Over the past several years, Google has been working to make Android apps smaller in size by optimizing what code and resources are downloaded to devices. The latest initiative on this front is “App install optimization” in Google Play.
When you turn on app install optimization, Google can tell which parts of an app you use the first time you open it after installation. When enough people…
Activision Blizzard has let go of about 50 employees in its esports division, as the Sports Business Journal first reported.
The publisher blames the decision on the impact the pandemic has had on live events. Activision Blizzard had invested heavily in on-stage esports…
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Applied Materials has launched a new generation of optical semiconductor wafer inspection machines that incorporate big data and AI techniques.
These multimillion-dollar machines are…
AI and big data analytics startup Noogata nets $12M
March 17, 2021
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Noogata, a startup developing products for designing, implementing, and deploying big data analytics models at scale, today announced that it raised $12 million. In addition to expanding its workforce, Noogata plans to spend the capital on accelerating its go-to-market efforts as it seeks to acquire new…
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Salesforce today unveiled new AI-powered account-based marketing (ABM) capabilities within Salesforce Digital 360 designed to help sales teams scale their campaigns. Einstein Key…
Hands-on: Sofa is a beautiful iOS app to neatly organize all the media you want to check out
March 17, 2021
One of our modern challenges is keeping track of the things we actually want to spend our time on with the massive amount of digital content that’s available. Sofa is a sharp iOS app that looks to solve that problem with a simple, yet customizable hub to organize movies…
Toyota teases its first electric SUV
March 17, 2021
Toyota is teasing its first battery-electric SUV ahead of the planned unveiling at the Shanghai Motor Show next month.
Toyota is a laggard when it comes to all-electric cars
Toyota has yet to launch an all-electric vehicle outside of China.
Despite the fact that the company announced an acceleration of its electric vehicle plans last year, the Japanese automaker has been focused on hybrids…
The latest update to Google’s Home companion app is rolling out on Android and iOS this morning. Besides Home 2.34 adding support for the 2nd-gen Nest Hub, the Google/Nest Wifi experience gets a big update with network usage graphs.
Google/Nest WiFi usage data
Tapping…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
US solar will reach a total of 419 GWdc over the next 10 years, according to a new report.
Global clean energy investment must increase by 30% to $131 trillion by 2050 to avert the climate crisis, says IRENA.
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Tesla has lobbied the UK government to promote higher taxes for gas-powered vehicles, or petrol cars, as they would say, as well as the proposed ban on internal combustion engine vehicles.
Over the years, Tesla has occasionally lobbied for electric vehicle incentives, but the automaker has always made its position clear about the best solution being to tax products that result in more polluting…
