Tesla is again under scrutiny from the US federal government over a Tesla vehicle that crashed into the trailer of a semi truck in Detroit.
In 2016, 45-year-old Joshua Brown died in a collision with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida.
The accident was highly publicized as the first fatal crash in a Tesla using Autopilot.
Neither Brown nor Autopilot managed to…
Over the past several years, Google has been working to make Android apps smaller in size by optimizing what code and resources are downloaded to devices. The latest initiative on this front is “App install optimization” in Google Play.
When you turn on app install…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 16, 2021
March 17, 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…
Activision Blizzard has let go of about 50 employees in its esports division, as the Sports Business Journal first reported.
The publisher blames the decision on the impact the pandemic has had on live events. Activision Blizzard had invested heavily in on-stage esports shows with crowds, including with the Overwatch League, which had Blizzard selling a premium for the right to own a team.
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Applied Materials has launched a new generation of optical semiconductor wafer inspection machines that incorporate big data and AI techniques.
These multimillion-dollar machines are…
AI and big data analytics startup Noogata nets $12M
March 17, 2021
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Noogata, a startup developing products for designing, implementing, and deploying big data analytics models at scale, today announced that it raised $12 million. In addition to…
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Salesforce today unveiled new AI-powered account-based marketing (ABM) capabilities within Salesforce Digital 360 designed to help sales teams scale their campaigns. Einstein Key Accounts Identification analyzes engagement-based buying signals and customer characteristics to identify the accounts most…
Hands-on: Sofa is a beautiful iOS app to neatly organize all the media you want to check out
March 17, 2021
One of our modern challenges is keeping track of the things we actually want to spend our time on with the massive amount of digital content that’s available. Sofa is a sharp iOS app that looks to solve that problem with a simple, yet customizable hub to organize movies…
Toyota teases its first electric SUV
March 17, 2021
Toyota is teasing its first battery-electric SUV ahead of the planned unveiling at the Shanghai Motor Show next month.
Toyota is a laggard when it comes to all-electric cars
Toyota has yet to launch an all-electric vehicle outside of China.
Despite the fact that the…
The latest update to Google’s Home companion app is rolling out on Android and iOS this morning. Besides Home 2.34 adding support for the 2nd-gen Nest Hub, the Google/Nest Wifi experience gets a big update with network usage graphs.
Google/Nest WiFi usage data
Tapping the round Wi-Fi button in the top shortcuts row still opens the same page as before. However, opening the Network card provides…
