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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…
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DefenseNews

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…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2021

January 12, 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…
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Sony shares more details of its VISION-S electric car concept, starts road testing

January 12, 2021
Sony released multiple videos showing off their Sony VISION-S electric car concept, which they first unveiled in a surprise move one year ago at CES. The videos provide new insights on the design and engineering of the car, comments from partners Sony is working with, and reveal that Sony has started testing their vehicle on public roads near their engineering center in Graz, Austria. We…
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MobileNews

Honor's Band 6 wearable is coming to the US for around $35

January 12, 2021
Honor, currently in the process of extricating itself from Huawei, will start selling its Honor Band 6 fitness tracker in the US. The barebones wearable, which launched in China back in November, will arrive on these shores at an as-yet unspecified date in the very near…
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PopSockets reveals new MagSafe-compatible PopGrips for iPhone 12, more

January 12, 2021
PopSockets is embracing the iPhone 12’s new MagSafe functionality with a handful of new accessories. Leading the way today is the PopGrip for MagSafe, which is a grip that attaches magnetically to MagSafe-compatible cases for iPhone 12. For those unfamiliar, iPhone accessories for many people. You simply attach one to the back of your iPhone, and you have a built-in handle that makes the…
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