Over the past few years, Google Search has added 3D models for various animals, dinosaurs, insects, planets, and other education items. Google is now introducing AR Pac-Man, 3D Hello Kitty, and Gundam with 14 iconic Japanese characters in total.
Google is now “bringing characters from classic Japanese anime, games and TV shows to life” after an initial focus on models that bring the real…
Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Phoenix Motorcars
April 20, 2021
Our latest EV spotlight shines on Phoenix Motorcars. The Ontario, California-based automaker provides fleet mobility solutions to a quickly growing sector for electrification – light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles. This lineup currently includes trucks, shuttles, and…
Elon Musk claims Tesla involved in fatal crash with no one in driver’s seat wasn’t on Autopilot
April 20, 2021
Elon Musk claims that the Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with no one in the driver’s seat in Texas this weekend wasn’t on Autopilot.
The situation is extremely strange.
Earlier today, we reported on a strange and tragic accident in a Tesla that happened in…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 19, 2021
April 20, 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…
Nikon has announced it will release firmware updates for its entire line of Z series mirrorless cameras on April 26, including updates the Z50, Z5, Z6, Z7, Z6 II and Z7 II. Although not major, the respective firmware updates should do add new and improve upon existing…
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Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War will get new Season 3 content on April 22.
Among the big changes for Warzone is an update to its narrative. Some time ago, a…
The AI arms race has us on the road to Armageddon
April 20, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year.
It’s now a given that countries worldwide are battling for AI supremacy. To date, most of the public discussion surrounding this competition has focused on commercial gains flowing from the technology. But the AI arms race for military applications is racing ahead as well, and concerned scientists, academics, and AI…
If you’re having issues, selling, or upgrading your wearable, you’ll want to unpair Apple Watch from your iPhone and probably back it up. Below we’ll look at how to do this if you have your iPhone nearby and also a couple of options if you just have your watch.
When…
Early last week, Discord announced a significant change that would block iOS users from accessing servers with NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content. However, the company decided to reverse its decision on Tuesday and will now soften such restrictions, allowing some NSFW content…
Google celebrated the landing of Perseverance in February with virtual fireworks, and today has a more elaborate Search easter egg for Ingenuity becoming the “first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.”
Like other Google Search easter eggs, searching for “Ingenuity” will reveal an animated model of the Mars Helicopter in the Knowledge Panel. Tapping…
