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EU sets date for common phone charge cable
EU sets date for common phone charge cable
The days of hunting through cables to find the right charger may be coming to an end.
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The European Union has provisionally agreed new portable electronic devices must, by autumn 2024, use a USB Type-C charger.
BBC News has asked the UK government if it intends to pass similar legislation.
But under the current post-Brexit arrangements, the European Union ruling would apply to Northern Ireland, according to EU and UK officials.
According to a December 2021 parliamentary report, the "new requirements may also apply to devices sold in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit agreement, potentially triggering divergence of product standards with the rest of the UK".
The treaty works by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods, while mainland Britain is outside it.
A row between the UK and EU about how to reform the Northern Ireland protocol remains unresolved.
'Stifles innovation'
Apple products such as iPhones and iPads will have to conform to the new regulation, as will, eventually laptop computers. Existing devices will be exempt.
The agreement will be brought before the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers after their summer recesses, where it can be formally approved and then published.
Apple told the BBC it had no new comment to make.
It argued against the proposal, when it was first introduced, in September 2021, with a representative telling BBC News: "Strict regulation mandating just one type of connector stifles innovation rather than encouraging it, which in turn will harm consumers in Europe and around the world".
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Priti Patel tells Tory MPs calling for PM to quit to 'forget it'
Priti Patel tells Tory MPs calling for PM to quit to 'forget it'
Home Secretary Priti Patel has told Conservative MPs pushing for the prime minister to resign to "forget it" and focus on "real challenges" instead.
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Writing letters of no confidence in him was a "sideshow", she said.
Twelve Tory MPs have called on Boris Johnson to quit since Sue Gray's Partygate report last week, taking the the declared total to 28. A vote on his leadership would require 54 letters.
But Ms Patel told the Daily Mail: "We need to concentrate on doing our jobs."
She added: "This isn't about a parade [of leadership candidates] or a contest of letters.
"Look at what is going on in the world right now, look at the challenges that we face domestically. We can't ignore those.
"Our job is to deliver on the people's priorities. They won't thank the Conservative party for talking about itself at a time when people have anxieties, concerns, apprehensions."
'Focus on Jubilee'
Ms Patel also said leadership talk should not overshadow the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, adding that "all the focus" should be on the Queen and her "long-standing dedicated service".
On Wednesday, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told the BBC efforts to topple the prime minister were being co-ordinated by "one or two individuals" for reasons of "personal ambition".
She accused Tory MPs trying to oust him of doing "the opposition's work", and said the "overwhelming" majority still backed him.
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Forrest Li losing billions in net worth is par for the course in the tech world
Forrest Li losing billions in net worth is par for the course in the tech world
The selloff in technology stocks around the world in recent weeks has been nothing short of brutal.
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It has wiped the fortunes of tech tycoons – US$1 trillion (S$1.37 trillion) from the world’s 500 richest people. Sea founder Forrest Li lost 80 per cent of his US$22 billion net worth, while Amazon’s Jeff Bezos shed US$58 billion.
Nasdaq, US index home to many technology companies, has declined more than 20 per cent since its last peak in November 2021, entering bear-market territory. The slump in tech shares, which has lasted seven weeks, is the longest sustained weekly decline since 2001 when the dot-com bubble burst.
The wider US market is sailing precariously close to the wind, with the S&P 500 down 19 per cent since its high in January. Only 131 of the 500 counters have managed to deliver a positive performance since the start of the year.
Many of those companies in the black are either directly or indirectly related to the oil industry that have benefitted from the surge in crude prices. So should we be worried about the tech slump?
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Chad workers strike over opposition leaders' detention
Chad workers strike over opposition leaders' detention
Workers in Chad have begun an indefinite strike to demand the release of six opposition leaders arrested during an anti-French march earlier this month.
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It will affect both public and private sectors, with minimal services being offered in hospitals, a federation of the country’s trades unions says.
Those arrested come from Wakit Tama, which in Arabic means “Time's Up”, a coalition of civil society groups and opposition parties formed in the wake of the coup that took place following the death of President Idris Déby last year.
The coalition has been calling for a boycott of products from France, because of the former colonial power’s support for the junta led by Déby’s son
The Wakit Tama leaders were detained for allegedly destroying property and disturbing public order during the demonstration on 14 May.
Union officials says the six, who are due to go on trial next month, are now on hunger strike.
Labour Minister Brah Mahamat told the BBC striking civil servants “would face consequences”.
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