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 “Curated Culture,” these three new Earth Day Pixel wallpapers were drawn by Jeremyville. The style anthropomorphizes…
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…
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, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and others quickly electrifying the luxury segments.
Now, they want in, and they are unveiling their…
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…
Fuell Flluid first ride: Turns out a motorcycle designer can build a very nice e-bike!
April 20, 2021
I’ve watched in fascination as Erik Buell’s latest two-wheeler company, Fuell, unveiled and then began deliveries on a high-end electric commuter bike. Now that the company let me borrow a Fuell Flluid for a test ride, I can finally tell you what I think of the bike.
Spoiler alert: It’s pretty sweet.
Due to a series of tight schedules, the company and I could only align for a few hours…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has picked five small business innovators to build prototypes intended to help increase the rate of fire of self-propelled howitzers as well as in future systems, Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of the service’s Long-Range Precision…
Controversy rages on around Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) initiative as various tech companies take a stance on the tech that could replace third-party cookies for targeted online advertising. This week, WordPress announced a proposal that would turn FLoC…
The US Department of Energy announced the winners of its collegiate competition, the Solar Decathlon, yesterday. The contest, which has been running since 2002, challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by clean energy.
What’s the Solar Decathlon?
As the US Department of Energy explains in its blog:
The US Department of Energy Solar…
