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The United States Army’s Special Operations Command is reportedly ditching its slow and clunky Android phones for the faster iPhone with a sharper display. In other words, the Army thinks iPhones are just better.
According to a source who spoke to DoD Buzz, the Android phone used as part of the special forces tactical assault kit just wasn’t cutting it. Android would freeze unexpectedly, especially when trying to watch aerial feeds of unmanned drones, the source said. Now, the Army is going to give the iPhone 6s a spin.
The smartphones allow members of the Special Operations Command to access rich information about the battlefield. There’s also quickly accessible information, like a weapons and ammunitions guide. Other apps can help with high altitude jumps; another can detect radiation. While DARPA helped develop the program on Andro...
The Army has yet to confirm the switch, but Gizmodo has reached out to the Army for comment.
UConn recruit and Ossining High School senior Aubrey Griffin was selected to play in this year’s McDonald’s All-American game.
The roster for the 18th annual all-American game was released Thursday and includes Griffin. She is the Huskies' only recruit in the class of 2019. Ranked 33rd by ESPN, Griffin signed her National Letter of Intent to play for UConn in November.
Also of note on the rosters are Haley Jones and Aliyah Boston, who were both targeted by UConn. Jones committed to Stanford and Boston committed to South Carolina.
Griffin can be seen in the McDonald’s All-American game on March 27 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The game will air at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.
If you like your brownies ooey-gooey and ultra-fudgy, this trick is for you.
When it comes to cooking and baking hacks, Alton Brown knows what's up.
So when I came across one of his brownies recipes (called cocoa brownies 2.0) that had a clever trick for making them extra fudgy, I knew I needed to share it. 👀 Because let's be honest — fudgy brownies are THE BEST brownies.
"Proof positive that technique is just as important as ingredients," reads Brown's headnote.
His trick? Baking the brownies in a 300°F oven for 15 minutes, then removing the brownies from the oven and letting them sit on the counter for 15 minutes. After that 15-minute rest time, he pops them back in the oven to finish baking.
The final baking time will take about 30 minutes, and Brown suggests using an instant-read thermometer to check the brownies' temperature so they are perfectly baked.
You want them to be 195°F. If you don't have a thermometer, you can get one on Amazon for $10.99.
And that's it! A simple resting time during the baking process makes all the difference and creates "an ooey-gooey brownie" you'll want to make over and over again. It doesn't really take any additional work, just a little patience.
So the next time you bake brownies, give this hack a try!
What's your trick for making perfectly fudgy brownies?
Twitter confirmed Monday that it will offer users a choice between the current algorithmic feed and old-style Twitter, where you are presented with the most recent tweets from the people you follow, Axios' Kia Kokalitcheva reports.
The details: As seen in the tweet above, the platform plans to allow users to switch between possible timelines, and will be testing this in coming weeks.
How it works: As of Monday, according to the company, users who turn off the "Show the best Tweets first" setting will only see tweets from accounts they follow, in reverse chronological order (newest first). The new feature Twitter says it's working on will make it easier to toggle back and forth between the filtered ...
Why it matters: Longtime users, especially those who visit the site frequently, complain they often see tweets that are hours or days old.
"Twitter’s going to be usable again! Well, except for the bots and harassment and racism."
European laws and proposals meant to rein in the tech giants are inadvertently empowering them, Axios' Sara Fischer and David McCabe report.
Driving the news: The European Parliament last week passed a directive that would overhaul its copyright law and would force platforms to impose strict filters for copyright violations or face fines.
Regulatory analysts argue that the law seems manageable for Google and Facebook, while some activists say it would crush smaller firms.
Go deeper: Sara and David have more here.
"At the end of the day, politics comes for you."
Quoted: That's a hard reality that startups must face and embrace, according to Bradley Tusk, an ex-Mike Bloomberg campaign manager turned tech investor.
Why it matters: Tusk has parlayed his career’s lessons into a new book, “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics,” which he hopes can help startups operating in highly regulated industries like transportation, sports betting, and cannabis.
Top lesson: “You've got to take government and politics seriously because it can make or break your business,” Tusk tells Axios. After years in politics, he decided to open a consultancy to help businesses launch political-style campaigns on public issues.
In 2011, he was introduced to Uber’s then-CEO Travis Kalanick, who needed some help dealing with New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission.
The big picture: Tusk’s book includes guides to help startups deal with a number of political dilemmas, but he also argues for the value of applying a “basic conscience” in those situations.
Tusk worked for then-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and briefly for Lehman Brothers before the bank declared bankruptcy, which reinforced that "very obvious message," he says.
🎙Axios' Dan Primack chats with Tusk on Monday's Pro Rata podcast.
Remember that cellphone emergency alert test we wrote about in yesterday's Login? Well, it's now been pushed back to Oct. 3.
No word on whether protesters now plan to shut off their phones on that day.
Recode's Code Commerce concludes in New York.
Barnard College has hired Rutgers University professor Rebecca Wright to help the school launch its computer science program.
