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 in its growing services business, as well as an all-time record for Mac sales, offset by the atypical absence of first…
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…
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 signals wherever they go, initial attempts to squeeze them for extra monthly 5G access fees have mostly gone away, at least for…
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…
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)
Army privates at Fort Sill, Oklahoma are the lucky first trainees to receive the service’s new World War II-style dress…
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…
The Military Is Developing a 'Close Combat Assault Ration' Up to 40% Lighter than an MRE
November 2, 2020
Soldier assigned to Task Force Raider enjoys a lunch break at Bemowo Piskie training area, Poland, Nov 15, 2018. (Tennessee Army National Guard/Sgt. Arturo Guzman)
As the U.S. military prepares for future fights that may see units dispersed and on their own for extended…
'Shots in Arms Within 24 Hours:' Army General's Complex Vaccine Delivery Task Takes Shape
November 2, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington, as Army Gen. Gustave Perna, who is leading Operation Warp Speed, watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Once a COVID-19 vaccine is ready, all eyes will be on a four-star Army officer — Gen. Gus Perna — to head up a complicated and…
