The latest Black Friday offers are here and Huawei UK has a bunch of discounts on its laptops, phones and smart accessories. The MateBook 13 with the previous gen AMD Ryzen 5 chipset can be had for £499.99, there’s also the Huawei P40 Pro for £699.99 and the MatePad Pro for £449.99 bundled with a flip cover, smart keyboard and M-Pen stylus.
The foldable Huawei Mate Xs is also on the menu at…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 17, 2020
November 18, 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…
This is the EV part of the UK’s ‘green industrial revolution’ plan
November 18, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson today released his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution” that will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs. One of the 10 points is moving to electric vehicles by 2030. Here’s the government’s plan for the UK electric…
Tesla is adding automatic payment at chargers to facilitate apartment charging and more
November 18, 2020
Tesla has recently been making moves to enable payments at charging stations in its Destination Charging network, but it also enables charging electric vehicles at apartments — something that has been harder to do.
Earlier this year, Tesla launched its Wall Connector Gen 3, a new home charging station with Wi-Fi connection and an updated design.
Most new level 2 charging stations are Wi-Fi…
Chromecast with Google TV is now available in Japan
November 18, 2020
Shortly after the Launch Night In event, the new Chromecast with Google TV became available for purchase in numerous countries worldwide. Starting today, residents of Japan can now pre-order the Chromecast with Google TV.
With the launch of the Chromecast with Google TV…
With the latest update to Chrome, Google has launched a new rounded square icon for the browser on macOS. However, it seems another icon redesign is on the way with Google teasing some potential icons for Chrome to better match the design language of macOS Big Sur.
Google…
California adds $1,500 incentive for new EVs, total state + fed incentives now up to $14.5K until end of year
November 18, 2020
California has refreshed its “Clean Fuel Rewards” program, increasing the amount to $1,500 upfront (no application required) and simplifying availability to customers statewide. The new incentive is available for any eligible electric vehicle (including motorcycles!) purchased from a participating retailer starting today, November 17.
As this is a refresh of California’s previous Clean Fuel…
Sony announces its new FX6 full-frame cinema camera with 10-bit 4:2:2 4K/120p internal recording
November 18, 2020
Sony has announced the launch of its new FX6 full-frame 4K cinema camera, which merges Sony’s cinema technology and form factor with advanced imaging technologies taken from its Alpha mirrorless camera systems.
At the core of the camera is a 4K 10.2-megapixel full-frame…
LumaFusion, one of the most powerful video editing apps for iOS and iPadOS devices, has received a major 2.4 update that adds support for editing and exporting 10-bit HDR video, including footage captured with Apple’s new iPhone 12 Pro devices.
The version 2.4 update for…
Amazon knocks $250 off the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G
November 18, 2020
Almost all of the handsets Samsung announced this year are premium in every way — including price. But Amazon has made it a bit easier to grab the Galaxy S20+ 5G with a new sale that discounts the smartphone by $250, bringing it down to $950. That’s the best price we’ve seen in a while — the lowest it’s ever been was $899 during Amazon Prime Day, but otherwise it’s hovered between…
