Wed. 10/28 – Does The iPhone 12 Have A Secret Reverse Wireless Charging Feature?

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🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Does the iPhone 12 have secret reverse wireless charging just waiting to be turned on? More signs Apple might be building its own search engine. The headlines from today’s Section 230 Senate hearing. Is the DOJ gonna prevent Visa from acquiring Plaid? And how much would you pay Elon Musk to beam you internet from Space? Sponsors: Calm.com/techmeme MailmanHQ.com Links: Apple’s iPhone 12 seems to have a secret reverse wireless charging feature (The Verge) Apple develops alternative to Google search (Financial Times) Microsoft Q1 Earnings Release Republicans Accuse Zuckerberg and Dorsey of Censorship: Live Updates (NYTimes) Visa’s Planned Purchase of Plaid Faces Antitrust Scrutiny at the Justice Department (WSJ) SpaceX prices Starlink satellite internet service at $99 per month, according to e-mail (CNBC) Whoop Valued at $1.2 Billion With IVP, SoftBank, Eli Manning Backing (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, October 28th, 2020.
0:07.8	I'm Brian McCullough. Today, does the iPhone 12 have a secret reverse
0:13.0	wireless charging feature just waiting to be turned on.
0:15.6	More signs Apple might also be building its own search engine.
0:19.1	The headlines from today's section 230 Senate hearing
0:22.1	is the DOJ gonna prevent Visa from acquiring
0:24.8	Plaid? And how much would you pay Elon Musk to beam you Internet from space?
0:29.1	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Does the iPhone 12 have a secret reverse
0:37.2	wireless charging feature built into it that Apple has failed to mention maybe
0:42.3	because of the products that they want to take advantage of such
0:45.2	a feature aren't ready yet.
0:47.6	quoting the Virge.
0:49.0	Apple's iPhone 12 lineup has the ability to wirelessly charge an external accessory according to a series of
0:54.7	newly unveiled FCC filings that just went public yesterday. The documents first
0:59.2	spotted by Ventrabeats Jeremy Horowitz says the phone, quote,
1:03.0	supports a built-in inductive charging transmitter
1:05.7	and receiver, end quote.
1:07.4	Apple has not officially announced
1:09.3	any such functionality that could be used
1:11.0	to charge future AirPods or Apple's long-rumored
1:14.3	tile competitor dubbed AirTags.
1:16.5	Quote in addition to being able to be charged by a desktop WPT wireless
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