It’s been ages since HTC released a high-end Android phone, but earlier this year the company teased that one was in the pipeline. Now, HTC’s “Metaverse” phone has reportedly been delayed because of the real world.
HTC is making a “metaverse” phone
HTC revealed earlier this year that it is working on a return to the “high-end” Android smartphone market. This would be the first…
Digital Wellbeing Study using Android, Fitbit data now live in Google Health Studies [U]
May 27, 2022
The University of Oregon’s Center for Digital Mental Health is launching a new digital wellbeing study that collects data using “passive and continuous sensing technology” on your Android and Fitbit via the Google Health Studies app.
Update 5/26: Version 2.0 of…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [Pro Darts 2022 and Crayola Create and Play]
May 27, 2022
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New for 5/27: Pro Darts 2022+ is the latest title to arrive…
Tesla owners who also drive another vehicle are 50% less likely to have an accident in their Tesla compared to in their other vehicles, according to an interesting new study looking at EV drivers who drive multiple vehicles.
The study is coming from Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which collects telematics data from millions of vehicles.
At the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Charging Into…
If you know anything about me or the topics I cover, you’ll know two of my biggest hobbies revolve around electric bicycles and DIY projects. So combining them has always been a natural conclusion for me – to the point that I even wrote the book on the subject.
With so…
Reto has announced a new Kodak-branded half-frame film camera, the Ektar H35. The simple half-frame film camera, first spotted by Kosmo Foto, allows you to capture 72 photos using a 36-shot roll of 35mm film and 48 images on a 24-frame roll. The half-frame design uses a…
In addition to the web redesign becoming more widely available, Google Play is rolling out a rather granular “Compatibility for your active devices” section for app listings on Android.
Opening the “About this app” section of a listing and scrolling down to the very bottom reveals “Compatibility for your active devices.” Google explains how:
This section shows you whether this app…
Apple’s Find My lets users track the location of their devices, plus anything else tied to an AirTag. And while we’ve heard multiple stories about people who have recovered lost and stolen items thanks to this feature, this one involves none other than German Formula One…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 26, 2022
May 27, 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…
RED has sued Nikon for illegally copying its data compression technology. The lawsuit asserts that Nikon infringed on its patents through capabilities granted to the Nikon Z9 in the recent firmware 2.0 update.
The lawsuit was filed in a southern California federal court today and asserts that the Japanese camera manufacturer and its United States subsidiaries have illegally infringed on…
