When Apple introduced iOS 14 last year, it unleashed a whole new rush of amazing widgets, both from third-party developers and Apple itself. Apple’s own apps and now its own widgets are supposed to serve as examples for other developers to be inspired by. But many of Apple’s stock apps don’t actually have widgets yet. Meanwhile, widgets are still static and can’t be made interactive.
Facebook announced it’s launching new ways to inform people if they’re interacting with content that’s been rated by a fact-checker, as well as taking stronger action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform.
Before a user likes a page that…
Pokémon HOME for iOS teases new Catch Calendar feature with Bulbasaur and Squirtle as gifts
May 27, 2021
Pokémon HOME launched in 2020 for iOS and Android users as a way to store pocket monsters from the Nintendo DS games to your phone and then to the Nintendo Switch. Today, The Pokémon Company teased a major update coming this June for iOS users.
According to a blog post…
Another exploit found in WebKit hasn’t yet been fixed in the latest iOS and macOS versions
May 27, 2021
Apple released iOS 14.5.1 and other software updates in late April that brought important security fixes to WebKit, which is the engine behind Safari and other web browsers on iOS. However, security researchers point out that there is still an exploit in WebKit that is active even in the latest versions of iOS and macOS.
As pointed out by security firm Theori (via ArsTechnica), the vulnerability…
This new dual motor carbon fiber electric scooter is 3D-printed to the exact size of the rider
May 27, 2021
Following the wildly successful Superstrata 3D-printed carbon fiber electric bicycle last summer, the team behind the Arevo 3D-printers that enabled such tech has a new offering: the Scotsman electric scooter.
The Scotsman is the world’s first custom 3D-printed carbon…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The US Pacific Coast is approved for commercial-scale offshore clean energy projects for the first time.
New US wind and solar scheduled for connection to the grid has reached record levels.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
If gaming is the most important thing you do on your smartphone, Asus has the option for you. Following its reveal earlier this year, the Asus ROG Phone 5 has just arrived in the United States with a hefty price tag in tow.
Asus ROG Phone 5 delivers one heck of a package for Android-based gamers. The device offers up a 6.78-inch 1080p display with a 144Hz refresh rate to keep games running at…
A court in the Netherlands today ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. Previous to the ruling, Shell’s emissions reduction target was 20% by 2030.
It’s the first time activists have taken a major energy company to court to…
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin was attacked by saboteurs who set cables supplying electricity to the construction site on fire.
An alleged confession letter points to political reasons targeting Tesla.
Tesla’s project to build a factory outside Berlin has faced some…
In anticipation of the imminent, yet cloudy delivery date of the Air sedan, Lucid Motors has shared video footage and new details of its User Experience, or UX. This in-depth look at Lucid UX offers a first look at several unique technologies implemented within a sleek design to match the rest of the Air… whenever it becomes available.
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