UK-based solar tech developer Naked Energy’s rooftop solar vacuum tubes, which produce both electricity and heat, will soon be sold in the United States.
Peoria, Illinois-headquartered ELM Companies, a US energy storage and microgrid specialist, is funding Naked Energy, along with banking giant Barclays and US venture capital firm Big Sky Partners.
ELM Solar, ELM Companies’ new division…
Explore the Solar System With NASA’s New-and-Improved 3D ‘Eyes’
September 3, 2022
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Explore the Solar System With NASA’s New-and-Improved 3D ‘Eyes’
The agency’s newly upgraded “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool includes Artemis I’s trajectory along with a host of other new features.
NASA has…
NASA’s Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World
September 3, 2022
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NASA’s Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World
One of the telescope’s instruments used to observe the planet is managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
For the first time, astronomers have used…
Xbox Game Pass gets Friends and Family pricing in certain countries
September 3, 2022
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Following a leak earlier this week, Microsoft has officially revealed its Friends & Family plan for Xbox Game Pass. It’s an upgrade on existing plans which allows users to share a single Game Pass plan for…
Digital Wellbeing and Google Clock prep cough & snore detection
September 3, 2022
Back in May, it emerged that Google was working on built-in snore and cough detection for Android, and new evidence shows that this tracking capability will be offered through Digital Wellbeing.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the…
Parler’s Android app has been reinstated to the Google Play Store
September 3, 2022
The Android app for the social network Parler has been reinstated into the Google Play Store, 18 months after its removal.
Just two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, the Play Store removed Parler — a social network built as an alternative to the likes of…
Google touts TikTok Android app improvements like faster launch, smoother UI & playback
September 3, 2022
In a case study, the Android Developer Relations team today detailed recent improvements and optimizations made to TikTok for Android.
With over 1 billion users worldwide, TikTok runs on “various network conditions and device specifications.” Its developers use “data monitoring, peer app comparison and user surveys to track the overall app performance.”
TikTok’s engineering team cites…
The Galaxy Fold 4 and Flip 4 – while surprisingly easy to handle – are not always the epitome of one-handed devices; both have tall screens that force some careful movement when trying to pull the Galaxy Fold or Flip’s notification shade down. This guide will take you…
Galaxy Watch 4’s Wear OS 3.5 beta is over, stable update starts rolling out to testers
September 3, 2022
Samsung has been testing out a new version of Wear OS and its One UI Watch skin for the Galaxy Watch 4 over the past few months, but as of this week, the beta is over and the stable update is right around the corner.
As announced in a forum post, Samsung has ended the One…
Earbuds have become a dime a dozen in today’s market, and there are some really good options for not much money. So why should anyone even consider spending $230 on Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro? Let’s take a look.
Hardware
In the hardware department, Samsung’s latest earbuds are pretty darn similar to its past few generations. It’s using a matte version of the same rounded square case…
