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Apple patent explores ideas, practices for flexible battery that can be bent, rolled up within devices

If you’re looking to make a device that bends, folds, or can be rolled up, it’s important that the battery be able to do this too. A recently published Apple patent, entitled “Flexible battery structure,” highlights how to power a foldable display, and also seems to be looking to fix a recurring issue with similar […]

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Face ID fails with COVID-19 masks on, but workaround is possible

As handy as Face ID is as a feature, it doesn’t work in the presence of COVID-19 face masks, which have become instrumental in slowing the pandemic. The mask, when in place, blocks the Face ID sensor from seeing your face, meaning you have to either remove the mask, type in your passcode, or disable […]

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Korea Telecom store advertising hints at Apple’s anticipated low-cost iPhone model

This could be a bit more telling than Apple wants it to be. A sign for the rumored iPhone 9/SE 2 has been spotted on a poster in South Korea. The device is being advertised outside a Korean Telecom’s store, alongside advertising for the Samsung Galaxy S20 handset. The Korean Telecom’s store had, in fact, […]

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Recent Apple patent points towards device location technology for use with Project Titan vehicles

Apple’s self-driving car project looks to be developing a device location system for vehicles. Per Patently Apple, a recently-published patent related to Apple’s ongoing Project Titan effort discusses a mobile device location system that’s in the works: In this Project Titan granted patent, Apple notes that passengers in vehicles may carry mobile devices into the […]

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Mophie gathering information, specs for AirPower wireless charging mat

Peripheral maker Mophie could be working to pick up where Apple left off in its AirPower wireless charging mat efforts. Over at CES, Mophie parent company Zagg stated that Mophie is developing a wireless charging mat that has capabilities that Apple attempted to implement in the now-canceled AirPower, but was unable to make work.  The device […]