Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla increases prices throughout whole lineup, its cheapest electric car now starts at $47,000

March 15, 2022
Tesla has implemented big price increases throughout its entire vehicle lineup in an overnight update to its online configurator. Its cheapest electric car, Model 3, now starts at $47,000. We suspected it was coming after Elon Musk announced on Twitter that both Tesla and SpaceX were seeing significant inflation, but big prices increases on Tesla vehicles are now in place. Tesla vehicles have…
Read more
GamingNews

Take 10 minutes to learn how Super Nintendo graphics work

March 15, 2022
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! I’ll admit that I never really knew what “Mode 7 graphics” meant when I used the term as a kid. Through context clues, I pieced together that it…
MobileNews

Google Contacts redesign adds bottom bar to better surface tools, rolling out now

March 15, 2022
The majority of Google’s apps today feature a bottom bar and Contacts for Android is now the latest to add it as part of a redesign that retains a modified navigation drawer. The first tab is of course your list of “Contacts.” It’s quite straightforward and the floating action button (FAB) position is unchanged – like in Tasks, Google could have integrated the FAB into the center of…
Read more
MobileNews

I prefer the phone version: The underwhelming state of Google’s first-party tablet apps on Android

March 15, 2022
I want to use a tablet. In that fantasy, I’d use a large screen to quickly go through tweets, email, news, and other torrents of information during more laid back periods of the day (breakfast, lunch, etc). With the launch of Android 12L and the impending launch of updates and/or new devices, I tried to live that dream. The entire time I was conscious of Google’s track record, but I was not…
Read more
MobileNews

Google updates ‘Pixel Camera Services’ to enable Night Sight in Snapchat on Pixel 6

March 15, 2022
The March Feature Drop introduced the ability for Snapchat to take advantage of Night Sight on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. Behind the scenes, this requires an update to “Pixel Camera Services” that is rolling out today.  “Pixel Camera Services” is already installed on your phone, with today’s update (~14MB) to version 1.0.433401302.05 (from 1.0.433401302.05) only meant for the Pixel 6 and…
Read more