Samsung reclaimed its “top smartphone vendor” title from Huawei in Q3 2020, according to the latest figures from Canalys, while Apple slipped into fourth place behind Xiaomi — the first time the iPhone maker has missed the top three in at least 12 years.
While smartphone shipments were down 1% from the corresponding period last year, Canalys figures suggest they increased by 22% from Q2…
The U.S. sanctions against Huawei are working. We learned last week that the Chinese company’s growth slowed sharply with Q3 2020 revenue of $32.5 billion, up just 3.7% year-over-year. Revenue growth for the first nine months of 2020 was 9.9%, compared to 24.4% for the…
While 2020 won’t be remembered fondly in history books, it has been quite good for Apple, which is ending its fiscal 2020 with record revenues for three of its four quarters. Today, Apple announced record fourth quarter revenues of $64.7 billion, once again citing strength…
Google Search rivals urge EU to revisit Android antitrust case
November 2, 2020
A group of search engines from around the world are banding together to demand European Union regulators address Google’s dominance in the online search market. They are also urging the EU to take a closer look at Google’s controversial auction process.
The news comes hot on the heels of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case, which formally launched last week. The suit…
Thirteen years after the first model hit stores, there’s no question that the iPhone is a massive success: Hundreds of millions of active users, unit sales measured in the billions, and a sprawling app economy are just a few of the more obvious signs. Regardless of how…
iOS 14.1 makes 5G only a little less confusing than Android 11
November 2, 2020
It’s easy to describe early 5G networks right now as messy: under-built, inconsistently performant, and quite likely to confuse potential users. All of the major carriers now portray 5G as a journey, not a destination, and since customers won’t necessarily find 5G…
Military Criminal Justice. (U.S. Air Force)
For Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch, everything goes back to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
When bin Laden was killed by a team of U.S. special operators in May 2011, Branch was in Iraq. But his real trouble began in February 2014, when he was working as a public affairs specialist at the headquarters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation…
Houston Army Recruiters Encounter Outrage, Hostility in Wake of Vanessa Guillen's Death
November 2, 2020
An enlistment ceremony for Houston residents at Halliburton’s headquarters in Houston, Feb. 27, 2019. (U.S. Army/Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold)
At Fort Hood, Texas, Army leaders have acknowledged they have to rebuild trust with soldiers following the disappearance and…
Donna Smith, supervisor of the Clothing Initial Issue Point inside Vessey Hall, gets Pvt. Andrew Fraughton of A Battery, 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artillery fitted for the jacket of the Army Green Service Uniform, Oct. 14, 2020. (Mitch Meador, Fort Sill Tribune)
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Army Receives First Infantry Squad Vehicles for Carrying Foot Soldiers into the Fight
November 2, 2020
The ISV, made by GM Defense and its partner Ricardo Defense, is the latest Army effort to equip troops with modernized battlefield transport. (Photo courtesy of GM Defense)
The Army now has its first four lightweight Infantry Squad Vehicles that are specially designed to carry infantry foot soldiers into battle.
The delivery of the first four ISVs, made by GM Defense, and its partner Ricardo…
