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Rumor: Apple developing new method for replacing iPhone batteries

The process of replacing your iPhone battery could become that much simpler through a process that could debut later this year. Per The Information, the move comes in response to a new EU law requiring smartphone manufacturers to ensure batteries can be replaced by owners using easily accessible tools by 2025. According to sources close […]

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Oxford University developing iPad-controlled self-driving car

Ok, this qualifies as beyond cool and thus makes the British that much niftier through their efforts. Per iMore, Oxford University has modified a Nissan Electric Leaf to become a robotic car controlled by an iPad. The project which it is called “auto drive” enables the car to drive itself for short stretches which could […]

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Apple exploring wireless charging, over-the-air electricity technology

This could lead to something interesting. Per FreePatentsOnline, a new patent application reveals Apple’s interest in a “realistic and practical approach” to wireless power, providing over-the-air electricity to low-power devices within a distance of one meter. Apple’s interest in wireless charging technology was detailed in a new patent application published this week by the U.S. […]