NASA has suspended work on SpaceX’s new $2.9 billion lunar lander contract while a federal watchdog agency adjudicates two protests over the award, the agency said Friday.
Putting the Human Landing System (or HLS) work on hold until the GAO makes a decision on the two protests means SpaceX won’t immediately receive its first chunk of the $2.9 billion award, nor will it commence the initial…
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May 1, 2021
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GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb dropped his Returnal review this week, and the internet handled it well. Jeff and reviews editor Mike Minotti discuss the game and the response to the review on this week’s…
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Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot” X lab announced last week at the White House Leaders Summit on Climate that it’s working on a project for the electric grid. Over the past three years…
Following Monday’s release of iOS 14.5 to the public, Apple is pushing ahead with beta testing of iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6. The company is now rolling out the second beta of these updates to developers, coming just over a week after beta 1 was released to developers and public beta users.
Update: iOS 14.6 beta 2 is also now rolling out to public beta users as well.
Today’s new release of…
Google: Roku ‘chose to renegotiate’ YouTube TV deal, calls accusations ‘baseless and false’
May 1, 2021
An ongoing feud between Google and Roku hit a new level this morning as YouTube TV left the platform, but now Google is speaking on its side of the story, and, well, it’s clear Roku isn’t as innocent as many thought.
In a blog post, Google explains that Roku was the…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM says it plans to invest $1 billion in a plant in Mexico to build electric vehicles.
SMUD, Sacramento’s electricity provider, is paying people to become certified solar PV installers.
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Tesla is turning on the charm in China by offering new discounts and perks amid changes in perception as a result of recent negative press.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been hit with bad press in China with news of crashes involving Tesla vehicles, protests at its Shanghai Motor Show booths, and concerns over data collections.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas warns that “anti-Tesla…
The Cologne-headquartered German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) in the UK is the latest pair to explore how quantum computing could help create better simulation models for battery development. The DLR is Germany’s research center for…
Despite being one of the first to embrace remote work, Google is adamant about getting its employees back in the office. This hybrid, “flexible workweek” is part of the company’s belief that in-person — and often unplanned — interactions spur new ideas and…
Tesla releases insane story behind protester who crashed its booth at the Shanghai Motor Show
May 1, 2021
Tesla has released a long statement about the background behind the protester who crashed its booth at the Shanghai Motor Show earlier this month.
It’s a lot crazier than we thought.
Earlier this month, we reported on a Tesla owner protesting at the automaker’s booth at the Shanghai Motor show.
She jumped on a display car to claim that Tesla’s “brakes are not working.”
The owner was…
