In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
In 2020, clean energy sources generated 21% of all US electricity.
A judge rules that the largest known lithium resource in the US can be excavated.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best…
Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies, a spin-off from US-based SunPower Corporation that’s controlled by French energy giant TotalEnergies, is getting EU funds to manufacture its stick-on Maxeon Air solar panels.
EU money
Maxeon will use the money to…
Chinese EV manufacturer GAC Aion showcased its new charging technologies while claiming charge speeds closer to filling up a tank of gas than charging up an EV. With 3C and 6C versions showcased during its Technology Da,y GAC Aion’s upcoming Aion V EV could charge at…
Tesla (TSLA) trades sideways as market digest earnings beat but has questions about short-term growth
July 29, 2021
Tesla (TSLA) has been trading sideways despite beating expectations with its Q2 2021 earnings.
The market is digesting the results, but Tesla has created questions about its short-term growth due to supply chain issues.
On Monday, Tesla released its Q1 2021 results, and it beat Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings.
Yet, Tesla’s stock has been trading sideways since the…
Apple releases new iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 public betas with latest Safari changes and more
July 29, 2021
One day after releasing it to developers, Apple today is releasing the latest iOS 15 beta for public beta testers. Apple refers to this as iOS 15 public beta 4 and it includes a handful of notable changes, such as Safari design changes, new Podcasts widgets, and more.
If…
Since last year, Google has been continually updating its iPhone and iPad apps with homescreen widgets. Google Maps is now the latest with version 5.74 seeing a pair of useful iOS widgets.
The first is a standard search widget called “Find places nearby.” Google has…
New ‘Today at Apple’ video shows how to take and edit great photos in Night Mode with iPhone
July 29, 2021
As part of its Today at Apple sessions, Apple has been offering content to help users get the most out of the iPhone camera. This time, the company has shared on its YouTube channel a new video showing how you can take and edit great photos in Night Mode using the iPhone and the iOS Photos app.
The 8-minute video features photographer Maria Lax and also Landon, a Creative at Apple Grand Central…
Google and Jetbrains have released the first stable build of Jetpack Compose 1.0, the new Kotlin-based UI framework for Android.
First announced over two years ago at I/O 2019, Jetpack Compose is a new framework for creating user interfaces for Android apps, co-developed…
The latest version of Android Studio, codenamed Arctic Fox, is now out of beta and includes the ability to easily pair Wear OS emulators, as well as a variety of new tools for Jetpack Compose.
This year, Google has decided to tweak the way they handle the version number of…
Google will require vaccinations for employees working in offices, delays campus return
July 29, 2021
Sundar Pichai kicked off yesterday’s Alphabet Q2 2021 earnings call by encouraging “everyone to get the vaccine when it’s available to you.” In an internal memo today, the Google CEO announced that vaccinations will be required for employees working at offices.
In recent weeks, Googlers have been able to start working on campuses again. This is currently voluntary and some sites even…
