Apple Tower Theatre opens June 24 in Los Angeles. Let’s celebrate the grand opening of Downtown L.A.’s first Apple Store and the premiere of a significant historic restoration project years in the making.
We’re inviting you to share your best L.A. photos shot on iPhone. If you live in Los Angeles and can do so safely, get out and photograph the places and people close to your heart. What…
The Weather app is attracting quite a bit of attention with this year’s release of iOS 15. It’s getting an all-new design, new real-time notifications, and more. Head below as we take a closer look at the all-new Weather app in iOS 15 including maps, design, and more.
After adding up the figures, the Google Calculator app has now surpassed the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.
Given that the Calculator app comes pre-installed on millions of devices each and every year, it’s no surprise that this is one Google app to…
Besides astrophotography time lapse, the key addition from June’s Pixel Feature Drop is the Google Photos Locked Folder that was first announced at I/O. It’s now beginning to roll out via a server-side update.
Once live on your device, you’ll get up a “Set up Locked Folder” notification from the Google Photos app. Tapping will start the set-up process with the company providing an…
Microlino electric bubble car shows off latest prototype with slick-looking interior, folding roof
June 11, 2021
The Microlino 2.0, an electric bubble car with a decidedly BMW Isetta-style design, has entered its final phase of development. The company is now showing off a nearly production-ready third prototype.
The latest prototype includes some major new updates that we haven’t…
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…
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 gone through a few iterations, but the biggest move came in Chrome 86 where Google actively hid the full URL in the omnibox.
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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…
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 in an unusual video capture device as well as a fun photography tool. While the photos and videos can be digitized by simply…
