The UK’s top soccer league is switching up the tech it uses to detect offside violations on the football pitch. The Premier League has contracted with a company called Genius Sports, which will use dozens of iPhones combined with machine-learning models to help game officials make an offside call.
Offside violations aren’t always clear-cut, especially when players are grouped in a way that…
Huawei’s triple-screen folding phone leaked — again
September 11, 2024
Spy photos of a thin triple-folding phone held by consumer group CEO Yu Chengdong have surfaced again. The images were posted by Weibo user Whylab on Thursday, reports Android Authority.posted by Weibo user Whylab
The device looks as if could get as thin as current…
Welcome back, Fortnite
September 10, 2024
For the first time since August 2020, Fortnite is back on iOS, and it’s just as exciting and engaging as ever — although a lot has changed in that time. August 2020
Following years of legal battles, rumors, and the launch of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Epic Games’…
Apple Intelligence: What to Expect from the iPhone 16 Line
September 10, 2024
Apple should be spinning up the iPhone 16 line soon, and while rumors about its phones don’t tend to leak like certain other phones I know, some details have trickled out of the halls of Cupertino and its supply chain. Physically, we mostly expect them to look, well, like iPhones, but as the first new Apple smartphones after the WWDC debut of Apple Intelligence, the changes could be more than…
European iPhones are more fun now
September 10, 2024
Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair. They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not, like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability…
Oxford commercializes its 20% more powerful solar panels in the US
September 10, 2024
University of Oxford spin-off Oxford PV has revealed a “world-first” commercial sale of its tandem solar panels that produce 20% more energy than standard silicon panels.
The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s proprietary perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, will…
I sold all my Tesla shares (TSLA), here's why
September 10, 2024
I fully divested from Tesla (TSLA), selling all my tesla shares. I’m going to try to explain why. At Electrek, we like to be clear about our biases rather than claim we have none.
I’ve followed Tesla shares since 2008 and invested in the company after it went public in 2010. I started writing about EVs, and especially Tesla, full-time in 2015.
I invested in the stock mainly because I fully…
Volvo confirms new EX60 mid-size electric SUV will spearhead its next-gen EV tech strategy
September 10, 2024
A new electric Volvo mid-size SUV is slated to arrive in 2026. Volvo confirmed the new EX60 electric SUV would be one of five new EVs joining the Swedish brand’s lineup. It will be the first EV built on its new tech-based platform, called SPA3.
Volvo EX60 mid-size electric…
AI2’s new model aims to be open and powerful yet cost effective
September 10, 2024
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) released a new open-source model that hopes to answer the need for a large language model (LLM) that is both a strong performer and cost-effective. The new model, which it calls OLMoE, leverages a sparse mixture of experts (MoE)…
How AI is making copyright issues more complicated | Devcom panel
September 10, 2024
AI and games has become the hottest topic at game conferences like Devcom, the game developer conference that precedes the giant Gamescom expo every year in Cologne.
At the event, I moderated a panel that explored the notion of the limits of intellectual property — exploring concepts with legal experts on questions like whether it’s OK to claim fair use in copying an image that…
