays and speakers as an intercom system is one of Google Assistant’s most popular capabilities. Google is now updating Assistant Broadcasts so that they appear on both Android and iOS phones.
The extended experience starts with telling Assistant on your Smart Display (or speaker) to send a voice message. If you’re reaching out to a Family Group — “Hey Google, Broadcast…
