The Play Store is one of the 20 first-party apps getting optimized for tablets and Google is kicking off the redesign with a navigation rail.
Google Play previously made use of an always-visible navigation drawer at the left, while the store logo was followed by “Google Play” above it. Meanwhile, the search field spanned most of the screen.
In the new design, you just get the Google Play Store…
September 28, 2022 Update: Apple has now removed Dark Sky from the App Store altogether, further restricting access ahead of the upcoming shutdown.
Apple is moving forward with its plans to shut down the Dark Sky weather app at the end of this year. If you open the Dark Sky…
DALL-E's AI art generator is now (sort of) available to everyone
September 29, 2022
You no longer need to join a queue to try OpenAI’s well-known image generator. The company has dropped the waiting list for the DALL-E beta, making the technology available to everyone. If you want to create art, you just have to sign up (if you can get past the…
Check out BLUETTI’s newest solar energy storage technology, including the new EP600 portable power station
September 29, 2022
Fresh out of the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, BLUETTI Power Inc continues to demonstrate why it’s the name to beat in portable and solar energy solutions. Although there is a whole arsenal of products for you to choose from, its BLUETTI’s latest three that have truly set a new standard for the energy storage solutions industry. This includes the BLUETTI AC500 + B300 combo, the…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 28, 2022
September 29, 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…
Tesla Megapacks arrive in Hawaii with the state’s last coal shipment
September 29, 2022
Tesla Megapacks arrive in Hawaii with the state’s last coal shipment as it shifts its grid to renewables supported by energy storage enabled by batteries like the Megapacks.
In the transition to a sustainable energy economy, we take every small victory we can get and this…
NASA-Built Weather Sensors Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Ian
September 29, 2022
A pair of microwave radiometers collected data on the storm as they passed over the Caribbean Sea aboard the International Space Station.
Two recently launched instruments that were designed and built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to provide forecasters data on weather over the open ocean captured images of Hurricane Ian on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, as the storm…
With Android 13, Google began work on a predictive back gesture to “let users preview the destination or other result of a back gesture before fully completing it,” and you can now preview it with the Phone app on Pixel.
You first need to enable Developer options…
Manifest V3 is how you’re meant to build Chrome extensions, and Google today laid out a more detailed transition timeline away from Manifest V2.
Manifest V3 has been criticized for impacting ad blockers, but Google has said it’s prioritizing privacy with this extension…
While Samsung has moved on to Wear OS for its smartwatch needs, the company isn’t done with Tizen wearables just yet. The Galaxy Watch 3 is now getting an update with new watch faces and health improvements.
Rolling out now to the Galaxy Watch 3 (SM-R840), Samsung’s latest update carries the version number R840XXU1DVH4.
What’s new?
The first key change here is that Samsung has added two new…
