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Tesla co-founder JB Straubel receives backing from Amazon for battery material recycling venture

September 17, 2020

Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has received backing from Amazon for his battery material recycling venture: Redwood Materials. Today, Amazon announced the first recipients of investments from The Climate Pledge Fund announced last year. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, commented: “The Climate Pledge Fund invests in visionary companies whose products and services can empower a low carbon…

The biggest announcements and trailers from today’s Nintendo Direct Mini

September 17, 2020

Nintendo recently revealed a huge slate of Mario games coming to the Switch (and one Zelda spinoff), but today, the company put the focus on some of the third-party titles that will help fill out the console’s lineup. The event included some big-name publishers like Capcom…

iOS 14 default app settings automatically reset to Mail and Safari after reboot

September 17, 2020

One of the new features in iOS 14 is the ability to change the default email or browser app to a third-party alternative such as Chrome, Edge, or Outlook. A bug in the first public release of iOS 14, however, causes your default browser or mail app setting to reset to Mail…

Google tells Chromecast users to grant apps Local Network permission in iOS 14

September 17, 2020

With the launch of iOS 14 yesterday, Apple introduced a number of privacy changes. One of them relates to how Chromecast works, with Google advising users to grant apps the iOS 14 Local Network permission and developers to upgrade. Beginning with iOS 14, applications that scan for devices on the local network will now prompt users with a one-time permissions dialog to find and connect to local…

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EGEB: World’s largest single-site solar park enters final phase

September 17, 2020

Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is entering into stage 5 of its expansion. A new hydrogen hybrid engine out of Belgium will help the shipping industry meet EU emissions targets. The European Commission president calls for tougher 2030 emissions cuts…

Xcode 12.2 beta now available to developers, iOS 14.2 mentioned in release notes

September 17, 2020

Following the seventh beta release of macOS Big Sur, Apple has just released the new Xcode 12.2 beta for developers — even though Xcode 12.1 has never been released. What’s more interesting is that the Xcode 12.2 release notes explicitly mention compatibility with iOS…

Android gaming on Chromebooks has nearly tripled in recent months

September 17, 2020

People have been turning to all forms of entertainment amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Chromebook gaming has specifically seen a threefold increase, with Google working to improve the experience. Google reports that the “amount of time people use gaming apps on their Chromebooks” has increased almost 3x in the “last few months.” This figure is specifically referring to Android apps…

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10 Questions: Geothermal with Dandelion Energy founder Kathy Hannun

September 17, 2020

Kathy Hannun came to geothermal while at Alphabet’s Google X. In May 2017, she spun the company out and assumed the role of CEO of Dandelion Energy. She’s now in the role of president of the company, which allows her more free time, which means she can talk to us!

Shazam for iOS 14 adds picture in picture support to recognize songs, here’s how it works

September 17, 2020

Apple’s music recognition app Shazam has been updated to take advantage of new iOS 14 features like picture in picture support as well as the Back Tap shortcut feature. Shazam was updated to version 13.25 today with support for iOS 14. Interestingly the main new feature…

OnePlus 8 series plus Nord gain Android Enterprise Recommended certification

September 17, 2020

The OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus Nord have now been officially certified as part of the Android Enterprise Recommended program. While you’d imagine this was always going to happen, it is a little later than expected given that all existing OnePlus smartphones are already certified. However, the Android Enterprise Recommended program certifies devices that meet Google’s strict requirements…