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Comment: iOS should support RCS, but Apple has no incentive to make iMessage work with Android

January 11, 2022
Over the past year, Google has publicly pressured Apple to support Rich Communication Services. The latest salvo this weekend was the harshest yet, but RCS on the iPhone is not the panacea to Google’s historical messaging woes, nor will support lead to a transformatively better experience for Android users when interacting with their iPhone counterparts. In announcing that Verizon was…
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T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in the US

January 11, 2022
Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit. Now, in addition to some carriers in Europe, it appears that T-Mobile/Sprint in the United States is also blocking iCloud Private…
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Tesla spotted using mobile Powerpacks at first Tesla Semi Megacharger station

January 10, 2022
Tesla has been spotted using a mobile Powerpack battery system at its first Megacharger station for the Tesla Semi electric truck in Nevada. The details of the charging solution are still unknown. Last October, we reported that Tesla was finally deploying its first Megacharger station at Gigafactory Nevada to support its upcoming fleet of Tesla Semi electric trucks. The automaker has been leading…
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EHang opens 5G-connected vertiport for eVTOLs in Guangzhou, China

January 10, 2022
Chinese company EHang has opened a new, 5G enabled, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vertiport and maintenance facility in Guangzhou, China – it’s just the latest new project in China’s “official” urban air mobility (UAM) test city. The Chinese city of Guangzhou was been chosen as a first-of-its-kind “pilot city” for a low-altitude aviation, eVTOL-powered transportation…
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