Clean Energy Charging on iOS 161 explained

With the recent iOS 16.1 update, Apple has finally started to roll out a whole bunch of new features. The update has brought features like iCloud Shared Photo Library, third-party support for Live Activities, Apple Fitness Plus and more. Along with that, Apple has also added the Clean Energy Charging feature, which a lot of users seem to be not aware about, so let’s check out how does this new feature work and what does it do!

Clean Energy Charging: What does it do?

With this new feature, your iPhone can try to reduce the carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon-emission electricity is available. If the feature is enabled on your iPhone, then as soon as you connect your iPhone to a charger, your iPhone gets a forecast of the carbon emissions in your local energy grid and uses it to charge your iPhone during times of cleaner energy production.

As of now, this Clean Energy Charging feature is only available to iPhone users in the United States and is turned on by default after you update your iPhone to iOS 16.1. In case you wish to turn the feature off then, you can simply do that by going in Settings, then in the Battery section, by going in the Battery Health & Charging and just turning off the Clean Energy Charging toggle.

Clean Energy Charging: How does it work?

Clean Energy Charging works together with Optimized Battery Charging to learn your charging habits. This feature engages only at the places you spend the most of your time and regularly charge your device for long periods of time. For example, it detects if you’re at your home or at the place of work and only engages then. 

In case, you’re travelling or have visited someone else’s place and you charge your device, then the feature doesn't engage as it detects that you're in a new location. Because of this and to get the carbon-emission forecast for your area, some location settings must be turned on in order to use Clean Energy Charging. 

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Elon Musks Starlink will soon be available on Recreational Vehicles

San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has announced that its satellite Internet service Starlink will be available for recreational vehicles (RVs) in December.

Starlink for RVs allows users to get immediate access to high-speed, low-latency Internet while in motion, at any location where the company provides active coverage.

The flat high-performance service can connect to more satellites because of its broad field of view and improved GPS capabilities, providing reliable connectivity wherever it is needed.

The hardware of the setup is durable in tough situations and is made for permanent installation on the car.

Users can easily pack it up when they want to move to their next destination, the company said.

With the flexibility to stop and resume service at any time and monthly billing, the Internet service for RVs enables users to customise their service according to their own travel requirements.

The new flat high-performance service for in-motion use is available for ordering in a few markets, but the deliveries will start in December 2022.

Recently, the company announced that its satellite Internet service will soon be available on select aeroplanes with the official launch of Starlink Aviation next year.

According to a report, the company claimed that the service will offer Internet speeds of up to 350mbps to each plane equipped with its Aero Terminal, which it says is fast enough for video calls, online gaming, "and other high data rate activities".

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Spotify says Apple is destroying its audiobook store by choking competition

San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Leading music streaming platform Spotify has said that Apple is ruining its audiobook store by "choking competition".

Apple's limitations are harmful to both creators and users, as it continues to prevent Spotify and other applications from offering a seamless user experience, the company said in a blog post.

According to the platform, Apple's restrictions are "far too complicated and confusing," and they change "arbitrarily, making them impossible to interpret."

The market for audiobooks has huge potential for growth and more authors could be discovered by new listeners, but the buying flow the company has been forced into is unnecessarily restricting that possibility.

"Apple continues to dictate what online innovation looks like, doing serious harm to the internet economy, choking competition and the imagination of app developers. Apple has shown time and again that it will not self-regulate and has no real incentive to change," said Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify.

"With our audiobooks launch, Apple has once again proven just how brazen it is willing to be with its App Store rules, constantly shifting the goalposts to disadvantage their competitors," he added.

Meanwhile, recently, the company announced that it had acquired Dublin-based Kinzen, a global leader in protecting online communities from harmful content.

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One UI 5 features officially lands on Samsung Galaxy S22: Check out details here

Samsung has launched its new One UI 5 stable version via an official 2-minute video showcasing all the latest features the upgrade will offer its users. The One UI 5 will initially release for the Galaxy S22 series (at least the Exynos-powered versions of the phones). In addition, there is a long list of Galaxy phones working through the beta program and once their more or less bugs-free, they wlll get the One UI stable version.

 

The official introduction video is a 2-minute overview of what’s new in the latest version of Samsung’s custom user interface. The company has added many new customization features, many of which allow you to personalize your handset the way you want. 

There are some notable UI improvements, like stacked widgets to save space on your home screen.

There is even a new taskbar for devices with a larger screen, like the Galaxy Fold Tablet. One UI 5 will also combine the Privacy and Security controls into a single screen with automatic warnings if something suspicious happens.

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macOS Ventura is available for download now with new features: Continuity Camera, Stage Manager, and more

The Cupertino firm’s new Ventura operating system for Macs has finally launched with plenty of notable changes. Apple released the stable version of macOS Ventura (13.1) for users worldwide. The compatible Macs can now download and update their devices. Let's see how to do that and also check out some of the features that you get with the new macOS version.

macOS Ventura features

Mail: Undo send, scheduled send, remind me, and follow up the option to stay on top of the mail. Improved search for more accurate and quick results. Continuity Camera: It will allow you to use the iPhone as a Mac webcam when you bring the iPhone close to your Mac and place it in a stand (iPhone XR and later). Safari and Passkeys: Shared Tab Groups to share a set of tabs with others and see the Tab. Passkeys will offer a more accessible and safer sign-in method. Messages: Editing a message, undoing send, and marking it as unread will improve your messaging experience. Stage Manager will automatically organize apps and windows, keeping your active app in the center and other open apps on the left side of your screen.

Apart from these, the update includes FaceTime Handoff support, allowing users to swiftly transfer ongoing calls from one Apple device to another; the iCloud Shared Photo Library, which would make picture sharing easy; new Weather and Clock apps; and much more.

To download macOS Ventura on your supported Mac, launch the System Preferences app, tap on Software Update, then click Download and Install.

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Bayonetta’s Original Voice Actress Responds to Backlash Following Pay Controversy

Original Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor has taken to Twitter, to try and defend herself from accusations that paint her as a “liar and golddigger.” Following her video statement last week, where she called out Bayonetta 3 developer Platinum Games for only paying her $4,000 (about Rs. 3,31,000) to voice the character, a report from Bloomberg cited multiple ...

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NASA starts to study UFO mysteries: Heres what that entails

NASA has kicked off a study to help scientists learn more about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) or UFOs (unidentified flying objects).

Over the course of nine months, the independent study team with 16 members will lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organisations, the space agency said in a statement.

The team includes leading scientists, data and AI practitioners, aerospace safety experts, and other experts in their respective fields.

The study will focus solely on unclassified data. A full report containing the team's findings will be released to the public in mid-2023.

"Exploring the unknown in space and the atmosphere is at the heart of who we are at NASA," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

"Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping us draw scientific conclusions about what is happening in our skies. Data is the language of scientists and makes the unexplainable, explainable," he said.

Unidentified aerial phenomena are of interest for both national security and air safety and the study aligns with one of NASA's goals to ensure the safety of aircraft.

Without access to an extensive set of data, it is nearly impossible to verify or explain any observation, thus the focus of the study is to inform NASA what possible data could be collected in the future to scientifically discern the nature of UAP.

"NASA has brought together some of the world's leading scientists, data and artificial intelligence practitioners, aerospace safety experts, all with a specific charge, which is to tell us how to apply the full focus of science and data to UAP," said Daniel Evans, the assistant deputy associate administrator for research at NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

The findings will be released to the public in conjunction with NASA's principles of transparency, openness, and scientific integrity.

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