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Android 12 looks to have tweaked Pixel Adaptive Charging so phones reach 100% closer to alarm

August 15, 2021
With the December 2020 Feature Drop, Google made it so that your Pixel phone charges slowly at night to preserve battery health. Pixel users have had hit or miss experiences with Adaptive Charging, and Google now looks to have tweaked how it works on Android 12. On Android 11, this overnight adaptive capability fast charges your Pixel to 80% and then slows down, thus preserving the health of the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: August 14, 2021

August 15, 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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Realizing IoT’s potential with AI and machine learning

August 15, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! The key to getting more value from industrial internet of things (IIoT) and IoT platforms is getting AI and machine learning (ML) workloads right. Despite the massive amount of IoT data captured, organizations are falling short of their enterprise performance management goals…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: this ridiculous $2,100 electric car

August 14, 2021
The Chinese are the undisputed leaders in the tiny electric car industry, but even top dogs can have an off day. I’m guessing the factory manager wasn’t walking the floor when this thing rolled off the line. It may have a face only a mother could love, but that has also earned it a coveted spot as the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week! I don’t really know what to call…
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Electric cargo bikes are 60% faster at deliveries than delivery vans. Here’s why

August 14, 2021
The trusty delivery van may be the most common form of last mile delivery in cities around the world, but its position atop the throne is now being challenged by an unlikely competitor: the humble electric cargo bicycle. Cargo e-bikes are similar to most electric bicycles in that they feature an assist motor and battery to help the rider travel faster and farther. But unlike most electric…
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