The last Pixel software update for 2020 is rolling out today with the December security patch. It’s rolling out for the Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a (5G), and Pixel 5..
December marks the last release for 2017’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The phones were not updated last month, but November’s patches are included today. The factory and OTA images are not yet available.
This…
EGEB: How Denmark will go from 20k to 1m electric cars by 2030
December 8, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Danish parliament approved a plan for at least 1 million electric or hybrid cars on Danish roads by 2030.
Boise, Idaho, will now require all new homes to provide a circuit for electric car charging.
IRENA urges…
Spotify for Android is working on local music playback
December 8, 2020
Streaming music is what most people do nowadays, but local files can help fill in the gaps and pull from a library you spent years curating. Now, Spotify for Android is preparing to finally add support for listening to local music on your phone.
Jane Wong discovered a new…
Tesla (TSLA) reaches new highs, shorts are feeling the pain, but some high-profile ones are holding on
December 8, 2020
Tesla’s stock price (TSLA) is reaching new highs again today, and the shorts who betted against the company are feeling the pain this year.
However, some high-profile Tesla short sellers are are holding on.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has often warned people not to bet against Tesla on the stock market.
He went as far as predicting a “‘next level short burn of the century,” and it now looks like…
The UK’s first electric vehicle service station, known as the Electric Forecourt®, has been opened by GRIDSERVE today near Braintree, Essex, in southeast England.
UK’s first fully solar-powered electric vehicle service station
As Fully Charged‘s Robert Llewellyn…
Google has improved the screenshot experience on Android quite a bit in recent years, and now the company is delivering another tweak. With the latest Feature Drop, Google has quietly made Pixel phones take a screenshot instantly.
After installing the December security…
More Google Photos filters coming to Pixel phones, including sunrise/sunset suggestions
December 8, 2020
At the tail end of September, Photos got a revamped editing experience on Android with new features. Notably, there’s a new tab that surfaces machine learning-derived “Suggestions.” Google Photos is now rolling out a slew of new sunset filters that are first coming to the Pixel.
The Suggestions tab is part of Google wanting “Photos [to do] most of the heavy lifting” when editing…
Toyota announces new all-electric SUV, says it’s their ‘first step’ for battery-electric cars
December 8, 2020
Toyota announced today that they will be unveiling a new all-electric SUV in the coming months.
The automaker, which has been seen as a lagger when it comes to all-electric vehicles, says that it’s their ‘first step’ for battery-electric vehicles.
Toyota has yet to…
Tesla gives deadline to Roadster referral discount winners ahead of finally delivering new Supercar
December 8, 2020
Tesla is contacting owners who referred enough new buyers through their referral program to get a discount on a new Roadster to let them know about a new deadline.
Could this finally mean production is coming?
Tesla Referral Program
Tesla’s referral program has changed a…
Earlier this year, at Google Search On, the Google Assistant gained “Hum to Search,” the ability to match songs based solely on your humming. In collaboration with Google, Billboard has released the top 100 songs that people have hummed to the Google Assistant.
According to Google, the Assistant’s Hum to Search is capable of recognizing over 500,000 songs, regardless of whether you hum…
