Sur Ron’s latest electric motorbike, the high-powered Storm Bee, is now coming up on nearly two years since the initial debut. We still don’t know exactly when it will finally make it into the hands of reservation holders, but we’re at least getting to see some real-world testing and an up-close look at the bike.
Sur Ron Storm Bee, coming soon
The latest test ride and walk-around come to…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Researchers produce ultrawhite paint that can cool buildings and reduce the need for air conditioning.
Vietnam’s largest wind farm comes online.
China and US pledge to cooperate on fighting climate change.
UnderstandSolar…
Mercedes-Benz has today unveiled the EQB: a beautiful new compact electric SUV, and another addition to the fast-electrifying segment of the auto industry.
The compact SUV segment is adding electric options at an incredible pace.
At the lower end of the market, you have…
Google Search ranking will factor ‘page experience’ and speed from June as AMP icon set to disappear
April 20, 2021
Last year, Google announced Search would use page speed and other metrics that better reflect how users experience the web to rank results in 2021. Google today provided more details and a timeline about the upcoming “page experience update.”
This new way to rate websites factors speed (load time), responsiveness (interactivity), and visual stability — like tapping the wrong button due to…
Following Black History Month and International Women’s Day, Google is introducing a handful of new Earth Day-themed Pixel wallpapers this week.
They’re accessible by long-pressing anywhere on the Pixel Launcher and selecting “Styles & wallpapers.” Housed in…
Microsoft Edge, Apple’s Safari, and Firefox have no plans to adopt Google’s FLoC initiative
April 20, 2021
After Google started rolling out FLoC to some Chrome users as a replacement for third-party cookies, the technology has become rather controversial. Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, and Mozilla Firefox have confirmed they don’t have immediate plans to adopt FLoC.
Google is…
This morning, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter achieved controlled flight on Mars, a first for mankind. Interestingly, Ingenuity runs on the same Qualcomm chip as some Android phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S5.
At 3:34 a.m. PT, as announced by NASA, the Ingenuity helicopter took off from the surface of Mars, rose to an altitude of 10 feet, hovered there for 30 seconds, then safely landed back…
Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury brand, is unveiling today its first all-electric vehicle: an electric version of its G80 sedan.
While Hyundai has had all-electric vehicles for years, its Genesis brand never got an entry in the all-electric space.
That’s despite Tesla, Audi…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The first Northrop-Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft destined for Japan took its maiden flight in the United States last week, as the Asian country ramps up its intelligence gathering capability to monitor North Korean and Chinese military…
Chromecast with Google TV is the culprit behind broken speaker groups for some, fix coming [U]
April 20, 2021
A useful feature of Google Assistant speakers and Android TVs is the ability to select a bunch of them to play the same audio simultaneously. It’s a useful feature, but if the new Chromecast with Google TV is a part of your speaker group, it may also be breaking them.
Article updated on April 19th with information from Google.
Prior to the release of the new Chromecast, Google had been working…
