President Joe Biden has just announced that he will replace the entire US federal fleet with electric vehicles made in the US.
The US federal fleet consists of over 645,000 vehicles, according to the latest Federal Fleet Report. This includes 245k civilian vehicles, 173k military vehicles, and 225k post office vehicles.
Biden talked a lot about American-made electric vehicles during the…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 25, 2021
January 26, 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…
Google Lens for Android rolling out offline translate capability
January 26, 2021
Since last year, Google has been working on letting you perform translations in its visual search tool without an internet connection. Google Lens is now rolling out offline translate on Android.
Open the Translate filter and click the ‘pairing’ pill underneath…
In machine learning, mel-filterbanks — fixed, hand-engineered representations of sound — are often used to train algorithms that classify sound. Decades after the design of mel-filterbanks, research shows that they exhibit desirable mathematical properties for representation learning; in other words, they represent strong audio features. But the design of mel-filterbanks is also flawed by…
On Friday morning, Microsoft announced it was increasing the price of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service. By Friday evening, it reversed that decision and then some. In an update to its news post about the price change, the company explained that it had “messed up.”…
In machine learning, mel-filterbanks — fixed, hand-engineered representations of sound — are often used to train algorithms that classify sound. Decades after the design of mel-filterbanks, research shows that they exhibit desirable mathematical properties for…
Futuristic 'Defiant X' in Running to Become Army's Future Long-Range Assault Helicopter
January 26, 2021
Sikorsky and Boeing released details of the DEFIANT X helicopter designed for the U.S. Army. (Courtesy Sikorsky and Boeing)
Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled the futuristic helicopter they’re proposing to be the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
In a series of mockup photos and videos, Sikorsky and Boeing officials on Monday revealed Defiant X: a compound coaxial…
Apple hit with another lawsuit over iPhone batterygate, seeking $73 million in damages for users
January 26, 2021
Apple has been hit with yet another lawsuit claiming that it intentionally slowed down older iPhone models. The lawsuit was filed in Italy by Euroconsumers, a consumer advocacy group that includes Italy’s Altroconsumo. The lawsuit seeks $73 million in compensation for…
Verizon has expanded its 5G Ultra Wideband network to prepaid users today, unveiling a new unlimited plan that starts at $75 per month. This means that iPhone 12 users can bring their own device to Verizon’s network and access the faster, yet hard to find, mmWave 5G…
Twitter announced today a new “standalone, flexible” open source API for iOS developers that provides a text editor for apps, which is the same used as the basis for tweet and Fleet composer on the Twitter app for iOS.
The announcement was made today through the official Twitter blog. The company says it knows how complicated it can be to implement a simple text editor in iOS apps during the…
