Thursday Morning Minute

Officer David Lee

For years, the iPhone had the same set of physical buttons. We had the Mute switch, the Volume keys, and the power button that Apple now ambiguously calls the "Side button." Rumors have also said that Apple is working on creating an iPhone with no buttons or ports of any kind. With that in mind, many Apple fans were likely expecting the company to start removing buttons from the iPhone, not start adding more... but that's exactly what's happening. The iPhone 16 is the first iPhone lineup where all four models feature the same button changes. You get an Action button instead of the Mute switch on the left and a Camera Control button on the right, in the spot where some phones had a 5G antenna. It turns out that Apple was planning other button changes for the iPhone 16 series during development, but it abandoned those changes during the prototyping phase. The Camera Control is the only new button that survived. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus also get the Action button Apple only used for the iPhone 15 Pro models last year. Continue reading... The post Leak reveals new iPhone 16 features that never made it to Apple’s final version appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $50 off Eureka E20 Plus robot vac, $1,100 off LG C4 OLED TV, Blink cameras from $20, more Today’s deals: First Apple Watch Series 10 discount, $20 waterproof speaker, $17 myQ garage controller, more Today’s deals: $189 AirPods Pro, $50 DASH air fryer, $4.50 iPhone chargers, $99 DEWALT drill bundle, more Today’s deals: First AirPods 4 discount, $6 smart bulbs, $110 off Dyson V8, $6 MagSafe chargers, more

A man living in the Paris suburb of Corbeil-Essonnes was working on a renovation of his basement when he unearthed something chilling. It was the remains of what was clearly an ancient human skeleton, which had apparently been buried directly below the site where his home had been constructed many centuries following this individual’s death. The French homeowner contacted the authorities to report what he had discovered, and it was quickly concluded that his find was archaeologically significant. Researchers from the Regional Archaeology Service of Île-de-France were soon dispatched to the site to launch an official exploration, and what they ultimately recovered exceeded their wildest expectations. During a series of excavations carried out by Archeodunum in four separate sections of the basement, covering 560 square feet (52 square meters) of floor space, the archaeologists unearthed 38 skeletons, 10 of which were encased in plaster sarcophagi typical of early medieval burials. The remainder were buried in less elaborate wooden coffins placed inside pits, indicating that they’d lived and died in an earlier period. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning to the West about nuclear weapons use "irresponsible" and poorly timed, as world leaders gathered in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. "It's totally irresponsible, Blinken said in an ...

A bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Donald Trump is set to hold its first hearing Thursday as lawmakers rush to ensure candidate safety just weeks before the U.S. presidential election. The panel - comprised of seven...

After several difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will meet recruiting goals by the end of this month, and the Navy will come close, the military services say.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has asked defense industry groups how much their members make from contracts that withhold replacement parts and tools, pushing back on their opposition to a bill that would give the U.S. military a "right to repair" its own equipment.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to help schools create active shooter drills that are less traumatic for students yet still effective. The order also seeks to restrict new technologies that make guns easier to fire and...

China's intercontinental ballistic missile launch was for weapons testing and training, and was a routine and legitimate arrangement, its defense ministry said Thursday. China said on Wednesday it had successfully conducted a rare launch of an ICBM carrying a dummy warhead ...