MobileNews

Google TV is back, and it runs on Android TV

October 1, 2020
A year after it launched the original Chromecast, Google debuted Android TV with the Nexus Player in 2014. The OS eventually found its way onto devices by a dozen companies like Sony, TCL, Xiaomi, NVIDIA, Philips and Sharp, and offers a library of 6,500 apps. Yet, it didn’t have the sophistication of platforms like Roku and Fire TV, which offered better ways to recommend shows for the viewer.
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AI & RoboticsNews

Pixel 5 fails to live up to Google’s AI showcase device

October 1, 2020
As widely predicted, Google announced two smartphones during its Launch Night In today: The Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a (5G). The Pixel 5 is the follow-up to last year’s Pixel 4, while the Pixel 4a (5G) is a 5G-compatible version of the Pixel 4a that launched in August. Neither phone appears to introduce many AI-powered features that aren’t already available on existing Pixel devices. (Pixel hardware…
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GamingNews

Twitch’s Soundtrack feature debuts today, and it will let streamers play music while they’re live

September 30, 2020
Today, Twitch releases Soundtrack, a new product that allows streamers to play music while they’re live — or, at least, that’s the simplest way to explain it. If the product works the way Twitch says it does, Soundtrack will be much more than just a way to play rights-cleared music while you’re broadcasting. It might change how you think about using music on Twitch entirely. The issue…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Could this smart electric motor change the world?

September 30, 2020
Turntide Technologies, which manufactures the Smart Motor System, “the world’s first sustainable electric motor with digital DNA,” announced a recently completed $33 million funding round with support from the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund. Amazon’s Climate Pledge…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla (TSLA) achieves record delivery volume as quarterly expectations jump

September 30, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has achieved record delivery volumes last week, according to sources familiar with the matter, as quarterly delivery expectations are jumping to record highs. Last weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk thanked his team for “great work on deliveries”: Thanks Tesla Team for great work on deliveries! For new owners, we super appreciate accommodating us on delivery timing! Definitely one of…
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