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Apple plans to appeal Brazil's decision to ban the sale of iPhones without chargers

September 7, 2022
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has issued an order banning Apple from selling iPhones that don’t come with chargers in the country. It has also slapped the tech giant with a fine of 12.275 million Brazilian reals ($2.38 million) and has ordered the cancelation of the iPhone 12’s registration with the country’s national telecoms agency Anatel. Apple stopped bundling chargers…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 6, 2022

September 7, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Google announces October 6 hardware event for Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch

September 7, 2022
Google this morning announced that it will be hosting its Pixel hardware event on Thursday, October 6. Google already teased the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, as well as the Pixel Watch, at I/O 2022 in May. This upcoming event will fully detail those products, features, pricing, and availability. There’s a “It’s all coming together this fall” tagline that emphasizes the ecosystem of products. There…
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Google confirms Pixel 7 series will run on new ‘Tensor G2’ chip

September 7, 2022
Ahead of October’s Pixel 7 launch event, Google has confirmed that their next series of phone will run on the second-generation “Tensor G2” chip. Last year, the “Google Tensor” chip debuted as the powerhouse behind the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro — and later the Pixel 6a. Billed as Google’s own chip for smartphones, the Tensor chip was built in partnership with Samsung, enhancing Exynos-like…
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