WASHINGTON — After about a yearlong delay, the U.S. Air Force has begun fielding the Small Diameter Bomb II, a new Raytheon-produced smart weapon approved for use on the F-15E Strike Eagle jet, the service confirmed Oct. 13.
The decision, made by Air Combat Command on Sept. 23, paves the way for integration with the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet later this year. Following that…
Watch Tesla Solar Roof being installed in just 4 days but with caveats in new timelapse video
October 15, 2020
An interesting new timelapse video of a Tesla Solar Roof installation in just 4 days has been released, but there are some caveats.
We have recently been reporting on the difficult rollout of Tesla’s solar roof tiles as the company is still trying to accelerate the…
Army training, recruiting marches on despite COVID-19 challenges
October 15, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, locking down much of the United States in its path, the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command still had a job to do — recruit new soldiers and train the ones they had.
Gen. Paul Funk, TRADOC commander, talked with Army Times…
Google’s breast cancer-predicting AI research is useless without transparency, critics say
October 15, 2020
Back in January, Google Health, the branch of Google focused on health-related research, clinical tools, and partnerships for health care services, released an AI model trained on over 90,000 mammogram X-rays that the company said achieved better results than human radiologists. Google claimed that the algorithm could recognize more false negatives — the kind of images that look normal but…
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are both powered by Apple’s newest A14 Bionic processor, but early reports indicate that they differ in the amount of RAM they offer. For the first time, it appears that Apple is selling some iPhone 12 models with 6GB of RAM.
In the…
Spotify now has its own iOS 14 widget
October 15, 2020
In the weeks since iOS 14’s release, more and more apps have been adding new features that take advantage of what’s in Apple’s latest update. And now, Spotify is joining in. Today, the leading subscription music service announced the launch of its widget for iOS 14 and…
Vlogging from home has become more and more popular as video creators are driven indoors and are coming up with new and interesting ways to entertain their fans. A new version of the Canon EOS M50 Mark II camera could make the process of vlogging and interviewing easier with several new features, such as the ability to just tap the screen to autofocus on a subject while you’re looking through…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the automaker will reduce the price of the Model S again after Lucid Motors tried to undercut them with the base version of the Air.
Yesterday, Tesla reduced the price of the Model S by $3,000 to $71,990.
Today, Lucid announced the price and specs…
Sega marks its 60th anniversary with free mini-games on Steam
October 15, 2020
Sega is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and it&aposs marking the occasion with a week of festivities on Steam. There&aposs a sale on many Sega games including Persona 4 Golden, Bayonetta and the Total War series. You can claim a couple of titles for free…
Apple TV app arrives on Sony’s Android TVs starting today
October 15, 2020
Apple TV+ has been around for nearly a year at this point and, back at the service’s launch, the Apple TV app was confirmed to be coming to Sony’s Android TV models. Following a false start earlier this year, that app is finally available starting today.
Sony is rolling out a software update to its X900H series televisions starting today. That series includes sizes from 55-inches all the…
