As iOS 14.1 is now available to all users, Apple has just stopped signing iOS 14.0.1. That means users who have updated their devices to iOS 14.1 or iOS 14.2 beta can no longer downgrade to iOS 14.0.1. Before that, Apple also stopped signing iOS 14.0.
iOS 14.0 was released on September 16 after almost a three-month beta period. The update brings a major redesign to the home screen with…
Reverse Wireless Charging was one of the rumored features for iPhone 11 last year, but Apple allegedly removed it from the final version of the devices. Now, FCC filings for iPhone 12 have revealed that this year’s devices might have a functional reverse wireless charging…
BMW is going to unveil its Tesla-fighting BMW iNext next week
November 2, 2020
BMW confirmed that it plans to unveil the production version of its BMW iNext, an electric vehicle that the German automaker has previously described as its response to Tesla, next week.
Since the launch of the BMW i3, the German automaker has been taking things extremely…
Here’s what happened when a country let people trade in old cars for electric bikes, scooters
November 2, 2020
Believe it or not, a cash-for-clunkers plan helped get old and polluting cars off the road, replacing them with efficient and traffic-reducing personal electric vehicles like e-bikes and e-scooters.
Shocking, right?
Trading in old cars for new electric bikes
Perhaps it’s not so shocking for Lithuanians, who jumped at the opportunity to swap their old cars for new e-bikes.
The program was…
Today, we take a look at Tesla Powerhub, a lesser-known Tesla energy product to monitor and control energy assets at a large scale.
Tesla’s well-known energy products are the Powerwall, Powerpack, Megapack, solar panels and solar roof.
Earlier this year, we also learned…
Just in case you didn’t notice, the US election is next week, on Tuesday, November 3. We at Electrek ran a Climate Crisis Weekly roundup on October 10 with the headline, “Humanity’s future rests on American voters.” Someone on the subreddit r/JoeBiden declared…
Google Pixel 5 camera earns 120-point score from DxOMark
November 2, 2020
Despite the incredibly flawed and confusing nature of ranking cameras using a point-based system, the Google Pixel 5 has achieved a 120-point score from the defacto industry camera experts DxOMark — an 8-point bump over the Pixel 4 according to the French firm’s ranking system.
Considering that the Pixel 5 camera hardware offers a new focal length, but retains the same core camera sensor…
Tesla pushes new Full Self-Driving Beta update, Elon Musk says could slash interventions by a third
November 2, 2020
Tesla has started pushing a new software update under its Full Self-Driving Beta program and CEO Elon Musk says it could already cut driver interventions by a third.
It has been less than two weeks since Tesla has started pushing the first version of its “Full…
As a computing teaching tool or even as a nifty emulation station, the Raspberry Pi is a wonderful piece of kit that runs Linux. Thanks to work by devs, you can now get a version of Android 11 running on Raspberry Pi hardware.
Even though the Raspberry Pi uses effectively…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 31, 2020
November 2, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
