Americans are getting closer to a federal tax credit for electric bicycles, a proposal that could be similar in concept to the electric car and motorcycle tax incentives already on the books.
Back in February, a new bill was proposed known as the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act.
It was introduced by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jimmy Panetta…
Hackers exploit SonicWall email security vulnerability
April 21, 2021
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(Reuters) — Hackers have targeted customers of California-based network services firm SonicWall via a previously undisclosed vulnerability in its email security product, the company and…
Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S10 gets April patch and new camera features with the latest update
April 21, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy S10 locked to Verizon’s network is receiving a new software update, which bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to April 2021 and brings a couple of new camera features.
Here’s the small changelog of the new update:
Pro…
Weekly poll results: the new Nokias fail to excite, but a couple show a glimmer of potential
April 21, 2021
Last week’s poll shows that the six new Nokia models didn’t cause excitement – and maybe they weren’t supposed to, sometimes boring is good. The X-series have a chance chance to position themselves as phones that “just work” for three years, which is exactly what some people want.
Of course, few of the “just works” crowd will read this or have voted in the poll. The Nokia X20 did…
Weekly poll: Sony Xperia Mark III tries something different, but is it worth the price of admission?
April 21, 2021
When it comes to phones, Sony follows the beat of a different drummer – months after the first Snapdragon 888 flagships hit the market, the Japanese tech giant announced that it will release its own flagships in early summer.
You can’t rush perfection, they say, and Sony…
Sony brought its smartphone lineup for an entire year in a single announcement this week and there are things we want to talk about.
So here go a few early thoughts on what we found interesting, what are the key points and what we think about them.
A true band of…
Realme announced the Q3 lineup will arrive this month, and we finally know the date. The series will be introduced on April 22, as confirmed by the company on Weibo.
One of the expected phones will be the Realme Q3 Pro, and it has already appeared on TENAA and Geekbench with a Dimensity 1100 chipset. We also know the lineup will have a fluorescent color option that will glow in the dark.
The…
After numerous rumors, Apple finally introduced AirTag during today’s special event. Apple’s item tracker works based on the ultra-wideband U1 chip and relies on the Find My network to work even offline. However, an interesting detail that wasn’t mentioned during the…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 20, 2021
April 21, 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…
Call of Duty: Warzone hits 100 million downloads
April 21, 2021
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Call of Duty: Warzone has crossed into new territory with 100 million downloads since its launch in March 2020.
The free-to-play game debuted as a battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on March 10, 2020, just as lockdown began in the United States. Like many other games, it became immensely popular…
