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NASA’s MISR Instrument Sees California Wildfire Smoke Plumes From Space
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere.
As of Aug. 24, wildfires in Northern California – including the McCash, Antelope, River Complex, Monument, and Dixie fires – have scorched more than 1 million…
Mazda launches its first electric car in the US: MX-30 EV for $33,470 and only 100-mile range
August 25, 2021
Mazda is launching its first electric car in the US market, the MX-30 EV, and it is likely going to have a tough time with a starting price of $33,470 and only 100 miles of range.
The Japanese automaker has long been a laggard when it comes to electric vehicles.
It only…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 24, 2021
August 25, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
NIO has introduced a new test on its app required for all drivers before unlocking the ability to use Navigate on Pilot (NOP), the company’s assisted driving feature. The required testing comes in the wake of a fatal crash earlier this month that involved a man driving his NIO ES8 using NOP in Southeast China.
NIO ($NIO) is a leading EV automaker founded in Shanghai in 2014. While NIO was…
Tesla is working with famed video game engineer John Carmack to improve the interface performance in older vehicles.
Carmack is a legend in the video game world and in the broader computer science industry.
He made important advancements in 3D computer graphics and was…
Elon Musk is not impressed by Tesla’s current Full Self-Driving build, but likes the next one
August 25, 2021
Elon Musk said that Tesla’s current Full Self-Driving Beta build is “not great,” but he is currently testing the next build coming to beta testers, and he is impressed by that one.
Tesla has a lot of eyes on its Full Self-Driving program.
It’s not only about the…
As many legacy automakers join a slew of new and established EV manufacturers in committing to an all-electric future for passenger vehicles, the transition for consumers continued to rise. While we are still quite a ways away from a world of roads dominated by BEVs, the graph of this transition continues to trend upward. Below is where the US currently stands in total EV registrations, broken…
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Xbox Game Pass is getting a bunch of new indie games in the coming months, including Into the Pit arriving on October 19.
The games shown in rapid-fire sizzle reel include Archvale, Midnight…
Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One get cloud gaming this holiday
August 25, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Microsoft is introducing a way to possibly spare some space on your Xbox systems. The company announced today during its Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream that it is adding cloud gaming as an option to…
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
As home consoles get more powerful, and developers craftier at adapting gamepads for keyboard-and-mouse mechanics, we’re seeing more excellent strategy games come to the PlayStation and Xbox. And thanks to this, Paradox Interactive is bringing what may be its best franchise to consoles for the first time —…
