DefenseNews

How Elite Arctic Rangers and Combat Controllers Used to Train for Cold-Weather Rescues

August 29, 2022
U.S. Army “Arctic Rangers” — an elite company-sized force — parachuted more than 100 miles north of Point Barrow, Alaska, in March 1971 to train for remote rescues. (U.S. Army photo) In 1971, 16 “over-the-pole” commercial flights passed over the Arctic territory between Europe and Alaska every day. Rescue operations weren’t in place to mobilize in the event of a catastrophic…
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GamingNews

Valve is testing a redesigned Steam mobile app

August 29, 2022
For over a decade, Valve has offered access to Steam through Android and iOS clients. In recent years, however, the Steam mobile app hasn’t gotten much attention from the company. Not only does it look dated, but it’s also a pain to use. I only keep it on my iPhone to…
MobileNews

Galaxy Watch 5 Review: Wear OS’ best gets just a little bit better

August 28, 2022
After years of neglect, Google finally gave Wear OS a boost last year, and that arrived with the help of Samsung and the Galaxy Watch 4. Finally, good hardware gave the platform a chance to thrive, which is only getting better now. How can you follow up the watch that tripled platform sales in just one year? With the Galaxy Watch 5, Samsung answers that question with some relatively minor…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 27, 2022

August 28, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now onApple Podcasts,Spotify,TuneInand ourRSS feedfor Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through…
MobileNews

Google Keep adds Wear OS 3 tile to quickly create notes

August 28, 2022
Over the past year especially, Google has encouraged Wear OS app developers to add tiles, and Google Keep is now the latest first-party application to do so. It’s quite simple with two circular buttons at the center for starting a new note or list. A pill-shaped “Browse” button is at the bottom to open Google Keep and view everything that’s been created. The app icon appears at the very…
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MobileNews

Lock in your iPhone trade-in price now before Apple’s iPhone 14 event

August 28, 2022
With the launch of the new iPhone 14 models coming up, previous iPhone models are about to lose value. In fact, in the past few years they have lost about 12% in value in the first month following the launch of the new iPhones and an average of 23% in the three months post-launch. That means now is the perfect time to trade in your old phone ahead of upgrading to a new model. — 9to5Mac’s…
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