DefenseNews

Congress clashes with Army over purchasing cargo helicopters

WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, Congress is poised to bolster the CH-47F Chinook Block II program as the Army holds steady on its decision to scale back and only buy the latest variant for special operators. Both the House and Senate appropriators are injecting cash into the Boeing-manufactured, F-model Chinook program in fiscal 2021 to buy them for the active force after the Army…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: November 12, 2020

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
NewsPhotography

Kenneth McKenzie’s Lost Photos from World War II

I met a man who owned a ton of his uncle’s photos he took during his time in World War II. The images by Kenneth McKenzie start in Vancouver and Banff where they did their training, then all across Europe. Kenneth McKenzie with his Brownie in hand and Caesar by his side. While there are many images like these, what makes these special in my opinion is that each of the images has a handwritten…
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MobileNews

Huawei nova 8 and Honor V40 to have similar camera design

There might be uncertainties around the future of Honor, with Huawei offloading the brand to Digital China, but for now the phone maker has no plans to step on the brakes, on the contrary – a leakster claims we are going to see both the Huawei nova 8 lineup and the…
MobileNews

Oppo Inno Day 2020 scheduled for November 17, 125W charging phone incoming

Oppo is set to continue its consumer innovations showcase events dubbed Inno Day and the 2020 edition is scheduled to take place on November 17 in Shenzhen, China. Oppo uses this event to demo its latest developments in the mobile sphere. Last year the maker demonstrated its under-display camera, AR headset as well as a 5G router. According to rumors provided by Chines tipster , this year we’ll…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra to support S Pen, tipster claims

Noted tipster who has one of the most accurate track records on Samsung devices is confirming that the upcoming Galaxy S21 Ultra will pack an S Pen stylus. There were previous reports that the S Pen would make its way to the upcoming S21 Ultra and that the Galaxy Note…
MobileNews

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max first teardown confirms battery capacity

The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max will be available tomorrow for pickup and shipments but today a teardown surfaced, giving us us a look into the internals of the flagship. The biggest change since the iPhone 11 Pro Max is the position of the motherboard that also is affecting the…
MobileNews

The new 2.5x telephoto camera on iPhone 12 Pro Max still not used in the dark

This year Apple made Night Mode available for the selfie and ultrawide cameras on the new iPhone 12 series – up until now it was only available for the main camera. But Apple also announced a new longer 2.5x telephoto camera on the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which many expected would be able to shoot Night Mode shots, despite Apple’s deliberate silence on the matter. Well, it…
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