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December Chromecast with Google TV update improves Dolby Vision playback, storage, and more

December 7, 2021
Nearly six months after its last update, the Chromecast with Google TV is getting a handful of performance improvements today. QTS1.210311.036 is still on Android 10 — despite Android TV 12 recently going stable — and moves the streaming dongle to the October 2021 (from June) security patch level. Google touts “storage optimizations and management improvements” that come as many are…
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Elon Musk: Tesla Bot can solve labor shortage, but there’s no clear timeline

December 7, 2021
Elon Musk gave an update on Tesla Bot, Tesla’s upcoming humanoid robot project, and said that he believes it can solve the labor shortage issue. But the CEO is not committing to any timeline. Earlier this year, Musk announced plans for Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence aimed at completing general repetitive tasks. At first, it sounded like another one of…
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Rare Photos of Giant Phantom Jellyfish from 3,200 Feet Under the Sea

December 7, 2021
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently captured footage of a giant phantom jellyfish. Sightings are exceedingly rare, and this species has only been seen nine times over thousands of dives. The MBARI remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts spotted what the Institute describes as a “billowing crimson curtain.” This giant phantom jellyfish…
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This 16MP Raspberry Pi Camera with Autofocus is Just $25

December 7, 2021
ArduCam, a Chinese company known for making open-sourced hardware and software for Arduino and Raspberry Pi systems, has launched a $25 Autofocus Camera for Raspberry Pi boards that offers a resolution 40% higher than the standard 12-megapixel Raspberry Pi HQ camera while…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 6, 2021

December 7, 2021
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…
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NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting

December 7, 2021
. NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting Topics of discussion include upcoming NASA Earth science launches, the scientific discoveries Perseverance’s investigations on Mars, and updates from the Juno mission. NASA researchers and colleagues from around the world will present the latest findings on a range of Earth and space…
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