Google, in collaboration with NASA, has replaced their homepage logo in the Northern Hemisphere with an animated Doodle celebrating the winter solstice and suggesting that you keep your eyes to the skies for the current “great conjunction” of Saturn and Jupiter.
This year, December 21 marks the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and on this longest night of 2020, an incredible…
Razer's BlackWidow Elite keyboard returns to record low of $85
December 20, 2020
You can drop a ton of money on mechanical keyboards but now you can grab a great one from Razer at its lowest price ever. The Razer BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard is on sale for $85 at Amazon, and that sale price is good for the models with green and orange…
If you thought you knew all of the mid-drive motors in the e-bike world, think again. The French company Valeo has just unveiled a radical new type of mid-drive electric motor that adds a built-in automatic transmission.
Automatic transmissions alone aren’t unique in the…
Apple iPhone 13 to come with WiFi 6E
December 20, 2020
The iPhone 12 lineup introduced this year comes with Wi-Fi 6, but Barclays analysts predict the iPhone 13 series coming next September will support the Wi-Fi 6E standard.
Wi-Fi 6E comes with the features of Wi-Fi 6 but extends into the 6 GHz frequency band, offering increased bandwidth and less interference for supported devices.
The analysts over at Barclays also indicated that some iPhone 13…
In lieu of hardware or Play Store credit, the 2020 Google Fi holiday gift will let subscribers vote on how $2 million in donations is dispersed among three charities.
A banner at the top of the Google Fi app invites members to “Help us decide where to donate!” Voting is…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 19, 2020
December 20, 2020
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 Doodle commemorates Sudan, the last male northern white rhino
December 20, 2020
Google has replaced their homepage logo with a breathtaking Doodle honoring the memory of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino.
Today’s Google Doodle is an incredibly impactful piece of artwork, depicting Sudan, a northern white rhino and the last male of his subspecies. Sudan was born in South Sudan sometime in 1973 — possibly as the last northern white rhino to be born in the wild —…
How to create space for ethics in AI
December 19, 2020
In a year that has seen decades’ worth of global shocks, bad news, and scandals squeezed into 12 excruciatingly long months, the summer already feels like a distant memory. In August 2020, the world was in the throes of a major social and racial justice movement, and I…
It’s a bit like arriving on the set of a nature documentary; watching whales swim around distant icebergs and fresh blueberries underfoot. The key to this passion project was to show the extreme seasonal variations on the incredible island of Greenland. Juxtaposing the…
Honor V40 gets 3C certified with 66W charging
December 19, 2020
Honor is expected to unveil the V40 next month, which is reportedly codenamed YORK and has model designation YOK-AN10. There’s no official word from Honor about the V40 yet, but the smartphone has been certified by 3C, revealing 66W charging support in the process.
The V40 was initially rumored to have two versions – one powered by a Kirin SoC, and the other having a Mediatek chipset…
