In his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman says iOS 16 could finally include an always-on display feature for the future iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Once rumored to arrive with the iPhone 13 Pro, it seems the next flagship phone from Apple could feature this long-awaited function.
Gurman writes in his newsletter:
I’m told iOS 16 builds in future support…
WWDC 2022 will start a few days from now on June 6. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in his latest Power On newsletter, gives some additional tidbits regarding iOS 16 and tvOS 16.
Starting with iOS 16, Gurman had already reported that Apple will bring updates to the Health app…
Google Play betas for YouTube Music, TV, Google News, Clock, and Play Books disabled [U]
May 29, 2022
Like the main Android client, Google is now offering Play Store betas for YouTube Music and TV to presumably test new features ahead of time.
Update 5/28: In recent days, leaving a beta and trying to rejoin results in a “Can’t join, beta program has ended” message.
Quick Charge Podcast: May 28, 2022
May 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Watch now.
Xbox revealed the new slate of games it’s adding to Game Pass for the last two weeks of May, and it’s a decent list. It includes six day-one releases and Jurassic…
Google Play betas for YouTube Music, TV, Google News, Clock, and Play Books disabled [U]
May 29, 2022
Like the main Android client, Google is now offering Play Store betas for YouTube Music and TV to presumably test new features ahead of time.
Update 5/28: In recent days, leaving a beta and trying to rejoin results in a “Can’t join, beta program has ended” message.
The Facebook app is now missing one of the most-used system-level features of iOS. As spotted by many Facebook users and confirmed by 9to5Mac, the dark mode option in Facebook for iOS has disappeared without explanation. While this is likely a bug, Facebook has not acknowledged the issue or provided a timeline on a fix.
Dark mode option disappears from Facebook for iOS
Facebook users have taken to…
Tesla has updated its referral program reward for solar roof installations to reduce it from $500 to $300 per referred installation.
Last year, we reported that Tesla plans to completely revamp its referral program:
“According to a source familiar with the matter, Tesla…
Righting the Record on Photos of Wartime Europe
May 28, 2022
The Tanganyika expeditionary force in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) during East African campaign of the first world war. Imperial War Museum., CC BY-NC
A war in Europe instantly creates parallels with the world wars for people in the UK and other European…
Many of today’s organizations base their business decisions largely on structured data such as credit card transactions and earnings reports. This type of data is often easy to search for and analyze, existing in predefined formats that help companies determine which benchmarks need to be met or exceeded in the future.
However, this information doesn’t tell them what makes their customers tick…
