Besides voice commands, the key aspect of Google Assistant headphones is having incoming notifications read aloud. Google has now brought this Assistant feature to all wired headphones, regardless of whether they’ve been optimized by the manufacturer.
Update: Google has confirmed to us that Assistant support, with features like spoken notifications, is officially available on all wired…
Podcast: Tesla (TSLA) profit vs massive cap raise, software update, Lucid’s factory, and more
December 5, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a discussion about Tesla making profits versus doing a massive capital raise, a new Tesla software update, Lucid’s factory, and more.
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The holiday tech-product refresh season continues with Razer updating its take on the wireless earbuds. The Razer Hammerhead True Wireless Pro Earbuds are available now for $200. For that price, you get the familiar dual buds and charging case that is standard for this…
You may not realize it, but you’ve already enjoyed the work of Photographer and digital artist Ted Chin. He makes some of the most eye-catching, surreal composite images you will likely ever see, and one greets you every time you open the latest version of Adobe Photoshop.
Chin has been making photo manipulations for the last six years, one of which you’ve very likely already enjoyed. In 2017…
AI ethics pioneer’s exit from Google involved research into risks and inequality in large language models
December 4, 2020
Following a dispute over several emails and a research paper on Wednesday, AI ethics pioneer and research scientist Timnit Gebru no longer works at Google. According to a draft copy obtained by VentureBeat, the research paper surrounding her exit questions the wisdom of…
In November, Google announced that it was removing easy access to its unlimited photo storage option in Google Photos. Sensing blood in the water, Verizon has launched an unlimited storage option in its own competitor cloud service.
Verizon is known more as a data provider…
Realme opened the Android 11 beta program for the X50 Pro 5G in July and released its preview in September. Now the company has started rolling out the stable build of Android 11 to the X50 Pro 5G, which brings along Realme UI 2.0.
Realme UI 2.0 focuses on three aspects – Creativity, Sociability, and Productivity. And in addition to the new UI, it comes with new features like Dual Mode…
Motorola Moto G9 Power India launch set for December 8
December 4, 2020
Motorola introduced the Moto G 5G and Moto G9 Power earlier last month. The Moto G 5G was launched in India on Monday, and today the company announced that Moto G9 Power will debut in India on December 8 at noon local time. The smartphone will be sold exclusively through…
Razer Tomahawk modular gaming PC is now available for $2,400
December 4, 2020
Razer introduced a compact modular gaming PC called the Tomahawk at CES earlier this year with hopes of targeting gamers and people who want to get started on building their own computers. While the PC’s original Q1 2020 release date didn’t happen — most likely due to…
According to a new post in Samsung’s Members app in Germany, upcoming 2021 Galaxy phones won’t be compatible with some older Galaxy Gear warbles released between 2013-2014. The affected devices are as follows: Samsung Galaxy Gear, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear S and Gear Fit. Users of these warbles will be informed via notification from the Galaxy Wearable app if their device will no longer be…
