We’re so close to The 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit, the event so nice we’re throwing it twice.
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 8:20 am sharp PT, the hold music will end and Emcee Kahlief Adams, captain of the Spawn On Me Podcast and famously bad cook, will launch us into three days of events spanning the business of games.
Despite massive peer pressure from the GamesBeat…
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VanMoof’s dual-motor 31 MPH electric bicycle has over 10,000 reservations, and it’s not even legal
January 20, 2022
Late last year, VanMoof unveiled the VanMoof V as a high-performance electric bicycle that the Dutch brand referred to as a “hyperbike.” Now the company claims to have surpassed 10,000 reservations, despite the bike reaching a top speed that isn’t legal in most…
Back in November, Google created a new division focused on “high-potential, long-term projects,” like augmented reality. Google Labs now has a team working on blockchain and other related technologies.
According to Bloomberg, this new group within Google Labs is focused on “blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and data storage technologies.” Shivakumar Venkataraman, an…
Old Google Slides Wear OS app removed from the Play Store
January 20, 2022
Google Slides picked up an Android Wear — as it was called at the time — companion app in 2016 that allowed users to control presentations from their wrist. In recent weeks, Google quietly got rid of Slides for Wear OS.
Acting as a remote, this application gave you…
Apple stops signing iOS 15.2, blocking downgrade from iOS 15.2.1
January 20, 2022
Following the release of iOS 15.2.1 earlier this month, Apple on Thursday stopped signing iOS 15.2 for all iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models. This means that users can no longer downgrade their devices to iOS 15.2.
iOS 15.2 was released to the public on December 13, 2021…
The US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today gave final permitting approval to South Fork – New York’s first offshore wind farm. It’s now the second US offshore wind project authorized by the US government to begin construction.
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A bunch of former SpaceX engineers are making electric and autonomous railway vehicles
January 20, 2022
A bunch of former SpaceX engineers banded together to create a new startup looking to make electric and autonomous railway vehicles to revolutionize rail-based freight transport. They have a big task ahead of them.
The railway business is a tough one to break into. It’s…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 19, 2022
January 20, 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…
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
On this week’s Last of the Nintendogs, editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb react to the breaking news that Xbox is acquiring Activision Blizzard. Does this mean no more Call…
