DefenseNews

Here’s the US Navy’s plan to stop its string of shipbuilding failures

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. Instead of building ships and technologies in concert — as it did with the Zumwalt-class destroyer, the littoral combat…
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DefenseNews

US Navy rolls out new strategy for expanding Arctic operations

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…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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MobileNews

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

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 future.  The wearable packs a 1.47-inch, 194 x 364 (282ppi) vertical AMOLED display, and offers sleep, heart rate and blood…
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MobileNews

Widgetsmith for iOS updated with new health and fitness widgets for your iPhone’s home screen

Widgetsmith continues to add new ways to customize your iOS 14 home screen. A new update to the app today brings a new collection of health-focused widgets designed to help you start 2021 off right, as well as a new photo widget that displays the weather as well. First off, Widgetsmith now includes a variety of new step-counting widgets. You can set a daily step goal, then add a widget to your…
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