WASHINGTON ― House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Tuesday criticized Lockheed Martin and other contractors over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and its exorbitant lifecycle costs.
“There’s no question that everyone involved ― certainly Lockheed Martin ― could be doing a better job on getting sustainment costs down,” Smith, D-Wash., told the Defense Writer’s Group.
Quick Charge Podcast: June 29, 2021
June 30, 2021
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…
SpaceX’s satellite internet network, Starlink, should have roughly 500,000 users within the next 12 months, Elon Musk said at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference on Tuesday. SpaceX’s current goal, Musk said, is to beam broadband internet to most of the planet by…
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PlayStation Studios added a new team today. Sony announced this morning that it is acquiring Returnal developer Housemarque. But this is seemingly not the last acquisition that Sony Interactive Entertainment has planned if you believe a now-deleted tweet from PlayStation Japan. In that social media post…
BioWare vet Casey Hudson opens Humanoid Studios
June 30, 2021
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Casey Hudson announced on Twitter today that he and a team of developers have started Humanoid Studios.
Hudson made his name at BioWare, directing RPG hits like Star Wars: Knights…
AI safety tools can help mitigate bias in algorithms
June 30, 2021
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As AI proliferates, researchers are beginning to call for technologies that might foster trust in AI-powered systems. According to a survey conducted by KPMG, across five countries…
Apple releases iOS 14.7 beta 4 to developers, more
June 30, 2021
Apple has released the fourth developer betas of iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 today. The company is also rolling out watchOS 7.6 developer beta 4, as well as tvOS 14.7 developer beta 4. Head below for the details.
Update: Now available to public beta testers as well.
Today’s new release of the iOS 14.7 beta 4 is available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if…
Mophie is out with its sharp MagSafe compatible accessory lineup for iPhone 12. But it went above and beyond by making Snap Adapters to bring the MagSafe functionality to all iPhones (and even Android smartphones). Here’s our full review of the Snap and Snap+ Mophie…
T-Mobile cleverly brings free 30-day Test Drive program to iPhone XS and later via eSIM
June 30, 2021
T-Mobile has offered its free to trial the network for years now and that used to mean giving the Uncarrier a go through a hotspot device. Now T-Mobile is offering a super seamless way for iPhone users to give it a without any strings or actually having to switch carriers…
If you’re looking for a portable wireless charger that’s capable of charging multiple devices at once, then check out the . This all-in-one charger is capable of charging your iPhone 12, Apple Watch, AirPods, and another Qi-enabled smartphone simultaneously. Hyper just launched its , and we’ve been able to try a pre-production version. Watch our hands-on video for the…