Today I learned something new about Duck Hunt for the original Nintendo — information that junior-high-school me would have greatly appreciated.
Both as governor of California and as president of the United States, Ronald Reagan was devoted to the appointment of judges who understood the proper role of the judiciary and the important limitations the U.S. Constitution sets on government.
He took office as governor amid great controversy about the politicization of the judiciary and the quality of judicial appointments. So he initiated a new system for considering the candidates for California’s courts.
He organized in each county a group composed of a presiding judge, the president of the local bar association and one to three residents knowledgeable about the court system and the candidates. From their individual assessments, he was able to select the judge with the best qualifications and eliminate any who did not ...
As he was running for president, Ronald Reagan raised the issue of “judicial activism” among the federal courts. He noted that too many judges were substituting their own personal views, policy preferences and political ideas for what the Constitution and the statutes enacted by Congress actually provided. Many legal s...
Most important to the president was the fact that judicial activism violated the basic constitutional principles of limited government and of checks and balances. When the federal courts turned from interpreting the law to making the law or improperly interfered with the actions of the executive branch, they usurped th...
Ronald Reagan was committed to restoring the concept of constitutional fidelity. Judges, he maintained, should base their decisions on the original meaning of the Constitution and of the federal statutes. He explained that the Founding Fathers had given careful thought to the role of the federal judiciary and thought t...
He considered this principle, known as judicial restraint, critical to the fair administration of justice. He said that the courts, like the Constitution itself, must not be liberal or conservative, but solely focused on following the law and preserving justice.
To remedy this situation, the president directed the Department of Justice to develop a method for examining candidates for the federal judiciary. In addition to the usual background investigation and evaluation by the American Bar Association, the attorney general and his staff established a system of interviews and e...
By instituting within his administration this emphasis on judicial restraint and constitutionalism, President Reagan produced a virtual revolution in judicial philosophy. For years, the courts had departed from their legitimate role with little criticism from the legal community, the news media or political commentator...
The work of the Justice Department in carrying out the president’s directions on judicial selection provided the implementation of the “originalism” philosophy. Justices of the Supreme Court, as well as appellate and trial court judges, were appointed on the basis of this doctrine. To make clear his personal interest i...
The president’s careful efforts produced the same results at the federal level as he had in California: a judiciary of increasingly high-quality judges committed to constitutional government.
Ed Meese holds the Ronald Reagan Chair at the Heritage Foundation and was U.S. attorney general during the Reagan administration.
This week the U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for an aspiring rapper named 'BabyTeeth' who is accused of beating his girlfriend with a hammer.
DETROIT (WXYZ) — This week the U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for an aspiring rapper named 'BabyTeeth' who is accused of beating his girlfriend with a hammer.
Police say all you have to do is search 'BabyTeeth' and you'll find 27-year-old Dana Henry's music. Henry's crimes -- gang activity and domestic abuse -- span across metro Detroit, and police believe he could be anywhere.
"When we found out about his aspiring rap career, we were kind of shocked at his name 'BabyTeeth.' You have a guy that likes to beat women, he’s a drug dealer and he kind of picks the name baby teeth," said U.S. Marshals Deputy Rob Watson.
Deputies say Henry's crimes are anything but small. He allegedly attacked his girlfriend at her home on Detroit's east side.
"Not only did he beat this woman, he picked up the hammer and hit her in the head with it," said Watson. "And to make matters worse, then he picks up a gun and puts it to her face with these two kids there to see it and threatens to kill their mother."
The suspect is also reportedly a member of the 11 deep gang located in Detroit.
"The gang is called 11 deep, but once we arrest this guy, they’re gonna have to change their name to 10 deep," Watson said.
Police say Henry is still freely using social media to promote his rap career. He has criminal history in Taylor, River Rouge, Detroit and Dearborn, and officers believe he could be in any metro Detroit community.
He is 6-feet 2-inches, about 150 pounds and has a tattoo on his neck.
U.S. Marshals are counting on your help to put BabyTeeth behind bars.
"This is one of the big reasons we do Detroit’s Most Wanted -- to get communities out there and involved, to get them engaged, so they can have a stand, so they can work with law enforcement to let us know where these problems are and get these people off the street," said Watson.
As always, there's a cash reward for any information leading to Dana Henry's arrest. You can call the U.S. Marshals anytime at (313) 234-5656.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says despite projections of deceleration in global economic activity, the 2019 economic outlook for its borrowing member countries (BMC) is positive.
“CDB is projecting that real GDP (gross domestic product) growth will be 2.1 per cent, as construction, tourism, and the extractive industries, such as gold and oil, are expected to expand,” the CDB said in a “Regional Economic Summary 2018,” released here.
“The expectation is that all but one of the BMCs will grow, once again led by Grenada. The rate of growth will be higher in Guyana, as the country prepares for commercial oil production starting in 2020. The one exception is Barbados, where the level of activity will remain the same,” said the region's premier financia...
