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Spark Mail is one of the more popular email apps for Android, and it just got its Android 13 update. The main change that this update delivers is the Material You color matching, which Spark Mail users have been waiting for.That’s not all, though. The Spark Mail UI design has been refreshed as part of this update too. The company says that it “revised every detail to make Spark feel more friendly, delightful, and native to the Android platform”.Spark Mail gets Android 13 update and becomes more customizable because of…

Carmaker Stellantis has signed a deal with Australian miner Element 25 for the supply of manganese sulphite for batteries for its electric vehicles (EVs), the two companies said. The agreement marks another step in efforts by Stellantis to secure long-term supplies of raw materials essential for electric vehicles as carmakers prepare for a surge in global demand for EVs in the transition towards cleaner motoring.Read Also Stellantis, the world's third-largest carmaker by sales, has previously signed deals with GME…

Google has updated the account switcher in the Google Messages app with Material You design and Dynamic Colour feature, reports 9To5Google. The latest design change is available in the newly-released beta version of the app. The account switching panel, as the name suggests, allows you to switch between different Google accounts that you’ve added to the app, and you can find this panel in all Google apps in the top-right corner of the screen. The most noticeable change in the redesigned panel is its colors. Thanks to the…

A group of researchers has discovered that a special metallic alloy consisting of chromium, cobalt, and nickel is the toughest material on Earth. Based on experiments and tests, as well as findings published in the journal Science, the alloy is more than 100 times stronger than graphene, which is often considered a “wonder material.” To test the strength of the newly named toughest material on Earth, the researchers subjected it to extremely cold temperatures. Usually, metals and alloys tend to crack or…

We can hear fans of the video game preparing for battle already, but before you take to the internet to slam HBO’s upcoming zombified adventure: Yes, the creators of the show are making a few changes to the source material — which is a risk. And The Last of Us has been not-so-subtly hailed as the greatest video game of its generation, and redefined the entire industry’s concept of what a narrative-based game looked like. It stands to reason then that fans of the games would be incredibly protective over something that in…

Google is finally rolling out the Android Auto app with the new Material You design in stable form for all. The new update announced at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023, brings in a redesigned UI and some exciting features like Coolwalk UI for all, split screen functionality, as well as multitasking features. The app, which allows users to connect their Android phones to their car screen, was first previewed at Google I/O 2022, with the tech giant rolling out a beta version in November.According to a blog…

Heating and cooling systems are among the biggest guzzlers of energy, contributing to a vicious cycle of climate change that then drives higher use of heating and cooling. Now engineers at Berkeley Lab have developed a new technology that heats and cools by switching a material between solid and liquid states, inducing a large temperature change from a small voltage.Most air conditioning and refrigeration systems currently in use work through vapor compression, where a refrigerant cycles between a liquid and a gas. In its…

Visualization of the microscope tip exposing material to terahertz light. The colors on the material represent the light-scattering data, and the red and blue lines represent the terahertz waves. Credit: U. S. Department of Energy Ames National LabA new characterization tool was developed by a team of scientists, allowing them to gain unique insight into a possible alternative material for solar cells. They developed a microscope that uses terahertz waves to collect data on material samples. The team, from the Department…

Belkin, a household name in the world of smartphone accessories and chargers, has today announced a shift in the materials used in many of its most popular products in a bid to be more eco-friendly. The company revealed that the new material set to clad many of its products is made from 73-75% post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR), essentially taking the plastic waste from consumers destined for landfill and turning it into something useful. That’s something we can all get behind with an estimated 347 tonnes of…

Google, an American technology company, has launched the new Material You design for the Nearby Share app on the…