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Quick Charge Podcast: October 11, 2022

October 12, 2022
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean

October 12, 2022
The mission’s fleet of ship, aircraft, and marine robotics will study ocean eddies and other elusive features near the surface that have a big influence on climate. When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small…
MobileNews

Google confirms the Pixel Watch doesn’t have Fitbit’s automatic workout tracking [U]

October 12, 2022
The Pixel Watch is the very first Wear OS smartwatch with Fitbit integration following Google’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of the company, but it comes with a couple of missing features. The Pixel Watch won’t support automatic workout tracking and some other Fitbit features. Update: Google has confirmed the Pixel Watch lacks automatic workout detection. See below for more. As first…
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GamingNews

Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Meta Quest 2

October 12, 2022
You’ll eventually have another way to access Xbox Cloud Gaming titles beyond consoles, PCs, tablets and phones. Microsoft is working with Meta to bring the service to the Meta Quest Store, which means it will be available on Meta Quest 2 headsets and perhaps even Meta…
MobileNews

iOS 16.1 beta 5 now available ahead of public release later this month [U: Public beta]

October 12, 2022
Following the release of iOS 16.0.3 to all users on Wednesday, Apple is now rolling out iOS 16.1 beta 5 to developers. The new beta update, which adds new features to the iPhone operating system, comes ahead of the official iOS 16.1 release to the public expected later this month. Today’s build number is 20B5072b, compared to the previous build 20B5064c. Developers and public beta testers can…
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Electric buses establish a ‘resilience hub’ using V2B for emergency backup power

October 11, 2022
Electric buses are an upgrade over their gas-powered counterparts in every single way. New technology and software solutions are unlocking the potential behind these zero-emission heavy-duty EVs. The mighty machines are now being used to build a vehicle-to-building (V2B) “resilience hub” with emergency backup capabilities. The project is being funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC)…
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