Monthly Archives: September 2022

Google pushes first Android 13 patch for Pixels with Bluetooth, battery, and UI fixes

On Wednesday afternoon, Google began rolling out its monthly security patch. This month’s release coincides with the first patch since the public build of Android 13 arrived for all supported Google Pixel phones. This update brings a bunch of fixes for issues that came with the Android 13 update. Our September software update begins rolling…

SnappRetail helps Pakistan’s kiryanas compete against supermarkets

A kiryana owner with one of SnappRetail’s point-of-sale devices The number of global retailers, department stores and supermarkets operating in Pakistan is increasing, which spells convenience for consumers, but trouble for kiryanas, or small general stores. According to a report by the State Bank of Pakistan, general stores’ growth will slow down, especially in urban…

Just outside of Munich, a startup plans a new process to recycle Lithium-ion batteries

Companies like Redwood Materials (raised $792M), Li-Cycle, (Canada, raised $667.7M) and Green Li-ion (Singapore $15M) have made a name for themselves in recycling batteries. The activity of recycling existing lithium batteries remains one of the hardest nuts to crack as the world tries desperately to move to more renewable, clean, sources of energy. Right now…

‘Significant Other’ trailer sees a hiking trip go horribly wrong in sci-fi thriller

The official trailer for sci-fi thriller Significant Other has arrived, and it makes a compelling case for never going on a hiking date. The film follows Ruth (Maika Monroe, It Follows) and Harry (Jake Lacy, The White Lotus), a young couple on a trek through the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, it seems as…

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

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….

Brazilian government tells Apple it can’t sell iPhones without a charger anymore

Brazil dropped quite the bomb on Apple this week when that nation’s government told the tech giant that it can no longer sell iPhones within its borders without a wall charger. The order comes from Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security who claims that Apple is selling an “incomplete product” to people. The Ministry…

In a sign of more Trumpworld infighting, Peter Navarro called Jared Kushner ‘the Rasputin son-in-law’ and one of the ‘worst’ Trump staffers

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has been likened to Grigori Rasputin but several former Trump aides. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Peter Navarro has gone after Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner once again. Navarro dubbed Kushner the “Rasputin son-in-law,” while calling him one of the “worst” Trump aides. In August, Navarro accused Kushner of faking cancer…