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AT&T, other wireless carriers, state they’ll stop selling users’ location data come March

This could qualify as something of a relief. AT&T and the other big three carriers claim they will stop selling their subscribers’ location data in March. While optimistic, the company has already missed their June 2018 deadline for this change.

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AirPower charging mat project thought to be alive and in progress

Even if Apple didn’t deliver its long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat in 2018, there might still be hope. Apple first previewed the multi-device wireless charging accessory at Steve Jobs Theater in September 2017, shortly after introducing the iPhone X, and indicated that it would be released at some point last year in a press release: […]

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Hardware News Patents Software

Apple granted 37 patents in one day, descriptions could point towards wraparound display, smart fabrics, multi-device charging unit

It was a huge day for Apple patents, the company being granted 37 of them on Tuesday from devices with a feature that could make the “scroll speed proportionate to tilt angle” to others relating to a “multi-device charging” and “smart fabric”/ Which, by anyone’s estimate, is a whole lot of patents. The main takeaway […]

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Wireless carrier EE to launch 5G networks in 16 UK cities in 2019

If you’re over in Europe, this will come in handy. UK wireless carrier EE announced that it will be launching 5G mobile networks in 16 UK cities in 2019. The networks will initially launch in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester, then later be rolled out to Bristol, Coventry, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, […]

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Apple releases updated iOS 12.1 build for iPhone XR handsets

When in doubt, go for the update. Apple on Tuesday released an updated version of iOS 12.1 for the iPhone XR, one week after the initial launch of iOS 12.1 and a little over a week since the iPhone XR’s October 26th launch. The iOS 12.1 variant for the iPhone XR carries a build number […]