Tesla has reportedly secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung to get new cameras for its self-driving sensor suite.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program relies on cameras to get imagery to feed its neural nets.
Unlike most other self-driving programs, the automaker doesn’t use radar and lidar. However, we recently reported on Tesla’s filing with the FCC to use a new radar.
But…
REI has just launched two new models of e-bikes as part of its new “Generation e” line of electric bicycles. The new e-bikes were unveiled under REI’s Co-op Cycles bicycle line and are known as the Co-op and .
Unlike REI’s last big e-bike unveil, the urban-centric…
Electric scooter and micromobility giant Bird lays off 23% of employees in extreme cost cutting
June 10, 2022
Los Angeles-based micromobility company Bird is looking to trim down, at the cost of hundreds of jobs. The shared electric scooter company has reportedly let go 23% of its employees in its latest round of layoffs.
Particularly hard hit was Bird’s consumer product…
iOS 16 introduces multiple new APIs, which allow developers to expand the capabilities of their apps. For instance, there are new APIs for lock screen widgets, walkie-talkie, interactive maps, weather data, and more. Interestingly, Apple has also updated the Nearby Interaction API to integrate the U1 chip into ARKit amid rumors of a new mixed reality headset.
Nearby Interaction API
The Nearby…
At a company-wide meeting yesterday, Tesla employees asked Elon Musk what to do with the Twitter drama around his attempt to acquire the social media platform. The CEO says “ignore” it.
Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter and take it private doesn’t have much to do…
The mineral graphite, as an anode material, is a crucial part of a lithium-ion (Li-on) battery. Electrek spoke with John DeMaio, president of the Graphene Division of Graphex Group and CEO of Graphex Technologies. Read on to learn what he had to say about why graphite’s…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II — Shooting while sliding around the shipping containers
June 10, 2022
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Imagine you’re trying to shoot a bunch of bad guys, but everybody is sliding around back and forth on a ship in stormy seas. On top of that, there are shipping containers on the deck of the cargo ship, and…
At today’s Google Cloud Applied ML Summit, the search and enterprise IT giant revealed a new group of product features and technology partnerships designed to help users create, deploy, manage and maintain machine learning (ML) models in production faster and more…
Multitasking is one of the best reasons to buy a foldable phone, especially Samsung’s Galaxy Fold lineup, and it seems that’s going to get even better, as there’s apparently a new feature in the works.
Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 to get ‘swipe for split…
Android 12 QPR3 bug sees widgets frequently go blank and reload after Pixel screen rotation
June 10, 2022
After three months of beta testing, Android 12 QPR3 hit stable on Monday and is now more widely rolling out to Pixel phones. That said, one small bug with Android 12 QPR3 sees widgets often reload when you return to the homescreen following a rotation change.
This Android 12 widget bug starts when you’re viewing an app in landscape orientation, e.g. watching a fullscreen YouTube video.
