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iOS 14: How to change default email and browser apps

October 21, 2020
A notable change with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 that didn’t see hardly any stage time during the WWDC keynote was that Apple will allow users to change their default email and web browser apps. Let’s take a look at how the option to change default email and browser apps works on iPhone and iPad in iOS 14. Up until now, Apple hasn’t allowed iPhone and iPad users to change the default account…
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DefenseNews

All US Navy destroyers will get hypersonic missiles, says Trump’s national security adviser

October 21, 2020
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Maine — The U.S. Navy plans to put hypersonic missiles on all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, President Donald Trump’s top national security official said Wednesday. The Navy wants to field hypersonic missiles first on the Virginia-class attack submarine, then on the new Zumwalt-class destroyers, and then finally across the Burkes, national security adviser Robert…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

EGEB: Poland’s largest utility wants to dump coal

October 21, 2020
Poland’s largest utility, PGE, announces it wants to get rid of coal and become net zero by 2050. EU environment ministers will make the EU’s pledge to reach net zero by 2050 legally binding. 66% of US voters said they support Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan. Arcadia…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla battery supplier LG Chem prepares to triple cylindrical cell production, hints at own 4680 cell

October 21, 2020
LG Chem, who recently started supplying Tesla with cylindrical battery cells, announced that it is preparing to triple cylindrical cell production. The company even hinted that it would make its own battery cells like Tesla’s new 4680 cell. Most automakers making electric vehicles are using pouch cells. On the other hand, Tesla has pioneered the use of cylindrical battery cells in its electric…
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DefenseNews

Italy’s Navy-Air Force tussle over the F-35 comes to a head

October 21, 2020
ROME — A long-running tussle between Italy’s Air Force and Navy over the F35-B jet is coming to a head as deadlines approach for deciding who gets the next aircraft to roll off the production line and where it will be based. Italy’s planned order for 30 of the…
MobileNews

iPhone 12 and 12 Pro get 20% shorter battery life when on 5G

October 21, 2020
It was already clear that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro would lose battery faster when hooked to 5G networks compared to 4G ones, but we didn’t know how much. Well now we sort of do, thanks to and their battery test – running a browser script at 150 nits and loading a new web page at 30 second intervals. Under those conditions the iPhone 12 lasted for 8:25 hours on 5G and 10:23…
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