Tesla has launched a new utility-scale energy storage product called Megapack modeled after the giant battery system it deployed in South Australia as the company seeks to provide an alternative to natural gas “peaker” power plants. Megapack is the third and largest energy storage system offered by Tesla. The company also sells the residential Powerwall
Month: July 2019
Apple led the way in solar usage as technology companies step up their development of renewable energy projects to offset their carbon emissions. That’s the word from the Solar Energy Industry Association in its latest tally of leading corporate solar energy installers across the U.S. Last year, Apple installed 400 megawatts of solar capacity to
Tesla is set to aggressively ramp up the rate at which it opens new service facilities, according to CEO Elon Musk’s guidance on the company’s Q2 2019 earnings call. In total, Tesla opened 25 new service centers during the quarter, and added 100 new service vehicles to its existing fleet — which is in contrast
The director of the Star Wars VR series drops new details about Episode II. In an interview with StarWars.com during this year’s San Diego Com-Con, Ben Snow, director of Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series, revealed new information surrounding the second episode of the not-quite-a-game, but more-than-a-film VR experience. SPOILERS INBOUND! Details surrounding Episode
Undersea turns your living room into a dynamically generated coral reef biome. Undersea, a new spatial computing AR experience developed for the Magic Leap One headset, is set to premiere next week at the 46th annual SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference in Los Angeles. Available for demo July 28th – August 1st at the Immersive Pavilion,
Daven Mathies/Digital Trends The best Canon lenses mix sharp optics with fast performance while hitting the sweet spot for price. There are many great lenses that offer an upgrade over your camera’s kit lens, and the best one for you depends on what you want to shoot. Based on our experience, user reviews, and third party
Getty Images Nintendo has instructed customer service representatives to stop charging customers to fix Nintendo Switch controllers suffering from Joy-Con drift, according to a new report. Drifting issues have plagued Switch players, causing controllers to register movement when no one touches the Joy-Con’s joysticks. The problem had become so bad that a law firm filed
Robot vacuums have come a long way in a few short years, evolving to the point where they are affordable and can serve as suitable alternatives to upright vacuums for many households. But while robot vacuums can remove the dust and debris from floors, the user still has to mop hard floor surfaces regularly for
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Bose just came out with a brand new pair of premium noise-canceling over-ears after over a decade of iterating on its acclaimed QuietComfort design. But just how good are the new Bose Noise Cancelling 700? Should you spend the extra dough on the company’s $400 new flagship, or are the older, time-tested
Spend all your money on that new iMac Pro, or just a fan of Apple’s Space Gray? Amazon’s knocked 30% off the Space Gray-colored Apple Magic Trackpad 2, bringing the trackpad down to its cheapest price yet. Normally $150 (yes there’s a premium for the color), right now you can snag the Apple Magic Trackpad
For most, the most appealing prospect of cutting the cord is saving a few bucks each month. If you only subscribe to Netflix, that may actually work, but once you subscribe to all the services it takes to get your favorite shows and movies, you may not be paying a whole lot less than you
Welcome to another episode of Jargon, the new show from Digital Trends that deciphers the complex lingo of various industries into words and concepts the rest of us can understand. We’re live each week on Tuesdays with a new set of jargon from a different industry. On this episode, host Myq Kaplan invests some time
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will open a broad antitrust review into the country’s biggest tech companies. The long-awaited antitrust review will focus on Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple and their dominance in internet search, social media, and retail. It will look at “whether and how market-leading online platforms have achieved market power
My first encounter with the 2020 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe felt like meeting The Mask. Instead of admiring it under the bright lights at an auto show, or checking it out as a .jpg in my inbox, I saw it draped with psychedelic, multi-colored camouflage in front of a non-descript testing center located on
Smart home technology has proven its worth on the consumer market, and has now begun to make its way into the health care sector. Surveys have shown that many senior citizens are able to retain much more independence thanks to smart home and remote-monitoring technology. The Australian health company HomeStay has taken this information to