Mortarmen from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, practice crew drills during an exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, Oct. 11, 2020. (U.S. Army/Spc. Demi Jones)
The Army is pursuing a new plan to train and deploy units at the same time it modernizes, with the goal of preparing…
Lupe Guillen, younger sister to missing Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, addresses the crowd on June 12, 2020, outside the gates of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. Dozens of people gathered to support the family of the soldier who went missing one month ago. (Heather Osbourne/Austin…
The Army Is Looking into the Soldier who Vibed with Cranberry Juice and Fleetwood Mac During an Airborne Jump
October 22, 2020
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A soldier has one-upped everyone filming themselves skating while drinking cranberry juice and singing along with Fleetwood Mac with a new version of the beloved TikTok meme that was filmed hundreds of feet in the air.
The video of the unidentified…
'Soldiers' Careers Depend on It': Senators Want to Halt Army Combat Fitness Test Rollout
October 22, 2020
Spc. Efren Gandara performs leg tucks during a pilot for the Army Combat Readiness Test, a six-event assessment designed to reduce injuries and replace the current Army Physical Fitness Test. (U.S. Army)
Two senators are asking other lawmakers on Capitol Hill to support a push to pause implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test, which they say sets unrealistic standards for some…
One of the major complaints about the first generation Nikon Z6 and Z7 was the lack of a proper battery grip—not just lack, Nikon didn’t even include the connections for one. But as it turns out, you can still get a proper vertical grip for both of these cameras…
The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are both officially going on sale starting this Friday. Thanks to a teardown video posted by Century Weifeng Technology, we are getting a close look inside the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 model.
The teardown video compares the iPhone 12 to the iPhone 11 and…
Elon Musk made some rare new comments on Tesla Cybertruck and gave a better idea of the production ramp for the electric pickup truck.
During the conference call following Tesla’s release of its Q3 2020 financial results, Musk was asked to give more color on the production ramp of the Cybertruck and when we can expect deliveries.
The CEO started by mentioning that he recently did a design…
The first Tesla vehicles are starting to go into the tunnels of the new Boring Company Loop in Las Vegas for testing.
It looks like they are getting closer to launching the new transportation system.
A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which autonomous…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 21, 2020
October 22, 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…
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2020 results: destroys both revenue and profit expectations
October 22, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has released its financial results and shareholders letter for the third quarter of 2020 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh for the latest information.
As we reported in our Q3 earnings preview post yesterday, the market had high expectations for…
