On the same day that Apple released iOS 15 to all users, the company stopped signing iOS 14.7.1. That means users who have updated their devices or iOS 14.8 or even iOS 15 can no longer downgrade to iOS 14.7.1.
iOS 14.7.1 was released on July 26 with a fix for a bug affecting the integration between the iPhone and Apple Watch. According to Apple, the update fixed an issue where iPhone models…
Google shrinks Material You’s tall bottom bar in Gmail for Android
September 21, 2021
Last week, Google’s new design language started widely rolling out to Gmail for Android in some countries. As part of that launch, Google notably shrunk down the Material You bottom bar in Gmail.
Common Material You elements across first-party apps — Workspace clients…
NASA’s Delta-X Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane Ida
September 21, 2021
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NASA’s Delta-X Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane Ida
Researchers flying a radar instrument over coastal wetlands in Louisiana helped with monitoring oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico.
Charged with studying the…
Elon Musk hints at new Tesla Gigafactory, denies location is in Russia
September 21, 2021
Elon Musk denied rumors that Tesla has selected a Russian city as its next location for a new Gigafactory.
In the process, he hinted that Tesla is on the hunt for a new location.
Tesla is currently in the process of starting production at two new massive factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas. These two factories are expected to more than double Tesla’s production capacity.
They…
EcoFlow is launching the DELTA mini; backup power for work and play
September 21, 2021
EcoFlow a new entry in the family of the DELTA and DELTA Pro. The DELTA raised over $2.5 million and the Pro raised over $10 million, launching EcoFlow itself into the forefront of battery backup technology. Theses wildly successful systems can single handedly power…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 20, 2021
September 21, 2021
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…
NTSB says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta is ‘misleading & irresponsible’ ahead of wider release
September 21, 2021
As Tesla is moving to release its Full Self-Driving beta software to its US fleet, the automaker is facing some pushbacks from US regulators.
Now the NTSB is calling Tesla’s approach “misleading and irresponsible.”
After a year of testing only with a select few customers, Tesla is finally about to release its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software to its wider fleet in the US.
US regulators…
Juiced increases minimum battery capacity on e-bikes, shares real-world range data
September 21, 2021
The range is one of the first questions I get asked about my electric bikes, right after “How fast does that thing go?” But range has always been one of the most mysterious and difficult to pin down specs in the e-bike industry.
After increasing its minimum battery…
Skoda abandoning PHEVs per CEO: ‘Our future is the pure electric car’
September 21, 2021
Czech auto manufacturer Škoda has shared plans to focus less on its PHEV models in the future, and instead deliver more pure electric cars. In a recent interview, Škoda CEO Thomas Schäfer spoke to the company’s success last year, as well as the bright future around its…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
There are currently more than $127 million in clean energy projects in West Virginia.
Dominion Energy proposes the largest solar and storage expansion in Virginia’s history.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…
