Rivian has released a video of the towing testing for its upcoming R1T electric pickup in some insane 118º F heat.
We are seeing a trend lately of companies planning pickup trucks showing the capacity of their trucks as the race to bring the first electric pickup to market heats up.
Yesterday, Ford released testing footage of its F-150 electric pickup prototype and a day before that, GM…
These are all of the iPhones that support iOS 14
September 19, 2020
Apple has officially released iOS 14 with a variety of new features, including a redesigned home screen with widgets, the ability to set default email and browser apps, and much more. Does your iPhone support iOS 14? Head below for the full list of compatible…
How to use iOS 14’s App Library to organize your apps
September 19, 2020
If you’re an organization junkie and an iPhone user, then iOS 14 has provided you with a new tool: the App Library, which organizes your apps in labeled groups to make them easier to find. In fact, all your current apps can now be found there, and any apps you download in…
Tesla Megapacks help alleviate UK’s hundreds of millions in grid balancing costs from the pandemic
September 19, 2020
A new project powered by Tesla Megapacks is helping alleviate the United Kingdom’s hundreds of millions of dollars in grid balancing costs that occurred from the pandemic.
The pandemic has greatly changed electricity use as more people have stayed home and changed their energy use patterns.
These changes are costing electric utilities in new grid balancing costs.
In the UK, the National Grid…
OnePlus will release an app to make its OnePlus Buds work better with other Android phones
September 19, 2020
OnePlus released the OnePlus Buds, its $79 true wireless earbuds, back in July. While they have great battery and an affordable price, if you used them with a non-OnePlus phone, you weren’t able to manage some settings or get firmware updates. That should change in the…
Podcast: Tesla battery leak, Model 3 updates, Nikola is over, and more
September 19, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Roadrunner battery leak, potential Model 3 updates, Nikola Motors coming to an end, and more.
Discover all the new and innovative ways…
These iOS 14 apps offer home screen widgets, App Clips, and much more
September 19, 2020
Apple has officially released iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 to the public. The updates bring many new features to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users, and third-party developers have been hard at work on updating their apps to take advantage of Apple’s latest tools. Read on for the details…
We’ll be updating this post throughout the next few weeks with new apps and features. If you’re a…
The RetroBeat: How Super Mario 3D All-Stars could have been better
September 19, 2020
I reviewed Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and while its three games are still a joy to play, it’s easy to be disappointed that Nintendo didn’t do more with this package.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars debuts today on the Nintendo Switch. It includes remastered versions of Super…
AI Weekly: Cutting-edge language models can produce convincing misinformation if we don’t stop them
September 19, 2020
It’s been three months since OpenAI launched an API underpinned by cutting-edge language model GPT-3, and it continues to be the subject of fascination within the AI community and beyond. Portland State University computer science professor Melanie Mitchell found evidence…
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is Nintendo at its worst
September 19, 2020
I don’t know what I was expecting, but it was more than what Nintendo delivered with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. This bundle is available now on the Nintendo Switch eShop and at retail (if you can find it) for $60. I bought it last night, and it’s reminding me of how calculated and aloof Nintendo often is. Super Mario 3D All-Stars is ostensibly a celebration of Super Mario’s 35th anniversary…
