Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor
Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in the Pixel 10 and 10 Pro, the Pixel 10a shipped with the previous generation Tensor G4. That was a huge disappointment since, typically, the Pixel a lineup kept the modern […]

Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji
Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google’s 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictograms and why, as part of World Emoji Day on Friday. Things you might not necessarily worry about in a 2D illustration suddenly become very important when […]

New HMP Flash brings affordable 75 MPH electric scooters to the US
New HMP Flash brings affordable 75 MPH electric scooters to the US

Electric scooters are everywhere in much of Europe and Asia, but they’ve always remained something of an oddity in the US market. While American riders have recently embraced electric bicycles and, to a measurably smaller extent, electric motorcycles, …

Trump’s dumb idea to tariff Canada over smoke could set a useful precedent
Trump’s dumb idea to tariff Canada over smoke could set a useful precedent

The latest dumb, hypocritical “idea” to come out of the idiot running the US into the ground could actually set the precedent we need to solve climate change. Hear me out for a minute.

Google’s AI just recreated the best goal ever by Pele that was never actually filmed

Google used live stadium capture, and combined it with archival material to bring Pele’s legendary goal to life. The Veo video engine, Gemini Omni, and Nano Banana Pro AI tools tagged alongside in the journey to revive a lost marvel.

After YouTube, TikTok is testing its own AI likeness detection tool

As deepfakes spread, TikTok joins YouTube in giving creators tools to detect and report unauthorized AI likenesses of themselves.

Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak
Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak

Food producer Taylor Farms released a statement on the Cyclospora outbreak Friday, confirming that it’s “voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the US market.” Reuters reports that, according to a source, Taylor Farms told customers like Yum Brands owner Taco Bell and the food distributor Sysco on Thursday to pull shredded […]

BMW i3 Touring captured on video for the first time [Video]
BMW i3 Touring captured on video for the first time [Video]

With the sedan version now on sale, the new BMW i3 Touring was captured for the first time with its wagon tail on display.

TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool
TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with “some” US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer tells The Verge. YouTube has been working on a similar tool […]

Podcast: TSLA shareholders wake up, Xpeng targets EU, VW goes cheaper, and more
Podcast: TSLA shareholders wake up, Xpeng targets EU, VW goes cheaper, and more

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla shareholders potentially starting to wake up, Xpeng targeting the European market, VW going cheaper wit…