There have been rumors swirling that Samsung would skip its usual Galaxy Note launch this year, but the speculated reason was always the growing foldable portfolio. Now, a Samsung executive has said that the Galaxy Note series may not see a 2021 release due to the ongoing chip shortage.
Bloomberg reports that Koh Dong-jin, Samsung’s mobile chief, said in an annual shareholder’s meeting that…
Tesla is again under scrutiny from the US federal government over a Tesla vehicle that crashed into the trailer of a semi truck in Detroit.
In 2016, 45-year-old Joshua Brown died in a collision with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida.
The…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 16, 2021
March 17, 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…
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…
