Infinix has a couple of current devices under its “Hot” family line – the vanilla Hot 10 and the Hot 10 Lite. Like its name suggests, the latter downgrades specs a bit, through things like a smaller 6.6-inch display, slightly smaller battery, less memory and one fewer main camera module. Following in the same trend, an Infinix Hot 10 Play has surfaced on the FCC website – an even cheaper…
Meizu Watch tipped to pack a 420 mAh battery
December 13, 2020
Meizu teased a new smartwatch back in June, but we haven’t heard much about it from the company since. Now we learn the smartwatch will pack a battery with a rated capacity of 420 mAh.
This information comes from a reliable Chinese tipster , who also said that the…
Samsung Galaxy Smart Tag Bluetooth tracker details surface
December 13, 2020
We’ve known for a while now that not unlike Apple and its AirTag, Samsung has been working on a smart object tracker, dubbed the Galaxy Start Tag. Information on the EI-T5300, as its official model goes, has been trickling-in over the past few weeks, but mostly in a…
Google used a 64-camera rig to train its portrait lighting AI
December 13, 2020
Google’s Portrait Light feature can make some of your more mediocre photos look a lot better by giving you a way to change their lighting direction and intensity. The tech giant launched the AI-based lighting feature in September for the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 before giving older Pixel phones access to it. Now, Google has published a post on its AI blog explaining the technology behind Portrait…
Netflix explains how it uses AI to sell you on a show
December 13, 2020
If Netflix’s decisions on marketing its hundreds of original shows seem highly calculated… that’s probably because they were. Netflix has outlined how it uses AI to market shows and predict their success in ways that conventional box office numbers and Nielsen…
Tesla announced that it is going to shut down Model S and Model X production lines for an extended period of time during this holiday season.
It’s the latest indication pointing to a possible design refresh.
Tesla first brought the Model S to market back in 2012.
The…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 12, 2020
December 13, 2020
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Tesla offers one year of free Supercharging to incentivize deliveries in record quarter attempt
December 13, 2020
Electrek has learned that Tesla is now offering one year of free Supercharging to incentivize deliveries by the end of the year as it attempts another record quarter.
Yesterday, we reported on Elon Musk writing in an email to employees that Tesla is seeing strong demand…
Google A/B testing a dark mode for Search on desktop browsers
December 13, 2020
While night modes are pervasive on Android and iOS, they are less common on large screen form factors. Google is now A/B testing a dark mode for Search on desktop web.
Back in May, Chrome added a flag to “Show darkened search pages on Android.” The result was a near…
