This smartphone case gives older iPhones a USB Type-C port

Apple’s latest iPhones all have USB Type-C ports, making it easy to use third-party chargers and cables with the company’s smartphones. But that’s a relatively recent development – Apple’s first iPhone with a USB Type-C po…

Apple’s latest iPhones all have USB Type-C ports, making it easy to use third-party chargers and cables with the company’s smartphones. But that’s a relatively recent development – Apple’s first iPhone with a USB Type-C port was the iPhone 15, which launched in 2023. If you have a model that’s older than that then you’re […]

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Biotechnologie: Zellulose so zugfest wie Metall

Ein Bioreaktor erzeugt das transparente Material, das so stark ist wie Metall und so biegsam wie Plastik. Nanotechnologie liefert weitere nützliche Eigenschaften. (Innovation & Forschung, Energie & Klima)

Ein Bioreaktor erzeugt das transparente Material, das so stark ist wie Metall und so biegsam wie Plastik. Nanotechnologie liefert weitere nützliche Eigenschaften. (Innovation & Forschung, Energie & Klima)

New “AppleCare One” plan bundles three extended warranties for $20 a month

You can add older devices to a new plan, even if they’re not already covered.

Apple is introducing a fairly major update to its AppleCare extended warranty program today: AppleCare One, a program meant to cover users with multiple Apple devices who want extended hardware and software support for all of them. The program can cover up to three devices, regardless of what kind of device they are, for $19.99 a month, and additional devices can be added for a flat $5.99 a month.

The new program comes several months after Apple raised prices for iPhone AppleCare+ subscriptions in the US, adding 50 cents per month to most plans.

Whether AppleCare One will save you money depends on the kind of devices you’re covering. Generally speaking, you’ll at least break even for any plan that includes coverage for an iPhone, but you save more if you’re paying for coverage for high-end gadgets like the iPhone Pro and iPad Pro.

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Conduct rules are coming for Google and Apple in the UK

Rules will include EU-style curbs on app stores.

Apple and Google face new rules governing how they run their smartphone software and app stores in the UK, as Britain’s antitrust agency looks to impose new European-style controls on the Big Tech companies.

The proposed interventions could trim fees of up to 30 percent that Apple and Google charge for digital transactions through their mobile app stores, as well as prevent them from designing their systems to favor their own apps and services.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday said it expected to designate the two Silicon Valley groups with “strategic market status” under the UK’s new digital markets regime, allowing the agency to impose conduct rules on the companies.

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Conduct rules are coming for Google and Apple in the UK

Rules will include EU-style curbs on app stores.

Apple and Google face new rules governing how they run their smartphone software and app stores in the UK, as Britain’s antitrust agency looks to impose new European-style controls on the Big Tech companies.

The proposed interventions could trim fees of up to 30 percent that Apple and Google charge for digital transactions through their mobile app stores, as well as prevent them from designing their systems to favor their own apps and services.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday said it expected to designate the two Silicon Valley groups with “strategic market status” under the UK’s new digital markets regime, allowing the agency to impose conduct rules on the companies.

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