Alphabet-owned DeepMind may be best known for building the AI that beat a world-class Go player, but the company announced another, perhaps more vital breakthrough this morning. As part of its work for the 14th Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction, or CASP, DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 AI has shown it can guess how certain proteins will fold themselves with surprising accuracy. In…
In the visual novel Syntherapy, everyone has a complex: The president of the university, the Clippy-like OS assistant and especially the depressed AI who you’ve been sent to help. Not to mention the protagonist.
Set about 20 years in the future, the game’s narrative is…
LG is once again updating its CineBeam 4K projectors, and the upgrades are good news if you tend to watch during the day. Both the HU715Q Ultra Short Throw laser projector (above) and the HU710P laser-LED hybrid promise better daytime viewing through key upgrades. The HU715Q…
VW has now confirmed to customers that some ID.4 electric SUVs were lost when the Felicity Ace cargo ship caught fire during its Atlantic ocean crossing.
Earlier this month, Felicity Ace, a cargo ship transporting around 4,000 vehicles from Volkswagen-owned brands, including some of the most expensive Lamborghini and Audis in the world, caught on fire off the cost of Portugal while on its way to…
Lucid Motors shared 4Q and 2021 financial earnings with investors today, alongside a 2022 outlook. While the automaker only delivered 125 of its flagship Air sedan in 2021, it has already surpassed that number in 2022. However, overall output is expected to be quite a bit…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 28, 2022
March 1, 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…
A new Tesla Cybertruck prototype has been spotted at Tesla’s Fremont factory, and it featured a bed cover – something that was missing in other recently spotted prototypes.
We expected to get an update about the Cybertruck as part of a product roadmap CEO Elon Musk had said he would release as part of the company’s Q4 2021 earnings. However, the CEO only announced that the Cybertruck had…
How to Edit Photos Using Masks in Lightroom Mobile
March 1, 2022
Professional photographer and YouTuber Chris Parker explains how to easily take an extremely underexposed image and edit it in a professional way with masks using Adobe Lightroom Mobile. His method even includes adding some special effects like turning on the lights in a…
The Oppo Find X5 Pro was announced a couple of days ago in two colors – Glaze Black and Ceramic White. However, the company has introduced a third version in China, which comes with a leather back that’s painted blue.
The blue leather model is thicker (8.8mm) yet…
Apple's 2022 iPhone SE to start at $300
March 1, 2022
Apple unveiled the second-gen iPhone SE dubbed iPhone SE (2020) two years ago, and the company is rumored to return with its successor on March 8 at an event where it’s also expected to announce a refreshed iPad Air. While Apple hasn’t confirmed the event yet, analyst John Donovan says the new iPhone SE could start at $300. That’s $99 less than the base price of the iPhone SE…
