Ahead of I/O, Google sent out swag to attendees that won tickets for last year’s canceled developer conference. The box includes a Google I/O 2021 sweatshirt that happens to include an easter egg to a mystery date/time tomorrow.
The gray Google sweatshirt for 2021 features a blue I/O logo on the chest and left sleeve. Upon closer inspection, you’ll notice that there’s a string of…
Last year, Google announced a $1 billion licensing program to support publishers and surface new card-based content across services. Google News Showcase is now coming to India.
The effort today has signed over 700 deals with news publications in Germany, Brazil, Canada…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package claims are under DMV review for misleading advertising
May 18, 2021
The California DMV is reviewing Tesla’s claims regarding the Full Self-Driving package for potential misleading advertising, according to a new report.
The report in question is coming from the Los Angeles Times‘ Russ Mitchell, who is a known Tesla detractor, but he is…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 17, 2021
May 18, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Apple releases iOS 14.6 RC to developers with Apple Card Family and more, here are the full release notes
May 18, 2021
The Release Candidate version of iOS 14.6 is now available to developers. Apple has also published the full release notes for the update, including new details on what’s new iPhone and iPad users. Find the full release notes below.
Update: Now rolling out to public beta…
The personal version of Microsoft Teams is now available for friends and family members. This feature was teased nearly a year ago and it launched today for everyone.
Microsoft Teams for personal use will offer free 24-hour video calls for up to 300 people in video calls…
Oculus is close to releasing a new update for its Quest headsets and one of the most interesting new features is Live Overlay casting. Previously, capturing a mixed reality view required lots of hardware, but now the new version of the mixed reality casting can be used with just an iPhone XS or later.
Reported by The Verge, Oculus will be launching version 29 of its software for the Quest and…
Shazam, which is owned by Apple, was fully integrated into the iPhone and iPad last year with iOS 14.2, which introduced a new toggle to identify songs right from the Control Center. Now with iOS 14.6, Apple has expanded that integration and turned it into an App Clip packed…
At the start of May, Visible customers noticed that they weren’t able to call those on Google Fi. This issue with the Verizon MVNO has now been resolved in a rather unexpected issue for this day and age.
Visible first emailed on Thursday, May 6, about an “issue causing…
One task for Google in 2021 is making I/O more than just a developer conference that strictly takes place over video livestreams. Google’s answer is a “virtual event experience” and digital space called I/O Adventure.
Update 5/17: Google shared a video of the experience this morning with a ‘bump’ mechanic to do most things in this virtual world. Mini-games — besides finding easter…
