The Redmi K40 Gaming Edition is one of the most interesting new devices on the scene right now and Xiaomi thought it would be fitting to take us for a tour of its internals. The brand’s official Weibo profile shared a timely 2-minute teardown video revealing all the key components inside Redmi’s first gaming phone.
The whole process starts by removing the glass back panel which reveals the…
Tesla has now released the specs and the first images of a new Powerwall + installation after the power update announced by Elon Musk last week.
Last week, we reported on Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussing a significant power capacity increase for the home battery pack.
The…
After acing a set of historic test flights on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will embark on a new, more advanced test mission, engineers said today. Having proved itself capable of flying higher and farther with its fourth flight on Friday, the mini helicopter will get…
NASA has suspended work on SpaceX’s new $2.9 billion lunar lander contract while a federal watchdog agency adjudicates two protests over the award, the agency said Friday.
Putting the Human Landing System (or HLS) work on hold until the GAO makes a decision on the two protests means SpaceX won’t immediately receive its first chunk of the $2.9 billion award, nor will it commence the initial…
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May 1, 2021
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GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb dropped his Returnal review this week, and the internet handled it well. Jeff and reviews editor Mike Minotti discuss the game and the response to the review on this week’s…
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Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot” X lab announced last week at the White House Leaders Summit on Climate that it’s working on a project for the electric grid. Over the past three years…
Following Monday’s release of iOS 14.5 to the public, Apple is pushing ahead with beta testing of iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6. The company is now rolling out the second beta of these updates to developers, coming just over a week after beta 1 was released to developers and public beta users.
Update: iOS 14.6 beta 2 is also now rolling out to public beta users as well.
Today’s new release of…
Google: Roku ‘chose to renegotiate’ YouTube TV deal, calls accusations ‘baseless and false’
May 1, 2021
An ongoing feud between Google and Roku hit a new level this morning as YouTube TV left the platform, but now Google is speaking on its side of the story, and, well, it’s clear Roku isn’t as innocent as many thought.
In a blog post, Google explains that Roku was the…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM says it plans to invest $1 billion in a plant in Mexico to build electric vehicles.
SMUD, Sacramento’s electricity provider, is paying people to become certified solar PV installers.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
Tesla is turning on the charm in China by offering new discounts and perks amid changes in perception as a result of recent negative press.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been hit with bad press in China with news of crashes involving Tesla vehicles, protests at its Shanghai Motor Show booths, and concerns over data collections.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas warns that “anti-Tesla…
