Fairphone, the sustainable smartphone manufacturer that tries to make easy-to-repair devices with responsive materials, has announced its latest handset. The Fairphone 3 Plus is an upgraded version of last year’s Fairphone 3 with improved cameras and speakers. More interestingly, however, if you already bought a phone from last year and …

(Updates to Hurricane Laura Landing in Louisiana) By Ernest Scheyder and Jennifer Hiller PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Aug. 26 (Reuters) – Hurricane Laura struck early Thursday in southwest Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, with forecasters warning it hit a massive wall of water 40 …

A Navy sailor is being monitored in connection with the massive four-day fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard, which investigators suspect they were intentionally set up. Navy investigators searched the unknown sailing house to look for links to the fire that caused substantial damage to the ship, multiple sources told …

Share on PinterestProvinces of provincial provinces like these in California have relied primarily on “gold standard” COVID-19 tests, not rapid tests. Getty Images People are increasingly using rapid coronavirus tests to screen for the virus before attending an event. Rapid antigen tests for the new coronavirus are less accurate than …

Computer simulation of the disturbance of a star through a black hole shows the formation of an eccentric application disk of star material rotating in the black hole. This image from a video of the simulation shows the early stage in the formation of the disk. Credit: Jamie Law-Smith and …