Microsoft famously started running the Scroogled attack ad campaign almost a decade ago, and has recently been targeting Google again in front of governments in the realm of the news media. Ahead of congressional testimony today from Redmond’s president, Google published a scathing rebuttal that goes after Microsoft’s “naked corporate opportunism.”
For the past year, Google (and…
Google starts letting apps create custom Wear OS Tiles ahead of upcoming ‘platform update’
March 13, 2021
Starting in 2019, swiping left on Wear OS clock faces would show you “Tiles” for weather, news headlines, and more. Only first-party Google apps have ever been able to offer these glanceable pieces of information. That’s finally changing with Google now letting…
If you’ve ever wanted to race a 60 mph electric scooter as part of a real racing league, you’re in luck. The eSkootr Championship is preparing a new racing league and has just shown off its eSkootr S1X racing electric scooter.
What’s that? Oh, you don’t have a death…
Spotify brings ‘Group Session’ multi-user controls to Android Automotive on Polestar 2
March 13, 2021
Launched last year, Spotify “Group Sessions” enable users of the service to come together and control the same playlist from their own devices. Now, Spotify Group Sessions are expanding to Android Auto… at least the in-car version running on Polestar 2.
The Spotify app installed on Android Auto on the Polestar 2 EV is now offering the ability to use Group Sessions directly from the car.
Google Discover gets auto-advancing slideshow ad format
March 13, 2021
Alongside web articles, YouTube videos, and Web Stories, advertising frequently appears in the Google feed available to the left of most Android homescreens. Google Discover is now getting a new ads slideshow format that automatically moves you to the next image.
This…
Google has started to roll out a major redesign to the YouTube application on Apple TV with tvOS. This update brings the latest YouTube interface that Google uses on other platforms to Apple’s streaming box, nearly a year after it first came to Google TV.
Google first…
Nissan is now using old Leaf battery packs in some of the robots that are helping to build the Leaf electric cars in the first place.
This is kind of cool!
For those who want electric cars to be a solution to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, the end-of-life of a battery pack is really important.
Companies are looking at several different solutions, from recycling to second-use.
A new drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas construction site shows some great progress in completing the giant factory.
It’s hard to overstate just how massive a project Tesla Gigafactory Texas is.
In mid-2020, Tesla announced a deal to build a brand-new factory…
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s new price changes, the Model Plaid+ delay, the Audi Q4 e-tron, Volvo C40 first look and more.
The show is back live every Friday at 4…
We got a limited look at the Volvo C40 Recharge today at the Volvo Cars Manhattan showroom. That’s where the single US C40 currently is residing before its trip to Boston this weekend. Here are our first thoughts.
Volvo C40 vs. XC40
As a background, the C40 is a 3-inch-shorter version of the already-announced and on-the-road XC40. Those inches are all chopped off above the door-window line…
