Somewhere in a Venn diagram that includes Turkish bath houses, refugee camps, and outdoor music festivals exists the American truck stop. In concept and execution, it’s a business model that has endured for decades – but the coming wave of electric semi trucks will present different challenges than a gas pump and shower, and challenge presents opportunity.
Cyclum Renewables plans to…
Coal will make up 85% of electric generating capacity retirements in 2022 – Here’s why
January 12, 2022
US electricity generator operators have scheduled 14.9 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity to retire during 2022, and the vast majority of those scheduled retirements – 85% – are coal-fired power plants, reports the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2022
January 12, 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…
Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that would allow users to customize the order in which photos appear on their profile pages. The grid customization feature was recently discovered through an analysis of the app’s code.
The feature was discovered by app developer and reverse engineer specialist Alessandro Paluzzi who has discovered many other features in the app in the past…
Humorous Photos of Dogs Catching Flying Treats
January 12, 2022
Christian Vieler is a German photographer who has built his career on shooting humorous photos of dogs catching treats.
In each of the photos, the dogs are frozen in time with various expressions on their faces while they lunge with jaws open at tasty snacks flying…
NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
January 12, 2022
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NASA’s InSight Enters Safe Mode During Regional Mars Dust Storm
The lander has taken measures to conserve energy; engineers aim to return to normal operations next week.
NASA’s InSight lander is stable and sending health…
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Ubisoft announced today it’s bringing Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection to Nintendo Switch. The trilogy of games launches on the handheld on February 17.
The games in…
How Nintendo has failed us | Last of the Nintendogs 028
January 12, 2022
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Everyone is dropping their hot and beefy takes on…
Sony is far from a bit name in the United States when it comes to smartphones, but the company’s Xperia lineup usually has a least a few options available in the US market. This week, Sony has finally started shipping the Xperia 5 III in the US with pricing from…
Google starting today is inviting K-12 students in the US to create a Doodle for the Search homepage. Doodle for Google 2022 is looking for artwork that reflects “I care for myself by…”
We all have a lot going on – and now more than ever, it’s important for us to take care of our bodies and minds. What are your favorite things to do that make you feel better when you’re feeling…
