One of the worst things to happen is hearing a song play, thinking you’ll remember it to find later, only to completely forget. Fortunately, your Pixel has a feature called Now Playing. It lets you identify playing songs in the background so you can easily add any song you hear to your library. On top of that, you can find songs that played near your Pixel over a week ago in your Now Playing…
In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app’s Discover feed for some.
Update: Google is continuing to test this feature, with a slightly broader rollout.
When browsing news and blog articles on social media, the…
Google exec teases what Matter will mean for the Home app: ‘proactive’ actions, lower latency, more
May 11, 2022
We’ve been hearing about the Matter smart home standard and what it could do for ages now, and things are on track to finally arrive later this year. In an interview ahead of this week’s Google I/O, the company has teased what Matter will mean for the Google Home app…
Like the main Android client, Google is now offering Play Store betas for YouTube Music and TV to presumably test new features ahead of time.
You can sign-up via the Play Store listings on mobile or directly on the web:
YouTube Music
YouTube TV
At the moment, there are no beta releases available for either application, but it’s taking an awfully long time for the Play Store to acknowledge…
Just a few days ago, I wrote an article asking why Apple is still selling the iPod touch in 2022. Coincidentally or not, the company announced on Tuesday that the iPod touch and the iPod brand have reached the end of their lives. What’s interesting to think about is that…
Tesla recalls 130,000 vehicles due to CPU overheating, but the fix is again a software update
May 10, 2022
Tesla issued a new recall affecting almost 130,000 2021 and 2022 vehicles over a problem regarding the CPU of the center screen’s computer overheating.
The good news is that the fix is again an over-the-air software update.
The automaker has detected a problem where the…
Following a call overseas today, commercial EV startup Arrival shared its Q1 financial report and offered updates to investors outlining its progress in bringing its electric Bus and Van into full-fledged production in the UK and US.
Arrival is a growing EV startup focused on urban-centric mobility without the nasty emissions. Since being founded in 2015, the company has introduced an…
LiPower Mars 1000 portable power station review: An ultra-affordable solar-powered generator
May 10, 2022
To me, using portable solar generators are like playing life with cheat codes on. I can have my electricity literally anywhere I want it, whenever I want it. If I run out, I can just make more for free (after shelling out for the gear, of course). Having tested the Mars 1000…
Specialized is launching a more affordable electric bicycle line focusing on utility e-bikes
May 10, 2022
Specialized’s electric bikes are many things: Quality, highly engineered, covering a wide range of riding styles. But one thing they aren’t is low cost – at least, not until now. That’s because Specialized has just announced that it is launching a new and more…
Tesla (TSLA) Giga Shanghai still managed to produce over 10,000 electric vehicles in April, despite shutdown
May 10, 2022
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has managed to produce over 10,000 electric vehicles in April despite the factory being shut down for most of the month.
The automaker had to shut down production at its Shanghai factory in late March after local authorities imposed serious lockdowns on the population in an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19 after a surge in cases during the first quarter.
The…
