Microsoft and Discord plan to make joining a voice channel from an Xbox console easier. If you’re a frequent Discord user, you may recall the companies recently launched Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S integration. Following a beta test in July, Discord started rolling out the feature to all Xbox users in September. Unfortunately, in its current iteration, the integration isn’t as straightforward…
Rivian (RIVN) tells reservation holders it is halting powered tonneau cover production to redesign it
October 22, 2022
In a recent letter to current reservation holders of the R1T, Rivian has said it will halt the production and installation of the powered tonneau cover on all future deliveries. Those reservation holders can now choose between a manual tonneau cover or no cover at all, while…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 22, 2022
October 22, 2022
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…
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We’re happy to say we’ll have our fifth Women in Gaming breakfast on October 25 at our GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 event.
We hope to match our previous breakfasts with more than 100 women attending. And yes…
Over the past few years, video doorbells have become commonplace, and Google’s Nest Doorbell lineup has long been among the best of the best. Following its brand new battery-powered doorbell last year, the new Nest Doorbell (wired) replaces Nest Hello. Is it worth the…
Top 5 stories of the week: Deloitte, Meta, Nvidia and Oracle news highlights current state of AI, deep learning
October 22, 2022
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to evolve rapidly, so it may be unsurprising…
Weird Alibaba: A 3-seater tandem electric bike for cruising with two very trusting friends
October 22, 2022
One of the best parts of riding an electric bike for leisure or recreation is sharing that experience with others. But what if your friends don’t have their own electric bike to join you on rides along the beach or through the park? Well then you might need this awesome Chinese three-seater bike I found online, which is perfect for this week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric…
In addition to introducing a handful of Messages features, Google is rolling out new icons for the SMS/RCS app, as well as Phone and Contacts.
Update 10/22: Version 3.79.25.482243121 of Google Contacts introduces the new app icon. It’s rather straightforward with no…
IBM announces system-on-chip AI hardware
October 22, 2022
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Recent years have seen a growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) acceleration…
These two companies are working on a high-performance battery for electric jet boats
October 22, 2022
EV battery tech company Enevate and electric boat propulsion company Sealence have completed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a high-performance battery for jet boats.
Italy-based Sealence has developed an electric propulsion system called DeepSpeed (pictured above and below) that operates silently and reduces vibration for sea craft ranging from fast tenders to large yachts.
