We’re still digesting last night’s events here at the Electrek newsroom, and Fred did a great writeup of what’s new last night, but here are our initial reactions. Spoiler alert, we’re serious Plaid fans and will have more to say on it during this afternoon’s Electrek Podcast at 4 p.m. ET.
Surprises?
We knew a ton about the car since Tesla basically announced it and began selling it…
Google Chrome no longer plans to hide full URLs because it doesn’t help security after all
June 11, 2021
For the past three years or so, Google has been working on a project behind the scenes with the goal to hide full URLs in the address bar. Now, Google is pulling the plug on its Chrome experiment and will not hide URLs.
Google’s experiments with hiding the URL bar have…
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Scuti and Reality Gaming Group have teamed up to deliver a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace through Scuti’s gCommerce platform. That enables game developers and publishers to sell their own NFTs…
Gitzo’s crowdsourced Legende tripod and backpack series has hit another snag: the company has delayed shipping the product for another three months to address “aesthetic” damage. What’s worse, the company’s poor communication has led to a deluge of dissatisfied comments and demands for refunds.
On June 7, Gitzo posted an update to its IndieGoGo campaign that informed backers of an issue…
How to Make a Digital Camera Obscura
June 11, 2021
Camera accessory manufacturer Fotodiox has published a video that explains how to make a digital camera obscura that can be used for both video and photo capture made from a box, a magnifying glass, and frosted plastic.
The build is promised to be super-simple and results…
The Eurasian Economic Commission requires that all hardware using encryption technology is registered in its database. As usual, this year’s iPhone models have been added to the filings a few months ahead of their public announcement.
Consomac spotted the addition of new…
The Pixel Launcher is one hallmark of Made by Google phones that has remained relatively unchanged over the years. Google is now letting you disable weather from appearing at the top of the Pixel Launcher in At a Glance.
To customize At a Glance, you long-press on the widget and tap “Preferences,” which is also accessible from Assistant Settings > Personalization. Google recently added…
Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War get Season 4 content on June 17
June 11, 2021
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Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War will get new Season 4 content on June 17.
Johanna Faries, the general manager of Call of Duty, made the announcement today at Geoff…
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AI’s potential impact on the U.S. economy could reach into the trillions of dollars, according to a report published this week.
Signal AI, which offers a decision augmentation platform infused with…
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NASA Selects New Science Investigations for Future Moon Deliveries
The payloads, including one from JPL, mark the agency’s first selections from its Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) call for proposals.
As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has…
