Apple has released a fix for a zero-day vulnerability that bad actors could exploit to take full control of an iPhone, an iPad or a computer running macOS Monterey. The tech giant’s security advisory is pretty light on details, but it has identified CVE-2022-3289 as a vulnerability discovered by an anonymous researcher. It says the flaw could be exploited “to execute arbitrary code…
Rivian announces it will soon be delivering its Ocean Coast interiors, but there is a caveat
August 19, 2022
We were lucky to receive an update from Rivian today on the new R1 series Ocean Coast interiors. The EV startup is excited to announce a few critical design updates, but there’s a catch.
Rivian is giving us a sneak peek at the automaker’s new Ocean Coast interior. The…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 18, 2022
August 19, 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…
Google Camera 8.6: Android 13, Speech enhancement on rear Pixel 6 lens [U: New update]
August 19, 2022
Google is rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera app a month after the last release, with version 8.6 introducing a handful of Material You tweaks and Speech enhancement for the rear Pixel 6 lens.
Update 8/18: A new version of Google Camera 8.6 is widely rolling out today: 8.6.263.461063035.12 to 8.6.263.463689965.13.
This is most likely a minor update, but should be seeing wider availability…
Google Camera for Wear OS gets Material You redesign
August 19, 2022
Google lets Pixel owners remote control their camera from a watch. Google Camera 8.6 is now rolling out to Wear OS with a Material You redesign.
Before today’s update (on version 8.1), Google Camera’s design dated back to the era of original Wear OS — if not Android…
Foldable smartphones still feel like a brand new idea, but in reality, Samsung is now on its fourth generation of the form factor. Foldables are still far from perfect, yet each new release inches closer to solving the biggest issues. With the Galaxy Z Flip 4, Samsung has…
What apps support the new Android 13 media player
August 19, 2022
Android 13’s most obvious UI change is a redesign of the lockscreen and notification shade media player. However, not all music, podcasts, and audio apps have been updated to support them yet, and here’s our running list of what controls have been modernized.
The Android 13 media controls start with a new size that’s taller than what was on Android 12. (There’s a compact version, but only…
RCS not connecting on mobile data for some Fi Pixel users with Android 13 [U: Google responds]
August 19, 2022
Some Google Fi customers cannot get RCS to connect on their Pixel phones after installing Android 13. That said, this does not appear to be a widespread issue.
Update 8/18: Google is aware of the problem and says it impacts a “limited number of Fi customers.” The…
If you’ve been having problems with your American Express cards and Apple Pay in iOS 16, you’re not alone. Apple has acknowledged an issue in the release notes for iOS 16 beta 6 where “American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet.”
Amex…
In less than a month, Apple will announce its new iPhone 14 series. With the production of this iPhone in full swing, we’ll also see more and more cases on the web before its release. Now, you can take a look at some of the iPhone 14 cases Apple could introduce at its rumored September 7 event.
Twitter user Majin Bu is known for sharing new iPhone cases before the official release. With an…
