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3 questions with Bruce Jette, the US Army’s acquisition chief

October 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Bruce Jette’s time serving as the U.S. Army’s acquisition chief has aligned almost entirely with the service’s ambitious effort to transition between its current fleet and a fully modernized force by 2030. The wheels have been quickly turning to field new capabilities, and it has kept Jette busy working to strike a balance between the service’s present needs and its future…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 is the first Android tablet to get Fortnite w/ 90fps

October 12, 2020
Samsung smartphones and tablets are the only places where you can officially get Fortnite right now, and now the company’s new tablets are getting a boost for the game. The new Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ can now play Fortnite at 90fps. Fortnite on Android has had the ability to play at 90fps on some devices, mainly from OnePlus, for a while now, but it’s not been expanded to any Android…
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US Army hones in on solution for new mid-range missile pursuit

October 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s new pursuit for a mid-range missile will be finalized by the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office by the end of the year, the office’s director told Defense News in an interview ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s…
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iPhone 12 Diary: One rumor may have changed my plans

October 12, 2020
I made an early start on an iPhone 12 Diary back in July because reports as of then were leading me to suspect that I was going to choose what we now believe will be called the iPhone 12 mini. But there is one rumor which might change my plans very significantly. The appeal…
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Tesla (TSLA) takes first step to produce 4680 battery cell in Texas

October 12, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has taken its first regulatory step to prepare for the production of its new 4680 battery cell in Texas. When we revealed Tesla’s new 4680 battery cell ahead of the Battery Day last month, we first reported about Tesla’s plan to deploy battery cell manufacturing capacity at Gigafactory Texas in Austin. Now we learn that Tesla has filed an air-quality permit application with the…
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What to expect from Apple’s iPhone 12 event

October 12, 2020
Apple’s next fall event kicks off tomorrow at 1PM ET, when the company is widely expected to reveal its new iPhone 12 lineup of smartphones. Rumors have given us a pretty good picture of what we can expect to see with these new phones, and Apple’s official “Hi…
DefenseNews

US Army solidifies requirements to counter small drones

October 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders approved in late September a set of requirements to help counter small drones, laying a path for how industry can develop technology to plug into a single command-and-control system, according to the general in charge of the effort. The defense secretary delegated the Army in November 2019 to lead the effort to take a petting zoo of counter-small unmanned…
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