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Apple’s “Live” Photo Feature — Not Just Annoying, It’s Costing You Money & Destroying The Planet — How & Why To Turn It Off

April 19, 2023 admin apple, consumer technology, iPhone, iphones

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 20:20:56 +0000

If you own an iPhone, you’re probably aware that the default setting on your camera is to take “Live” photos. According to Apple, this is a recording 1.5 seconds before and after your image is taken, and allows you to do a number of things, like boomerangs. Cute, right? Gimmick at worst, right? Not so […]

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How To Make Your iPhone Charge On Clean Energy

December 25, 2022 admin apple, clean power, consumer technology, iPhone, smartphone apps, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:57:16 +0000

Writing about Apple’s deep decarbonization efforts recently, I discovered something about my iPhone that I didn’t realize. In the US, if you are on iOS 16, you can now set your phone to charge on clean, green energy as much as possible. What does that mean? If you go to “Battery Health & Charging” and […]

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Battery State of Health — What is It? Why is It Important?

October 12, 2022 admin apple, batteries, battery life, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery life, iPhone, lithium-ion batteries, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:31:57 +0000

Lithium-ion batteries are efficient, compact, and have a long lifespan — all factors that enable electric vehicles (EVs), which are powered by these batteries, to be a great substitute for their gasoline counterpart. Transportation is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. By switching to EVs, and away from these highly polluting gasoline vehicles, a […]

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If You Own a Tesla, Upgrading Your iPhone Isn’t Always Easy!

May 18, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, iPhone, smartphone apps, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 18:05:12 +0000

Like so many people we encounter, tech service reps at phone stores often aren’t aware of the interface between smart phones and the Tesla entry system. It’s on us to fill them in when we’re upgrading our phones.

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Apple’s Alleged Ban on Movie Villains Using iPhones Is So Dumb

February 26, 2020 admin apple, brands, Entertainment, iPhone, movies

Credit to Author: Ashwin Rodrigues| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:12:29 +0000

Director Rian Johnson claims Apple doesn’t let fictional bad guys use its products. But the rule doesn’t apply to real ones.

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Border Patrol Detains Iranian-Born American Soldier at the Border, Seizes Their Phone

February 1, 2020 admin airport, border, cbp, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, iPhone, Iran, qassem soleimani, Security

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:53:39 +0000

The American citizen was on official military business and told Motherboard they believe they were questioned because of their Iranian heritage.

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Here Is the Technical Report Suggesting Saudi Arabia’s Prince Hacked Jeff Bezos’s Phone

January 22, 2020 admin Amazon, hackers, hacking, hacking team, iPhone, jeff bezos, mbs, nso group, Saudi Arabia, United Nations

Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:55:01 +0000

Motherboard has obtained the report made by FTI Consulting into how Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman allegedly hacked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s phone.

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How the Smartphone Became Boring

December 30, 2019 admin android, decade of disillusion, iPhone

Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:34:58 +0000

They’re a lot less impressive when they’re everywhere. Here’s how the smartphone went from innovation icon to standard component.

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Apple Used the DMCA to Take Down a Tweet Containing an iPhone Encryption Key

December 11, 2019 admin apple, Cybersecurity, hackers, hacking, information security, infosec, ios, iPhone, jailbreak, jailbreaking, Reddit, Twitter

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:43:03 +0000

Apple asked Twitter to take down a viral tweet posted by an independent iPhone security researcher. Then, the company backtracked and asked for the tweet to be re-posted.

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