The latest Files by Google update rolling out via the Google Play Store has added a neat new “Favorites” folder, while code strings within this build hint at some more potential new features.
With Files by Google v1.0.362806406, a new Favorites folder has been added that will essentially streamline the process of accessing commonly used files on your device. The change was spotted by XDA…
Google Family Link letting parents set ‘always allowed’ apps, get more detailed activity reports
March 16, 2021
With screen usage increasing in the past year due to distance learning and the need for alternative entertainment, Google is updating Family Link with more tools that tell parents “how kids use devices.”
Google says these features have been highly requested, starting…
Autobidder, Tesla’s “cutting-edge” AI software to manage energy storage projects, is now managing over 1.2 GWh of energy capacity, according to a Tesla executive.
Last year, Electrek spotted a previously unknown new product from Tesla: Autobidder.
It’s a real-time…
In deciding to not put a camera on what was initially called the Home Hub, Google made its first Assistant Smart Display ideal for nightstands. The new 2nd-generation Nest Hub is further embracing that role with Sleep Sensing to track your rest. Otherwise, it looks the same and is not that much more expensive than the original.
New Nest Hub design
Google has retained the floating display design…
Launched in 2018, the Google Home Hub was the first homegrown smart display from Google. One rebrand and a successor later, though, the original Google Nest Hub has reached its end, being discontinued today.
Simultaneously with the debut of the second-generation Google…
REE Automotive unveils new proprietary drive components
March 16, 2021
Israeli EV startup REE Automotive, just unveiled its new approach to drive components and platforms. Named REEcorners, these proprietary systems fuse all of the vital parts of an EV together between the chassis and wheel. Combined with its modular EV platforms, REE…
Google cutting Play Store commission to 15% on first $1 million in revenue for all Android devs
March 16, 2021
Google announced today that it will be reducing the commission it takes from Android developers that distribute paid applications and offer in-app purchases through the Play Store. The service fee on the first $1 million (USD) in revenue every year will be lowered from 30% to 15%.
The reduced service fee will start on July 1, 2021, with Google noting how “99% of developers globally that sell…
Photographer and content creator Manny recently tried out the Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Shift Lens which, while clearly very niche, he argues can be used very effectively for architecture photography in this 12-minute video.
The Laowa 15mm f/4.5 was announced late last year and was…
One of the unavoidable truths about being an artistic creator is that you’ll undoubtedly and inevitably hit a rut. As is the case with landscape photography, that wall hit me after I realized that all of my photos started to look the same, even when the locations varied.
The StarScope Monocular is advertised as both a hand-held scope and incredible zoom lens for smartphones accompanied by some rather unbelievable performance claims. Krazy Ken of YouTube Channel Computer Clan first looks at the ads and dissects the promises before putting the scope to the test himself.
To say the claims put forth by the Starscope Monocular marketing team are far-fetched is a bit…