“In spite of all these developments, in 2018 most of CDB's BMCs recorded positive economic growth. Growth averaged 1.9 per cent, an improvement on 0.5 per cent in 2017. The fastest growing economies were Grenada (5.2 per cent), Antigua and Barbuda (3.5 per cent) and Guyana (3.4 per cent). For Antigua and Barbuda and so...
It added, conversely, real gross domestic product contracted in Barbados despite modest gains in tourism, one of its key sectors.
“This contraction was attributed to the impact of fiscal consolidation and the fall in construction activity. Anguilla's economy also contracted, due to an almost 40 per cent fall-off in visitor arrivals, following hurricane damage to the hotel stock in 2017.
Overnight visitor arrivals increased by 15 per cent in Belize and by about 10 per cent in the Cayman Islands and in Grenada. In the commodity exporting countries, higher oil production and prices drove increased growth in Suriname and in Trinidad and Tobago.
Hockey fans hoping to see their favorite NHL players compete for the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, likely will be disappointed.
The International Olympic Committee and the NHL haven’t worked out their differences in recent months, and the NHL isn’t likely to allow its players to compete in the Olympics as a result.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman painted a dire picture Tuesday in his latest update on the Olympic situation.
BREAKING: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on 2018 Olympics: "Assume we're not going."
Shutting down the league for multiple weeks while the Olympics play out is among the issues for the NHL, although one could argue an exciting Olympic hockey tournament could add even more interest for the last portion of the NHL’s regular season.
NHL players have competed at the last five Olympic games. Canada has won the last three gold medals, including a triumph over the United States in Vancouver back in 2010.
Amateur players competing at the Olympics instead of professionals probably will provide fans with plenty of excitement, but it’s still really fun to watch the best players in the world go toe-to-toe for the gold.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the very best hockey players in the world will be in South Korea next year.
O.J. Mayo rebounded from a subpar game with 22 points and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 92-85 victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.
Two of Milwaukee's three victories this season have come against Boston. The Bucks beat the Celtics, 105-98, on Nov. 1 in Boston.
Jared Sullinger scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds, while Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford added 18 points apiece for the Celtics.
Milwaukee's Brandon Knight had his second consecutive solid game, scoring 20 points with nine rebounds and eight assists after scoring 17 points against Charlotte.
Boston missed its first nine shots of the fourth quarter, allowing Milwaukee to go on a 10-0 run and take an 80-63 lead on Gary Neal's short jumper with 7:24 to go.
The Celtics then went on an 18-5 run, pulling within 88-81 on Green's 3-pointer with 1:20 to go. After each team failed to score on their next possessions, Knight made a layup to make it 90-81 with 55 seconds to go.
Mayo scored only five points on 2-of-11 shooting in the Bucks' 92-76 loss Friday night at Charlotte, but shot 9 of 14 Saturday to give Milwaukee its first win since beating Cleveland 109-104 on Nov. 6.
John Henson had a season-high 13 points and 13 rebounds for Milwaukee.
Mayo had eight points in the third quarter and the Bucks led 70-63 heading to the fourth.
Knight made all five of his shots, including two 3-pointers, to score 12 points in the second quarter, helping Milwaukee to a 47-41 halftime lead. The Bucks took the lead for good at 44-41 on Knight's 3-pointer with 1:42 left in the half.
The Celtics have struggled at the start of games but came out with a solid first quarter for the second consecutive game. Sullinger had nine points and Boston scored 20 points in the paint to lead 27-19 after one.
France’s then President Nicolas Sarkozy tore into Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s plan to hold a referendum, during the 2011 G20 summit in Cannes, France.
In a series of stories, London’s Financial Times unfolds the proceedings following the former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s decision to call a national referendum in 2011 on the bailout package imposed on Greece by the EU and the IMF, while also addressing the other EU leaders and the decisions taken at the ...
“George Papandreou, the scion of Greece’s most famous political dynasty, had returned to Athens from one of the most consequential EU crisis summits to find his country in upheaval. On October 27, 2011 in Brussels, he had agreed to the largest sovereign default in history – a €200bn debt restructuring that cut what Ath...
“Das ist nicht fair.” That is not fair, the German chancellor said angrily in the presence of astonished French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama, tears welling in her eyes. “Ich bringe mich nicht selbst um.” I’m not going to commit suicide.
Finally, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Greece’s Finance Minister intervened and eventually put a stop to Papandreou’s much-desired referendum.
“Mr Papandreou’s referendum was dead. As was his premiership,” the FT underlines.
and that’s the strategy that Syriza talks about. Out of the EU, out of the Euro, and out of Nato, Syriza will save Greece by taking our homes and bank accounts.
Greeks will return to the fields under the olive trees with their goats and sheep because if they want to buy anything imported it will not be at 400 drachs to 1USD, it will most likely be 1200 or more drachs to one dollars.
Syriza doesn’t know what they are talking about. Their anti-Euro rhetoric sounds nice on the surface but the rest of their economic policy, which is ironically almost identical to that of XAs, doesn’t back up the rhetoric.

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