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iPhone production in Shenzhen ‘basically’ back to normal after COVID-19 lockdown

Twelve days after Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory announced it had halted iPhone production due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the company says it has “basically” resumed normal operations in its campuses. Shenzhen was in a strict lockdown imposed by the local government following a new COVID-19 outbreak. Although this factory could impact not more than 10% of global iPhone production, according to…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ola invests in StoreDot in bid to bring its 5-minute charging batteries to Ola’s fast electric scooters

Ola Electric, one of the leading electric scooter manufacturers in India, has announced today that it has made a strategic investment in the Israeli battery company StoreDot. StoreDot is perhaps best known for its ultra fast-charging silicon-based battery cells, which can be recharged in just five minutes. The battery company recently declared that it will deliver battery cells capable of…
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MobileNews

The oddity of Android 12L: Google’s prelude to tablets & foldables instead of its big moment

You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. The latest impression that Google wants to impart is that Android will power the wave of large screen devices to come. Besides proclamations, the biggest sign of Google’s commitment to this effort is Android 12L, a version of the mobile OS especially for foldables and tablets. It launched at the start of this month, but it has so far…
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ComputersNews

Apple says your next computer isn't a computer in TV ad for the new iPad Air

Quick: what is a computer? Is a tablet a computer? Or is a tablet just… a tablet? These are the important questions Apple is tackling in its latest TV ad for its latest tablet: the new iPad Air, officially unveiled at the company’s spring event last week. We’re only half joking here, by the way. The ad doesn’t actually tackle those questions, but (spoiler alert!) it does…
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