Every year, the popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee — better known as MKBHD — shares its own blind smartphone camera test based on the choice of its followers on the web. MKBHD has just posted its 2020 blind camera test and surprisingly, iPhone 12 Pro Max lost to OnePlus 8T in the first round.
The test is not scientific and it consists only in revealing which photo people think is best based…
Google AI is now piloting Loon's internet-beaming balloons
December 3, 2020
Alphabet’s Loon has shifted to a different type of navigation system for its internet-beaming balloons. Rather than relying on algorithms designed by humans, the balloons are using an artificial intelligence system Loon developed with Google AI over the last few years.
A…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 2, 2020
December 3, 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…
Tesla and powerful German union prepare for a fight over Gigafactory Berlin workforce
December 3, 2020
Tesla’s effort to build a new Gigafactory near Berlin has had a few hiccups, but it seems to be going smoothly overall.
However, it looks like the automaker might have to battle with IG Metall, a powerful union in Germany.
Elon Musk came to Berlin earlier this week and got showered with compliments by German leaders when receiving an Axel Springer award.
Tesla’s CEO appears to have been…
Immortals: Fenyx Rising is now available on Google Stadia
December 3, 2020
Following the massive releases of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion, Ubisoft has one more major release to close out 2020. Immortals: Fenyx Rising has just arrived on Google Stadia among other platforms.
Previously known as “Gods & Monsters,”…
BMW confirms higher-performance John Cooper Works electric Mini
December 3, 2020
Last month we reported on rumors that BMW had greenlit development of a high-performance “GP” version of the electric Mini. Today BMW announced that the car is indeed being worked on, but it will be designated as a “John Cooper Works” model, a name reserved for the…
Bug causing ‘new Google Assistant’ functionality, UI to disappear for some Pixel 5/4 owners
December 3, 2020
The new Assistant consists of a transparent, compact UI and faster responses thanks to on-device processing. A strange bug this evening is responsible for the new Google Assistant disappearing from some Pixel 4, 4a, 4a 5G, and 5 phones.
Over the past few hours, Google’s newest Pixel devices have lost the latest version of Assistant. The first indication that something has changed is when you…
WASHINGTON — The Army wants its Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) Gray Eagles to have synthetic aperture radars, moving target indicators, electronic intelligence and communications intelligence capability as well as air-launched effects and radar warning receivers…
Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 888 SoC with 3 ISPs capable of 8K video, 120fps still shooting, 960fps slo-mo and more
December 3, 2020
Today, Qualcomm revealed details of the Snapdragon 888, its next-generation flagship mobile chipset, showing what kind of features, functionality and performance we can expect to see in flagship Android mobile devices in the coming year.
The Snapdragon 888 is a System on a…
Although Apple’s latest A14 Bionic chip enabled the iPhone 12 family and iPad Air tablets to deliver impressive performance improvements, Qualcomm is making clear that the next generation of Android devices will rely heavily on advanced AI and computer vision processors to retake the performance lead. Teased yesterday at Qualcomm’s virtual Tech Summit, the Snapdragon 888 is getting a full…
