OnePlus has been slowly adding must-have flagship features to its phones over the years and last year it finally ticked off wireless charging with the OnePlus 8 Pro.
The company will take things up another notch in 2021 by giving both the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro wireless charging, with the 9 Pro pushing the speed all the way up to 45W.
Last year’s OnePlus 8 Pro could do 30W, which was already…
World’s largest auto supplier Bosch takes bold (and dumb) stance against electric cars
January 5, 2021
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, has decided to take a bold, and arguably dumb, stance against electric cars based on new comments from its chairman.
Bosch and Electric Cars
Some people often forget that the transition to electric vehicles not only…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 4, 2021
January 5, 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…
Here’s why Wisconsin is rapidly switching from coal to solar
January 5, 2021
Wisconsin, a state that currently gets most of its electricity (42%) from coal, is quickly moving to adopt solar. The state currently has 20 solar farms under active development that will generate more than 2.2 gigawatts of power.
Wisconsin’s solar future
Michael Vickerman, policy director for nonprofit green energy promoter RENEW Wisconsin, says that’s enough capacity to account for roughly…
Workhorse gets order for 6,320 electric delivery vans – it had planned to build 1,800 this year
January 5, 2021
Workhorse Group, a company focusing on commercial sales of last-mile electric delivery vans, has received an order for 6,320 all-electric vans. The order comes from Pride Group Enterprises, a company which focuses on equipment sales, rental and leasing for the logistics…
AI Weekly: The argument in favor of regulation in 2021
January 5, 2021
2020 was an eventful year, not least of which because of a pandemic that shows little sign of abating. The AI research community experienced its own tribulations, capped off by Google’s firing of ethicist Timnit Gebru and a spat over AI ethics and “cancel culture”…
Uber researchers propose AI language model that emphasizes positive and polite responses
January 5, 2021
AI-powered assistants like Siri, Cortana, Alexa, and Google Assistant are pervasive. But for these assistants to engage users and help them to achieve their goals, they need to exhibit appropriate social behavior and provide informative replies. Studies show that users respond better to social language in the sense that they’re more responsive and likelier to complete tasks. Inspired by this…
With the release of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Apple added a new LiDAR scanner to the back camera array for depth-sensing features. Now, a new supply chain report from Digitimes says that Apple will expand the LiDAR sensor beyond the ‘Pro’ models with this…
iPhone and iPad: How to hide Photos widget pics
January 5, 2021
The home screen widgets that arrived with iOS 14 have been super popular. Among those is the first-party Photos widget to surface a fresh set of memories each day. But you probably don’t want all your photos to possibly show up on your iPhone or iPad home screen. Let’s…
Made by Google is kicking off the new year with a new device passing through the FCC. This filing suggests a new Nest Hub Smart Display.
A4R-GUIK2 is classified as an “Interactive Device,” with Google previously using the “interactive” designation for Smart Displays and speakers. For example:
Nest Hub (H1A): Google Interactive
Nest Hub Max (H2A): Interactive Video Streaming Device
Nest…
