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Apple’s iPhone 12 can wirelessly charge twice as fast, but only with a MagSafe charger

The Verge

Apple’s new iPhone 12 line will be able to access faster wireless charging speeds of 15W in line with the most up-to-date Qi standard, but there’s a catch: you’ll have to use Apple’s new MagSafe brand of charger or a MagSafe-compatible one from a third-party accessory maker. for standard Qi wireless charging. Image: Apple.

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T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an API, or application programming interface. The Bellevue, Wash.-based The hack started on or around Nov. 25, and T-Mobile identified the bad actor Jan.

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Here are our favorite MagSafe-compatible cases for the iPhone 13

The Verge

Unfortunately, Apple is famously tight-fisted with its proprietary technology, even though its MFi program is designed to license and control these very products. But third-party accessories tend to be cheaper in price and offer more selection than the official lineup.

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Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones in the near future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo

The Verge

Therefore, instead of a USB-C iPhone, Kuo suggests that Apple may jump straight to a long-rumored portless iPhone that relies exclusively on wireless charging — and specifically, Apple’s MagSafe technology — to charge. Instead, he predicts that Apple will continue to use its Lightning port “for the foreseeable future.”.

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Six companies dominate network traffic as speed and access grows

TM Forum

telcos are investing heavily in the fixed and mobile networks, 5G trials and licenses that ensure the quality of experience which internet companies rely on. The GSA also reported that 81 operators are marketing residential or business 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband services, up from 44 a year ago. figures from Reuters.

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The Lightning port isn’t about convenience; it’s about control

The Verge

Apple’s MFi program means that if you want to plug anything into an iPhone, be it charger or adapter or accessory, you have to go through Apple. Like USB-C, it offers waterproofing capabilities, and it gets Apple both its licensing fees and ecosystem control. And Apple takes a cut of every one of those devices, too. Apple is a $2.4

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Apple’s been playing it too MagSafe

The Verge

But those two things alone don’t make a wireless charger a MagSafe charger; actual, Apple-approved MagSafe chargers offer a charging speed that’s twice as fast, up to 15W. The company’s MFi program means that developers have to get their hardware approved by Apple and be built using Apple-approved parts from Apple-approved factories.

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