Wireless energy transfer

Image: Florence IonThere’s good news for iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 users still holding off on upgrading to an iPhone 15. 9to5Mac reports that the iOS 17.2 update will offer Qi2 wireless charging support — like on the iPhone 15 — to iPhones 13 and 14.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedApple recently released the iOS 17.2 release candidate in beta testing mode to developers, along with release notes outlining the complete details of every new feature and bug fix. One of the features confirms that…

Yes, this Pixel 8 has faux MagSafe. Hopefully, it’ll be real someday! Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoYou know about Qi charging, the open wireless charging standard that charges up your phone when you lay it on a special charge pad. But wait until you meet Qi2. It’s faster at charging your phone, and its use of magnets will allow Android phones and iPhones to live in relative harmony, at least regarding accessories.The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want In An iPhoneThe Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), the governing…

After MagSafe came along in 2020, most of Anker’s iPhone-specific portable chargers took advantage of the feature; magnetically adhering to the back of the device and charging it wirelessly. For the first time in a while, Anker has released an iPhone backup battery that connects directly to its Lightning port, but if rumors are true, the new accessory could be obsolete in just a few months.Is USB-C Finally Coming To iPhone?As convenient as it is to slap some extra power onto the back of your iPhone with a MagSafe…

Former Tesla employees are confessing to having shared, laughed at, played back in slow motion, and just generally had a great time watching, the videos that were taken with customers’ in-vehicle cameras. Reuters reports that close to a dozen former employees have revealed that sharing drivers’ personal videos was one of their favorite pastimes at the office—a good way to stave off boredom and to keep their co-workers entertained.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's Tweets“If you saw something cool that would get a…

If you’re notorious for running your iPhone through its paces on a daily basis, it can’t hurt to have some extra power to get you through the day. One great option is the popular Apple MagSafe Battery Pack, and while it’s only seeing an $8 discount, it’s a discount nonetheless, and it’s a product that rarely sees one. Currently you can grab the MagSafe Battery Pack for $91 — down from $99 — at Amazon, and free shipping is included with your purchase. Why you should get the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack With Apple’s…

An ex-Tesla factory worker took the stand following a lawsuit he filed against the company for racial discrimination from mid-2015 through 2016. Owen Diaz, a Black former escalator worker at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California claims he was subjected to racially discriminatory comments and actions from his coworkers over the nine months he worked at the company’s factory.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsDiaz took the stand on Wednesday and according to Reuters became emotional as he testified that the…

Leer en español.Rajesh Randev, a man from Vancouver, Canada, was rushing to pick up his kids from school, so he got in his Tesla Model 3 and started to drive over. However, after a good long while, Randev figured out that the car he was driving wasn’t his Model 3. As it turns out, he had stolen someone else’s Model 3 without realizing it, and to make matters worse, Tesla’s app had allowed him to open the car and take off as if nothing was wrong. The incident occurred on March 7, according to Global News. Randev confused…

One of the best features of Apple’s wireless earbuds—their sleek and compact charging case that’s one of the smallest on the market—unfortunately also makes the AirPods and AirPods Pro easy to lose. And while Apple provides several electronic ways to find a lost pair of buds, an easier solution might just be to make that charging case stick out like a Jedi dropout.Season three of The Mandalorian premiered yesterday, and while the first episode isn’t breaking any new Star Wars ground like Andor did, sometimes more of the…

Elon Musk presented Tesla’s much-hyped “Master Plan 3" on Wednesday, in the company’s first “investor day” livestream. But, instead of revealing a new Tesla model, specifying the date of the repeatedly delayed cybertruck launch, introducing a more affordable electric car (as previously promised), or announcing some significant advancement in the company’s past robotaxi plans, Musk and co took a different approach. They offered almost no new information about Tesla products. In the company’s previous, 2017 “Master Plan,…

Although some fantasize about their everyday gadget load being one day miniaturized to nothing more than a wearable contact lens, all I want is to be able to say goodbye to battery life anxiety. There’s no permanent solution to being perpetually stressed about charging on the horizon just yet, but there are ways to mitigate those stresses, including this compact transforming multi-charger from Anker.Despite the lack of a clever name, the Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe might be a useful addition to your EDC kit, but only…