Month: July 2021
General Motors strikes a deal to source lithium in the US for its electric car batteries
General Motors has struck a deal with a mining company to source lithium, a key ingredient in electric-car batteries, from geothermal deposits in the US. The automaker is making a “multi-million dollar” investment in Australia’s Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to bolster the mining firm’s efforts to extract lithium from California’s…
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Epic Games Store free games: this week’s giveaways revealed Key art for The Spectrum Retreat which features a faceless, masked individual.
Ready for this week’s free Epic Games Store games? With the world continuing to be still turned upside down Covid-19, there’s never been a better time to stay indoors and game. Whether you’re setting out on an epic single-player adventure, or teaming up with your buddies online, video games are…
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The Morning After: Is Instagram no longer a photo-sharing app?
Vinyl has been on a resurgence, and it seems like the pandemic has accelerated that. When Amazon launches a record of the month club to capitalize on it, you know it’s reached a tipping point. All this means many of us are looking to upgrade from a cheap turntable and…
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Sony’s $1,300 Xperia 1 III is now available to pre-order in the US
We had a feeling Sony's tricked-out Xperia 1 III smartphone would be expensive. Turns out, we were right. Sony has revealed that the new handset (pcitured above), which packs a pro-grade camera, is available to pre-order for a cool $1,300 ahead of its August 19th release date. That means the…
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Do These Gadgets Actually Protect You? We Asked the Experts
From cell phone radiation and RFID blockers to UVC sanitizers, we investigated whether popular products are truly keeping you safe—or just scaremongering. Source
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How to Take Awesome Photos of Fireworks With Your Phone
Use these battle-tested tips and camera settings to capture dramatic shots of those aerial explosions. Source
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