A few weeks ago, Fully Charged’s Elliot Richards had a go in the Wuling Mini, the cheapest EV currently available. Today he’ll be driving not only the most expensive EV ever built at $3.48 million, but also the fastest, at 217 mph – the Nio EP9.
[This is part of an ongoing collaboration between Electrek and Fully Charged.]
Nio EP9
The EP9 (Electric Prototype 9) was actually the first car…
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Zynga has agreed to acquire StarLark, a Chinese game developer, and the mobile golf title Golf Rival from Betta Games for $525 million in cash and stock.
Golf Rival is the second-largest mobile…
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Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting strong bookings and revenues in the second quarter that ended June 30 thanks to the performance of its existing games Toon Blast, Toy Blast…
Tesla is going to supply its full energy ecosystem with solar, batteries, and EV chargers, to new homes in a new luxury community being built in Florida.
Over the last few months, Electrek noted two important trends with Tesla Energy.
The automaker started to provide its full energy ecosystem with solar panels, Powerwall home battery packs, and electric vehicle chargers to third-party installers…
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Super League Gaming has launched Pixel Paradise, the first Minecraft Bedrock server that targets role-playing fans.
The server is a kind a custom hub for players to hang out where they can spin up…
Google Chrome for desktop is set to gain a handy screenshot tool, complete with Google Lens integration, which should replace screenshot extensions.
Update: The Google Lens integration is now live in pre-release builds of Chrome.
In desktop versions of Chrome today, there…
Google extends Hello theft replacement policy to battery-powered Nest Doorbell and Cam
August 6, 2021
One emerging critique of Google’s new camera lineup is focused on how the magnetic-only nature of Nest Cam (battery) means it can be easily stolen. A third-party Anti-Theft Mount is sold separately, but Google also maintains a Cam replacement policy.
This Cam theft replacement policy is not new and something that Nest first offered with the Hello video doorbell, which launched in early…
Earlier this year, Google said it was replacing the old Wifi companion app with the unified Home client. This involves shutting down most controls and removing it from Google Play and the App Store. The latter has finally occurred after originally being scheduled for…
Olympus M.Zuiko 8-25mm F4.0 Pro field review
August 6, 2021
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The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4.0 Pro is a compact, high-end lens designed for photographers using Micro Four Thirds camera bodies.
Covering a 35mm-equivalent focal length range of 16-50mm and boasting…
Comment: Google is moving away from smaller phones with the Pixel 6, and that’s a wise choice
August 6, 2021
Smartphones have been getting bigger and bigger over the past decade or so, with phones like the Galaxy S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro Max packing massive displays, and in turn, big footprints. Google’s Pixel lineup has been a reliable place to go for a smaller-size device for a while, but the Pixel 6 is bucking that trend entirely. Good.
Small phones are rare in today’s market. Your average…
