One of the hallmarks of Android 12’s Material You redesign is the usage of your current wallpaper’s colors throughout your favorite apps. Google Chrome is the latest app to begin respecting your Material You colors on Android 12.
Update 3: Google’s Material You retheme of Chrome for Android is now available in an even more in-depth option, replacing the white background with a suitable…
Driverless tech company Motional announced the expansion of its West Coast operations, including public road testing of its next-generation robotaxi in Los Angeles under an agreement with Lyft. Motional has also opened a Bay Area office for Compute Design.
Motional is an…
Tesla files to produce 5 more versions of Model Y at Gigafactory Shanghai, some for export
August 11, 2021
Tesla has filed with the Chinese government to produce five more versions of the Model Y electric SUV at Gigafactory Shanghai.
Some of those variants are expected to be exported to other markets that will get the electric SUV for the first time.
Yesterday, the Ministry of…
A note to Rep. Luria: Our US Navy is doing fine
August 11, 2021
As someone who spent 24 years in the Navy, I completely understand where Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., who spent 20 years in the Navy, is coming from when she argues that the service is constrained by budgetary and bureaucratic limitations from developing a proper maritime strategy that defines and funds the Navy’s proper role.
But as someone who has been involved in defense budgetary and…
Sample gallery: Nikon Z fc
August 11, 2021
We recently got our hands on a final production Nikon Z fc, and we wasted no time taking the retro-styled camera out and about around the Seattle area. Given that it uses the sensor from the Z50, we expected solid image quality, and the Z fc delivers.
The collapsable 16-50mm…
App Annie: Mobile games on track to surpass $120B in 2021
August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
Mobile games are on track to surpass $120 billion in spending in 2021, growing 20% over $100 billion in 2020, according to an analysis of first-half results by mobile data and analytics provider…
A new report alleges that Apple’s next iPhone, presumptively called the iPhone 13, will feature at least three major new camera and video recording features that the company hopes will entice buyers to upgrade to the latest model.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman — who has a solid track record when it comes to Apple rumors — Apple plans to implement a video version of the company’s…
Godox, distributed under the Flashpoint brand at Adorama, has announced the new MF12 Macro Flash strobe. Up to six can combine together around the associated adapter ring to create a circle of shadow-free light for macro applications.
Individually, the MF12 is a small and…
Twitter has wrapped its first bounty program for artificial intelligence bias on the platform, and the results have highlighted an issue that has been noted as a problem in the past.
According to a report from CNET, researcher Bogdan Kulynych (who took home the $3,500…
Apple has been fighting with Corellium in the courts since August 2019 after the virtualization company started selling virtual iOS devices to security researchers. Following its first defeat last year, Apple is now dropping the copyright lawsuit against Corellium and its virtualization software.
The news was first shared by the Washington Post, which claims that both companies have reached an…
