Nintendo on Tuesday released an update to its Nintendo Switch Online app, which lets Nintendo Switch owners access game-specific services, find online friends, and use voice chat during online matches through a smartphone or tablet. With the update, users can finally send friend requests directly from the app.
As detailed in the release notes for Nintendo Switch Online version 2.2.0, the app now…
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported last week that some of Apple’s memory and panel suppliers are facing a shortage of components, which should result in a “limited impact” on iPhone 14 shipments this fall. In a new report, Kuo claims that Apple may once again have to change…
Tesla tried to force a customer to pay $4,500 ransom over 80 miles of range that the company software-locked in his battery pack. The automaker only started to walk back on the strategy to squeeze $4,500 out of its customers after an uproar on social media.
Tesla used to…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 26, 2022
July 27, 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…
Tesla expands its own insurance based on real-time driver data to two more states – now in 10 states
July 27, 2022
Tesla confirmed today that it expanded its own insurance based on real-time driver data to two more states, Utah and Maryland – now in 10 states or 11 if you count California, which has Tesla Insurance but not the real-time data version.
Tesla Insurance expansion
Tesla…
SpaceX is pulling out all the stops to prevent Dish and other wireless companies from using the same radio frequencies as its internet-from-space Starlink satellites. Today, in a rare media call with reporters, SpaceX representatives reiterated how damaging they believe it…
OneWeb and Eutelsat merger sets up a European satellite internet giant to take on SpaceX, Amazon
July 27, 2022
Satellite companies OneWeb and Eutelsat have agreed to a $3.4 billion merger to create a player in global internet connections that competes with SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper. Combined, the two companies say they will tie together low Earth orbit satellites that offer faster connections with less lag and geostationary satellites that have more capacity and cover wider areas, with…
In selected regions, the Pixel 6a has tough competition from devices like the Nothing Phone (1). Just how does Google’s latest mid-ranger compare? Here’s just where it stacks up.
While there are many high-quality affordable Android phones littering the global market, you…
After last month’s drop primarily consisted of new titles, August 2022 brings six games to Stadia Pro.
Monday, August 1 will see all the titles come to the $9.99 per month membership, starting with Calico.
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given…
Ahead of the first units shipping for Thursday’s launch, it has emerged that the Google Store is giving the Pixel Buds Pro an extended 30-day return window.
Like the majority of other retailers, the Google Store gives you 15 days to return most purchased items. However, there’s an exception for Nest thermostats, Verizon contract phones, and Pixel Pass devices that doubles the window.
As…
