In recent days, the Meet merger widely rolled out to Google Duo for Android and iOS. Google is now readying to start the next phase where the Meet icon and name replaces Duo’s following a mobile app update.
Update 8/5: Version 172 of “Google Duo” introduces the Meet branding on Android. Duo’s blue icon remains until you open the app to a “Duo has been upgraded to Meet” prompt and…
Elon Musk teases new Tesla factory in Canada
August 5, 2022
Elon Musk has teased the announcement of a new Tesla factory location by the end of this year. The CEO hinted strongly that it could be in Canada.
Over the last year, Musk has been talking about Tesla announcing a location for a new gigafactory.
At Tesla’s annual…
Tesla has teased its Optimus humanoid robot prototype with a new image ahead of a full unveiling planned for September 30th.
Earlier this year, CEO Elon Musk announced “Tesla AI Day #2” with “many cool updates” on August 19.
The original “Tesla AI Day” held last…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 4, 2022
August 5, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Spin Master today announced it is launching a new metaverse experience in Roblox.
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Super League Gaming today announced its partnership with Small World Games. As part of…
In response to user criticism, Google Play is bringing back the list of app permissions, but another curious Store change sees version numbers removed from the App info section.
Update 8/4: As we speculated, it was just a bug and version numbers are now back in the Play Store for phone apps this morning.
Original 8/2: Historically, you’ve been able to find the version number by opening a…
In a new update to the Google Search results page, the search engine is now consistently making it clear exactly how words you put in quotes appear on the page.
Many Google searches are handled as a couple of separate words, and the search engine finds relationships between…
This month’s odd Pixel update situation continues, with Google announcing a small update this morning for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6a to address one issue.
Google’s three latest phones today are getting a “Fix for GPS location failure under certain conditions.” For…
Latest Galaxy Watch 5 leak details up to 80 hours of battery life, same Exynos W920 chip
August 5, 2022
We’ve heard quite a bit about the Galaxy Watch 5 series to date, including that there’s a “Pro” model coming with a bigger battery and design. Now, we’re getting a bunch of Galaxy Watch 5 specs that all but confirm the huge battery in the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
WinFuture today published a batch of Galaxy Watch 5 images and specs that include a fairly complete picture of what these…
