Electrek spoke with Rick Bohan, VP of sustainability at the Portland Cement Association (PCA). The Portland Cement Association represents 92% of US cement manufacturing production capacity and has distribution facilities in every continental US state. Cement is the second-most-used construction material on the planet.
In November 2020, PCA announced an industry-wide ambition to develop a road map…
Google Home Essentials: Nexx adds Assistant to your garage door, no subscription needed
March 11, 2021
In the process of building out my smart home, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was have my garage door open up using Google Assistant. Unfortunately, one of the best options I saw also came with the potential of a subscription fee. Luckily, other options exist, and…
Rivian CEO shares how roomy the back of the R1S will be
March 11, 2021
Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe Tweeted a video of himself surrounded by R1S electric SUVs. In the video, he explains how the second and third-row seats fold down and shares perspective of how much room future drivers will actually have.
In a recent Tweet, Rivian CEO RJ…
Tesla appears to have a significant lead when it comes to battery cell cost compared to the rest of the auto industry, according to a new report.
Battery cell and pack cost is often seen as the main target for optimization in order to lower the cost of electric vehicles.
Since automakers rely on suppliers to get the battery cells, some would think that battery costs are similar across the…
It emerged yesterday that from next month, T-Mobile will sell web and app usage information to advertisers unless subscribers manually opt out. Google tells us today that this T-Mobile change to how data is used will not apply to Fi customers.
Starting on April 26…
Adobe has announced that a new version of Photoshop is now available, allowing the popular photo editing software to run natively on Macs with Apple’s M1 chip. This news comes nearly five months after Adobe announced that native versions were coming soon and after…
Adobe has shipped the first version of Photoshop that can run natively on Macs equipped with Apple Silicon and also has announced a new feature for Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) called “Super Resolution” that is available today.
Adobe Photoshop with Native Apple Silicon Support
According to internal tests, Adobe says that this build of Photoshop with native support for Apple Silicon showed…
Earlier today, Adobe finally released the full-blown non-Beta version of Photoshop for Apple Silicon, and we got a chance to test it out. I won’t beat around the bush: the benchmarks are really impressive, matching or outperforming Intel-based computers that cost two to…
The Little Camera That Can: Pocketing the Fuji X70
March 10, 2021
I bought a used Fujifilm X70 online last year during the UK lockdown. For quite a while I’d been wanting a camera that I could pocket. No case, no fluff, just pocket.
The criteria was that simple. Such a camera would be unnoticed, yet with me all the time. I trawled the…
Fotodiox has announced a nifty new “spin” on taking high-resolution, square-shaped, medium-format-style photos using one of many different interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras. The Rhinocam Vertex lets you easily capture four images in a precise way so that stitching them in post is a breeze.
The device works by allowing a medium format lens to connect with mirrorless cameras from Sony…
