Month: January 2023
Toyota took classic AE86s and filled them with batteries and hydrogen
The “E” in the name of Toyota’s legendary AE86 was there to designate it as a Corolla, but wouldn’t it be awesome if it stood for “electric” instead? Apparently someone at the company thought so; Toyota is showing off a concept version of what the 80s icon would look like…
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EVgo’s New Year’s resolution: make its EV fast-charging network more reliable
When electric vehicle owners take longer trips, they often rely on nationwide fast charging providers like EVgo, Electrify America, and ChargePoint to reach their destinations. So it can be more than a minor inconvenience for EV drivers if they arrive at a station with problems like damaged cables, disconnected modems,…
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Maybe don’t stick flying bladed cameras in a movie star’s face
The upcoming Netflix show Agent From Above tried to film its star up close with a drone — and Taiwanese actor Kai Ko got stitches, and possibly worse, when things went wrong (via DroneDJ). We don’t have many confirmed details on what happened during the December 27th shoot other than…
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Friday’s top tech news: unexpected price cuts at Tesla
From “Popeyes kid” meme to Popeyes NIL athlete. At nine years old, Dieunerst Collin entered meme immortality via this 2013 Vine clip comparing the side-eyeing youth to Lil Terrio, and since he was at a Popeyes, he became the “Popeyes Kid.” Now Collin is a redshirt freshman at center on…
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YouTube’s testing free ad-supported TV channels
YouTube is testing free ad-supported TV channels that show content from certain media companies, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The concept is similar to services like Pluto TV, Roku’s Live TV channels, or the experiences built into TVs from companies like Samsung, LG, and Vizio —…
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RIP Google Stadia: the latest news on the discontinued cloud gaming service
Google starts rolling out Stadia refunds in Europe and Canada. Google started processing Stadia refunds in the US last week ahead of its imminent shutdown, but now it looks like they’re starting to arrive for users in other parts of the world. A report from 9to5Google indicates that people in…
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