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Apple has once again had a wrench thrown in its plans for smartphone hardware, though it won’t affect the hotly anticipated autumnal release of the iPhone 15. Saudi Arabia had passed a law requiring all future smartphones sold in the country to have USB-C ports beginning in 2025.

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You don’t become one of the largest tech companies on the planet without leaving a trail of artifacts in your wake. While many of Apple’s former products and ventures may have been lost to time, others have been scrounged up by antique collectors and enthusiasts to be auctioned off for some huge returns. Everything…

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Leave it to Apple to comply with the EU’s USB-C mandate, only to find a way to keep its tech proprietary. There’s a report from a noted leaker that while the iPhone 15 will have a USB-C port, it will rely on the MFi certification for full capability. That means non-certified cables and power adapters will likely face…

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Pop quiz: which big company was the first to popularize electronic paper e-readers with consumers by making it easy to find and load ebooks and other digital documents? If you answered Amazon, we’ll see you in summer school, because Sony’s e-readers outdated the Kindle by years.

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Earlier this week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted new patents to Apple Inc. that hinted at intriguing hardware features, including wraparound touch displays and foldable screens.