In this week’s top stories: iOS 14 widgets go viral, Apple Watch Series 6 hands-on and impressions, fall 2020 iPad Pro rumors, and more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories.
iOS 14 debuted to the public on September 16, bringing a variety of new features to iPhone users such as the App Library and App Clips. Over the last week, however, home screen widgets have been the feature to…
These iOS 14 apps offer home screen widgets, App Clips, and much more
September 27, 2020
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.
New Trailers: Resident Evil, Truth Seekers, The Queen’s Gambit and more
September 27, 2020
No spoilers, but I started Enola Holmes and I absolutely love Millie Bobby Brown in it, she’s so charming. The looking-right-at-the-camera bit which I usually dislike (except for Fleabag!) actually works really well to give us her inner thoughts. Will report back once…
Netflix unveils a 'Resident Evil' CG anime series arriving in 2021
September 27, 2020
Netflix has more Resident Evil programming in the works than its live-action show. The streaming giant has revealed Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, a “CG anime” series due to premiere sometime in 2021. While the foes of the show (apart from zombies) are still mysterious, the production will revolve around iconic characters Claire Redfield and Leon Kennedy. The teaser has Claire investigating…
These electric cargo bikes are already replacing trucks in cities
September 27, 2020
Could electric cargo bicycles replace industrial trucks? It turns out they already are.
Look, sometimes you absolutely need a truck. But let’s be honest, most of the time you don’t.
How many times have you seen a pickup truck driving around with an empty bed, or a box…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 26, 2020
September 27, 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…
The privacy-focused Brave Browser is the latest iOS web browser to add support for iOS 14’s new default app setting. An update to Brave this week added support for the feature, allowing users to set Brave as their default iPhone or iPad web browser instead of Safari.
Support for changing the default browser and email applications is one of the many changes in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. To set…
Polestar is going to bring this cool electric car concept to production
September 27, 2020
Polestar confirmed that it is going to bring its latest electric car concept, the Precept, to production, but without a clear timeline.
The Volvo/Geely all-electric brand already has the Polestar 1 and Polestar 2 on the market and now it is confirming the launch of its…
Video: How Kodak became yet another victim of the juggernaut of changing technology
September 27, 2020
The Eastman Kodak Company, better known as Kodak, was co-founded by George Eastman and Henry A. Strong way back in 1888. In the more than 130 years since, the company has been through a lot. It once was a dominant force in the photography industry, at times being almost as…
Tesla Model 3 with 100,000 miles shows extreme low cost and minimal battery degradation
September 26, 2020
Today we take a look at one of the first Tesla Model 3 cars with 100,000 miles and the owner’s experience with service, maintenance, and battery degradation.
There are quite a few high-mileage Tesla vehicles out there.
I have a Tesla Model X with over 400,000 miles on it.
But there are not that many Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, which are Tesla’s latest generation vehicles, with 6-figure…
