LONDON – British Ministry of Defence officials have confirmed the military will buy more than the 48 F-35B combat jets already on order, but they were reluctant to be drawn on exactly when and how many aircraft may eventually be involved when they gave evidence to the parliamentary Defence committee Dec 8.
The number and profile of a future order will in part be decided by the…
Tesla Full Self-Driving settings leak, revealing myriad of options, including some funny ones
December 9, 2020
The development settings for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta have leaked and it is revealing a myriad of options that FSD can do, including some funny ones.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been pushing its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software to a limited group…
Samsung is launching the Galaxy S21 flagships next month, but first, the Korean company has to acquire the required approvals across multiple markets. The latest certification comes from the FCC, where the vanilla Galaxy S21, codenamed SM-G991U appeared, featuring 25W wired…
OnePlus 9 Pro tipped to have IP rating, 9E to join the lineup
December 9, 2020
OnePlus has been under fire for skipping the IP water and dust-proof certificate on its flagship phones for years and the company finally introduced its first phone with an official IP rating this year – the OnePlus 8 Pro. However, the vanilla OnePlus 8 skipped that (except for those US carrier units) and according to the latest rumor, the smartphone maker is about to do the same with the…
The latest teardown victim of the folks over at iFixit is Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro which managed a 4/10 repairability score. Access to all major components is relatively easy though taking off the display requires plenty of caution due to the huge amount of adhesive used…
The Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is still Samsung’s latest non-foldable flagship. That’s why you get a cool new promo video right before the holidays serving as a useful reminder of how awesome it is and remind you to consider gifting one.
The video highlights the…
We’ve seen a lot of leaks regarding the upcoming Galaxy S21 family by Samsung recently, and today it’s time to check out the first one showing officially made stuff. Three short video teasers have been outed, purportedly coming straight from Samsung’s marketing department.
These confirm the designs of the Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra, as well as the fact that the S21 and S21+…
Samsung Galaxy A52 leaks in press renders
December 9, 2020
Samsung is working on expanding its range of affordable 5G devices even further, and one of the upcoming phones in that roster is the Galaxy A52 5G. This will follow in the footsteps of the A51 5G, which launched back in April.
A few press renders of the Galaxy A52 5G have…
Huawei tested facial recognition that targeted Uyghurs in China
December 9, 2020
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei tested facial recognition software that could identify minority Uyghur individuals and automatically send alerts to local authorities of their presence, according to a report obtained by The Washington Post. The document reportedly…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 8, 2020
December 9, 2020
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…
