This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s Q3 production and delivery results, potential Tesla acquisitions, Ford Mustang Mach-E price drop, and more.
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IBM joins NIH effort to diagnose schizophrenia using AI
October 3, 2020
IBM today announced that, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Stanford University, and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, it will undertake a new initiative funded by the U.S. National…
The news cycle this week seemed to grab people by the collar and shake them violently. On Wednesday, Palantir went public. The secretive company with ties to the military, spy agencies, and ICE is reliant on government contracts and intent on racking up more sensitive data…
New ‘Pastel’ widgets make it easy to give your iOS 14 home screen a colorful aesthetic
October 2, 2020
If you’re looking for new ways to give your iOS 14 home screen a custom aesthetic, the Pastel color palettes application has been updated with new home screen widgets. This allows you to add custom colors and designs directly to your iPhone.
For those unfamiliar, Pastel was developed by Steve Troughton-Smith with the purpose of creating and saving custom color palette collections for…
How to watch 4K YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
October 2, 2020
This year’s major software releases from Apple bring a nice upgrade for watching YouTube videos on many of its devices. Follow along for how to watch 4K YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.
Update 10/2/2020: YouTube 4K support is rolling out to Apple TV…
Bulbs N More via Amazon offers a 16-pack of MaxLite A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulbs for $25 Prime shipped when promo code TVZXSRRV is applied during checkout. Regularly $40 or more, today’s deal is the best we’ve seen. Grab this bundle and easily outfit your entire…
Crash Bandicoot 4 is a charming, challenging throwback
October 2, 2020
The Crash Bandicoot series has always occupied a strange place in the pantheon of platform games. It doesn’t offer the sheer joy of movement and discovery that has propelled the Super Mario games, nor the technical spectacle that drives each new Ratchet and Clank title. Even still, there’s something distinct about Crash: the over-the-shoulder perspective, the bouncy movement, the oh-so-’90s…
Tesla is acquiring a German battery assembly line manufacturer supplying BMW and Mercedes-Benz, according to several reports.
Over the last few years, Tesla has been on a buying spree of companies involved in manufacturing engineering and building machines for…
Apple has officially released iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 to the public. The updates bring many new features to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users, and third-party developers have been hard at work on updating their apps to take advantage of Apple’s latest tools.
Foldable smartphones still aren’t nearly as durable as the typical slabs most people buy, but Samsung has made great strides in improving that. To prove it, JerryRigEverything is back with a Galaxy Z Fold 2 durability test that shows off the strength of the hinge.
It should come as no surprise on the Galaxy Z Fold 2 that Samsung hasn’t made much progress on the screen’s durability. The…
