'You have to make the best of it': How US Navy sailors celebrate Thanksgiving at sea

ABOARD A U.S. NAVY SHIP IN THE PERSIAN GULF — It's a time for ritual, renewing family bonds, reminiscing and eating too many sweet potatoes.

But if you're one of nearly 340,000 active duty U.S. Navy personnel deployed on 81 ships and submarines around the world this Thanksgiving, it's about this: sailors looking after sailors.

"We're a warship, 24-7, but every Thanksgiving I've had at sea is special," said Cmdr. Jason Lester, the commanding officer of USS Farragut, a 500-foot destroyer deployed here to help maintain maritime security for one of the world's busiest transit points for oil tankers.

Weakening Dorian moves north, Iran defies nuclear deal, NFL resumes action: 5 things to know this weekend

“I’d be very happy if there is peace but I’m not very optimistic,” said a 38-year-old cell phone salesman. “There is fighting all over the country.”

The center of Hurricane Dorian, a downgraded Category 1 storm as of Friday, is expected to travel northeast over the Atlantic and move into Nova Scotia by Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. As of 2 a.m., Saturday, Dorian was about 170 miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, while maximum sustained winds remain near 90 mph, the center said. In addition. As a monster Category 5, Dorian devastated the Bahamas over Labor Day weekend with 185-mph winds, killing at least 43 people and leaving possibly many more dead. It was down to a Category 1 after moving across open water and its eye hit Cape Hatteras, N.C., on Friday. There, the storm, cited in four U.S. deaths, left flooding and power outages in its wake.

Iran further rolls back its commitment to nuclear deal

Iran on Saturday further reduced its compliance with the 2015 landmark nuclear deal after a deadline expired for European powers to find a solution demanded by Iran for its U.S.-sanctions-hit oil industry after the Trump administration pulled out of the accord. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the country started injecting uranium gas into advanced centrifuges and that it will no longer abide by the deal's limits on its nuclear research and development. The move marks the third time Iran has eroded its compliance with the agreement. Iran wants European signatories to the accord to compensate it for its inability to sell its oil abroad and it has threatened to abandon the deal completely if its conditions are not met. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Saturday that "there is not much time left" to save the deal.

Source: USAToday News

Qualcomm's expanding 5G to cheaper smartphones with new chips

Smartphone companies like Samsung use Qualcomm's modems in their 5G devices.

Next year, Qualcomm will expand its 5G modems across its Snapdragon 8 series, 7 series and 6 series processors, the company said Friday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. The company's 8 series chips are aimed at high-end phones like the Galaxy S10, and it's the Snapdragon 855, alongside a Qualcomm 5G modem, that connects the Galaxy S10 5G, Note 10 Plus 5G and other phones to 5G networks. The company's 7 series and 6 series chips power much more affordable devices, like those from HMD, Motorola, and Oppo.

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