Earlier this year, Google’s 2FA authentication app received a big Android update that modernized its design. That dark theme, along with an account transfer feature, is now available in Google Authenticator for iOS.
The app provides 2-step verification codes when signing-in to sites. Compared to alternatives, it’s quite simple and lacks extra features. On iOS, Google Authenticator was last…
Audi announces an acceleration of its electric vehicle investments to $12 billion through 2025
December 3, 2020
Audi released its new budget that goes through 2025 and announced that it is accelerating its electric vehicle investments to $12 billion.
The Volkswagen group as a whole has been accelerating its investments into electrification, but Audi has been leading the way in some…
Earlier this year, Google added a “COVID-19 alert” from the CDC to hospital and other healthcare provider listings. Google Health is now piloting a general tool to help plan your hospital visits.
Google worked with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency…
EGEB: New Zealand government agencies now required to buy EVs
December 3, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern makes EVs part of its climate emergency solution.
Scottish households will be the first in the world to use 100% green hydrogen.
Ford is building Michigan Central, a 30-acre mobility innovation center, in Detroit.
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In addition to taking a picture with the Android statue and Stan, any visit to the Googleplex in Mountain View is not complete without a gift shop visit. Fortunately, you can browse the Google Merchandise Store online, and we’ve compiled the absolute best gifts to…
Greenworks 1500PSI 13A Electric Pressure Washer $69, more
December 3, 2020
Amazon offers the Greenworks 1500PSI 13A Electric Pressure Washer for $69 shipped. As a comparison, it typically goes for upwards of $99 with today’s deal marking a new all-time low. Power washing can be a harmful combination of fumes from your gas-powered engine and…
VW ID.3 completes 17,500-mile trip — showing what electric car charging infrastructure can enable
December 3, 2020
A due of German drivers completed a two-month, 17,500-mile (28,198 km) trip in a VW ID.3 electric car.
The trip was used to show the capacity of the charging infrastructure, and they set a new world record while doing it.
That world record is for the “longest continuous EV drive through a single country.”
Rainer Zietlow and Dominic Brüner spent the last 65 days traveling across Germany…
Apple names Genshin Impact as iPhone game of the year
December 2, 2020
Apple has named the App Store’s best games and apps of 2020, and Genshin Impact is the winner of the iPhone Game of the Year award. The game had a $100 million budget and it enabled Chinese game studio MiHoYo to become recognized on a global stage — and reap an estimated…
It’s been a rough year for camera sales, but CIPA’s latest report on October’s global camera shipments is showing that the worst might be behind us. While the September report showed a nice upwards sales trend, October has shown a near-full recovery of the market.
The…
Restoring an 85-Year-Old Leica Camera
December 2, 2020
Maximilian Heinrich of Analog Insights recently inherited an 85-year-old Leica camera and handed it off to his friend Jules for repair and restoration. This 15-minute video is about the camera’s journey from nearly being passed on to a camera store to being brought back to form.
When visiting his aunt for a weekend, Max was told that he could look through a bag of cameras that his uncle wanted…
