In continued celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, Google has launched a homepage Doodle in honor of Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, a renowned boxer, poet, and social activist.
In the United States, National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15 each year, is an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions Hispanic Americans have…
Reminders on Google products are a bit convoluted with multiple ways to create them across Android and Assistant smart home devices. You can view most alerts in the Assistant Reminders experience that Google just updated with a dark theme.
Today, you can create reminders…
At the start of September, Google started teasing its next flagship phone with a “Coming Fall 2021” date. That has now evolved into “Coming Soon” with the latest Pixel 6 ad from Google Japan.
The ad is very much in the style of the inaugural “For All You Are”…
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BlueStacks made its name getting Android games to run on the PC. And now it is releasing BlueStacks X, which is a free cloud-based gaming streaming service for mobile games.
The Palo Alto, California-based company describes BlueStacks X as the world’s first cloud-based game…
Sony acquires remake masters Bluepoint Games
October 1, 2021
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Sony announced today that it has added Bluepoint Games to its PlayStation Studios family of first-party developers.
In the blog post announcing the…
Tesla angers certified shops after it tries to recruit techs they paid to train on Tesla cars
October 1, 2021
Tesla is angering some Tesla certified repair shops after the automaker used its contact to try to recruit the technicians that those shops paid to train on Tesla cars.
Tesla and body repair shops
The automaker has had a difficult relationship with body shops. Tesla owners…
Imagine a car that can charge using the sun, generate an income via a car-sharing scheme, and is also affordable to buy. Sounds like a pipe dream, right? Think again – say hello to Sono Motors’ Sion electric car.
[This is part of an ongoing collaboration between Electrek and Fully Charged.]
Solar-powered car
We head to northern Munich to see how the 2015 prototype of the Sion has advanced to…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 30, 2021
October 1, 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…
Tesla employees have confirmed that the company has produced its 1 millionth battery pack at Gigafactory Nevada.
Gigafactory Nevada was somewhat of a novel idea when it was first deployed.
The plan was to build a giant factory in partnership with Panasonic, who would build…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Fossil fuel lobbyists are using Facebook ads to try to thwart crucial climate-change initiatives.
GM says it will source 100% clean energy for its US sites by 2025.
SolarReviews launches a new solar calculator that doesn’t require you to sign up.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for…
