WhatsApp for iOS is always working on a handful of new features. Over this year, the app introduced Reactions, the ability to migrate the chat history from iOS to Android – and vice-versa –, and many more other features. But now, Mark Zuckerberg’s messenger app is planning to add a bit of a controversial feature: the ability to watch Status directly from WhatsApp’s chat list.
Status has…
Weird Alibaba: This $5,000 Chinese electric car feels like a scaled up Hot Wheels car
August 20, 2022
At a time when cars seem to be getting bigger and bigger, perhaps we all need to take a step back. I think it’s time to re-evaluate just what cars need to be, how much car is really necessary to move us around. It sounds like China agrees with me, at least judging by the…
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here.
The last two years saw a major rise in home deliveries. Around 60% of the global population will live in cities by 2030 and last-mile deliveries are…
Apple extends iPhone 12 ‘no sound’ speaker service program
August 20, 2022
Apple is adding another year to the eligibility window for an iPhone 12 service recall program it launched last year. The service program applies to iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro devices that experience “no sound issues” due to a faulty component in the receiver module.
Apple first launched the service program in August of 2021. At the time, the company explained that a “very small…
Here’s how the new US tax credits and rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades
August 20, 2022
US President Joe Biden signed the big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – earlier this week. Electrek spoke with Dan Gayer, JD, CPA, a senior manager in the tax practice at Baker Newman Noyes, about how homeowners can claim tax credits and rebates as they…
Meyers starts taking $500 deposits, seeking beta testers for electric Manx 2.0 dune buggy
August 20, 2022
Meyers has started taking deposits for its upcoming electric dune buggy, the Meyers Manx 2.0, which is slated to ship in 2024. The company is also taking interest in a 2023 “beta program” for 50 early buyers who will help provide feedback before full production.
The…
LAX to become one of United States’ largest charging ports with 1,300-EV-charger revamp
August 20, 2022
In the latest sign of the auto industry’s transition to electric, Los Angeles Internation Airport (LAX) says it will add 1,300 EV chargers to modernize the facility.
According to a local news station in LA, the massive airport revamp is almost done. The parking management and transportation services company working on the installation, ABM, says it will be one of the most extensive EV charging…
The ambitious mission took advantage of a rare alignment of the outer planets before continuing its journey into interstellar space.
Forty-five years ago, the Voyager 2 spacecraft left Earth to begin an epic journey that continues to this day. The first of a pair of…
Google Search has long featured a collection of simple tools, but the stopwatch and timer have mysteriously disappeared in the past day or so.
Update 8/19: As of Wednesday (via The Verge), the timer and stopwatch are back in Google Search
Original 7/22: Searching for…
Sleep tracking is something most of us usually do with a smartwatch or a fitness tracker, but the clever app Sleep as Android preceded all of that by using phone sensors to help offer a picture of your sleep quality. Now, Sleep as Android has been confirmed to offer support for Google’s Health Connect app.
Sleep as Android has been around since 2010, launching in the era of Android 2.3…
