In the United States, utilities cause around 74% of wildfires. And, since 2015, utilities have been responsible for six of California’s most-destructive wildfires, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Dryad Networks’ solar-powered sensor can detect a fire within 60 minutes, and its IoT network provides accurate location data. Electrek spoke to Carsten…
Vintage Nissan Leaf-powered electric pickup packs ‘2X the power, 3X the torque’ of the gas burner
November 4, 2022
Nissan flaunted a modified vintage electric truck at SEMA 2022 fitted with a Nissan Leaf motor. The vintage-looking EV pickup was created by Tommy Pike Customs and delivers considerably more power than the original four-cylinder gas burner.
Electric 1987 Nissan Sunny Leaf…
One thing I love about e-bikes is that you have to put them on bike racks less often. Since they propel you significantly faster and farther than an acoustic bike, you are more likely to just ride to the bike path rather than carry the bike there on your car.
That being…
NASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results
November 4, 2022
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NASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results
The board, initiated by NASA and the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, examined the causes of the Psyche mission missing its planned launch opportunity this year.
NASA will host a community town hall at 12 p.m. EDT (9 a.m. PDT) on Friday, Nov. 4, followed by a media teleconference at 1 p.m. (10…
Google Calendar removing ‘Goals’ from Android and iOS [U]
November 4, 2022
Back in April of 2016, Google updated Calendar for Android and iOS with a tool to help you find time for personal goals. Amid another upcoming removal, Google Calendar is planning to get rid of “Goals.”
Update 11/3: Google Calendar has started removing “Goal” from…
With the release of Android 13, Google debuted a new image picker for Android that’s also available on older versions of the operating system. With a recent update, Google Voice is adding support for that new photo picker.
Google first announced this new system-wide…
At I/O 2022 in May, Google announced “My Ad Center” to let you control advertising by topic and brand. It’s now starting to roll out with a rather bold approach that might get people to interact with advertising more by letting them customize it directly. Once live in the coming weeks, My Ad Center will offer an app-like (think: topics and interests in Google News or Discover) level of…
Here are the best Mastodon apps to download for Android
November 4, 2022
With many looking to Mastodon as a potential replacement for their favorite social networks, here are some of the best apps for Mastodon available to download on Android.
In case you’re unfamiliar with Mastodon, it’s an open source social media platform that’s…
Netflix just launched its new more affordable tier supported by ads, but those with an older Chromecast device won’t be able to use it.
As first spotted by our colleagues at 9to5Mac earlier today, Netflix has published a support page that explains which devices support…
Google Assistant is using on-device “Personalized speech recognition” on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro to get “better at recognizing your unique speaking style, words, and phrases.”
This might include the names of people and places that are less common or more unique to you. Google’s Personalized speech recognition works by “saving and learning from your Assistant interactions, including…
