Tesla and LG Energy Solutions are reportedly in talks to produce the automaker’s new 4680 battery cell at a brand-new factory potentially in Europe or the US.
LG became one of Tesla’s official battery partners when it started supplying battery cells for the Model 3 vehicles produced by the latter in China.
It became only the second battery manufacturer, after Panasonic, to have its cells…
Back in May, chat.google.com received a Progressive Web App to replace the previous desktop client. The Google Chat Electron app will stop working at the end of March with users encouraged to upgrade now.
If you or your users are still using the old version of desktop…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 9, 2021
March 10, 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 has opened the door for more companies to offer a smart home doorbell that can integrate with the Assistant.
Google maintains a fairly extensive list of the different types of devices that the Assistant can interact with, as part of their developer documentation. Once a device is listed here, it’s easier for product developers to directly integrate it with the Google Assistant.
The last…
Aston Martin promises (some) battery EVs by 2025
March 10, 2021
Luxury automaker Aston Martin has committed to building two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the UK, beginning in 2025. The two BEVs in development will be a sports car and an SUV. With hybrid models in the pipeline as well, Aston Martin is inching toward EVs within a…
GM Defense has a new chief engineer
March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — GM Defense has brought on Rick Kewley as its new executive chief engineer, who will be in charge of all engineering and program execution at the General Motors subsidiary, according to a March 10 company statement.
Kewley has a long history at GM — a…
Following confirmation last week that it was working on a professional mirrorless Z-series camera, Nikon has officially announced the development of the Z9. Scheduled for release some time this year, the Z9 will use a ‘newly developed’ stacked CMOS sensor and processing engine. The image accompanying the announcement shows a camera larger than the Z6/Z7 II, with what appears to be an…
KPMG: AI adoption is accelerating in the pandemic
March 10, 2021
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A survey published by KPMG today suggests that a large number of organizations have increased their investments in AI during the pandemic to the point that executives are now…
Ibex raises $38M for AI that diagnoses diseases
March 10, 2021
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Ibex Medical Analytics, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup developing a product suite for clinical decision-making and pathology laboratory workflows, today announced that it raised…
Zeni raises $13.5M to automate bookkeeping with AI
March 10, 2021
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Zeni, an AI-powered finance concierge for startups, today announced it has raised $13.5 million in a series A round led by Saama Capital. The company says this will bolster the launch of its new product, Zeni, an intelligent bookkeeping, accounting, and CFO service available to startups across the…
