Samsung has now officially launched the Exynos 2100 chipset that will be the bedrock of global Galaxy S21 handsets ahead of Unpacked 2021.
The latest chip is built upon the 5nm EUV manufacturing process, with notable performance and power efficiency gains over its predecessor – the Exynos 990. It is the first flagship Samsung chip to come with an integrated 5G modem and also the first to…
Porsche announced that it sold more than 20,000 Taycan electric cars in its first full-year of production.
The electric car is becoming one of the brand’s best-selling models.
Porsche Taycan in 2020
Porsche released its 2020 results today and confirmed that total…
Sony promises streaming quality nearly as good as 4K Blu-ray on Bravia Core movie service
January 12, 2021
Sony’s new line of Bravia XR television sets will allow customers to watch and stream movies at some of the highest quality available in the consumer market through its new Bravia Core platform, according to the company.
Bravia XR owners will be able to choose from a…
Camera Sales Shrank 40% in 2020
January 12, 2021
While monitoring the camera market over the past year has been like riding a volatile roller coaster, now that 2020 is behind us it can be properly evaluated as a whole. BCN+R, a major Japanese camera retailer, has released its data from the whole of 2020 and it is unsurprisingly pretty bleak.
Because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the photography market was largely upended from its usual…
Nikon Has Likely Discontinued the D3500 and D5600 DSLRs
January 12, 2021
Nikon Japan has designated the D5600 and D3500 as “old product,” which has historically meant that the cameras were being discontinued. This news comes after the Nikon D5600 was Japan’s top-selling DSLR of 2020.
Though it continues to sell well, Nikon’s designation…
MapCamera, one of Japan’s leading camera retailers, has published its top 10 sales for new and used digital cameras in December of 2020. The top slot for new cameras was claimed by Canon for its R5, while Nikon’s Z7 II entered the ranking at number two. The Fujifilm…
User successfully runs Ubuntu on a jailbroken iPhone 7
January 12, 2021
The jailbreak process lets users run several tweaks and other iOS modifications, but one user recently decided to go further and install the Ubuntu operating system on an iPhone. The experiment was shared by the user identified as “newhacker1746” on Reddit.
According to the user, the iPhone 7 used during the process was no longer working due to a problem in its internal storage. That’s…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s top officer has laid down the gauntlet: The service must deliver two new classes of surface ships on time.
After 20 years of what two leading lawmakers last year called “absurd acquisition debacles,” the Navy is changing its approach.
The addition of utility-scale solar capacity is expected to set a new record by adding 15.4 GW of capacity to the US grid in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today.
Solar leads the 2021 pack with 39% of total new US electricity generating…
US Navy rolls out new strategy for expanding Arctic operations
January 12, 2021
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Department of the Navy released details of a new strategy for operations in the Arctic as competition for resources among nations increases in the region.
Members of Alaska’s congressional delegation have expressed support for the increased focus on the Arctic, the Juneau Empire reported Saturday.
The Navy statement titled “A Blue Arctic” provides an outline…
