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Apple patents point to using your MacBook to wirelessly charge your iPhone and Apple Watch

The Verge

Apple has been granted two patents that describe adding two-way wireless charging to its devices ( via 9to5Mac ). If this sounds familiar, it’s because many other phone makers have released devices with similar reverse wireless charging technology. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Although Apple’s take is a little different.

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Insider Threats at AT&T Wireless Activated by Cybercriminals

SecureWorld News

AT&T Wireless can certainly answer that question for you: yes. This is the story of "activated" insider threats at AT&T Wireless, revealed in court documents just reviewed by SecureWorld. The AT&T Wireless call center would be easy to miss if you drove right by it in the Seattle suburb where it is located.

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Sonos sues Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents

The Verge

Sonos has filed another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant is infringing five wireless audio patents across the entire line of Nest and Chromecast products. Google, of course, says it will fight back; it has countersued Sonos in the initial case. Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. We were ahead of our time.

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Early reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Duo praise hardware, pan buggy software and muddy camera

GeekWire

Tech reviewers are giving the company high marks, mostly, for the unique hardware of the Duo, a hinged device with two 5.6-inch Surface Duo’s lack of 5G wireless connectivity and its use of an outdated Snapdragon processor were well-known before the launch. inch screens that unfold like a small book.

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Nreal Light review: Hardware is only half the battle

The Verge

This involves some tradeoffs, of course. Weirdly enough, there are no volume buttons on the hardware, only a rocker that changes the screen brightness.) Bad software can be fixed after release, unlike bad hardware. The projected image wasn’t as rich as I’d have gotten on a physical OLED TV or a monitor.

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What Is: Packet Loss

Spearline Testing

Of course, the challenge is understanding and locating the exact weak point. Bad Hardware: Internet network connections are made through a number of distinct hardware pieces, such as modems, routers, and switches. Software issues: Improper hardware configuration on the software side also leads to packet loss.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

In 1862, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute inaugurated a course in something called “mechanical engineering.” Of course, the older engineering disciplines have remained essential, but the rise of the Web has created the newest batch of international rock stars. Of course, the Software guys and gals aren’t going anywhere.