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Pixel 5 turns into a smart charging pad, iOS 14 back tap, more tech news today!
Jun 25, 2025
1. New features: Pixel 5 charging pad, iOS 14 Back Tap
Today feels like a day to touch on some handy smartphone features that are downright great if you have a chance to use them.
First, is the confirmation today that theGoogle Pixel 5 ‘Battery Share’ makes reverse wireless charging easier.
The other feature is the “secret” back button in iPhones that have updated to iOS 14:
- Leak: Maybea few more Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 details, leaks indicating it is built around 5nm process, new Cortex CPUs and GPU (Android Authority).
3.Nokia has a bunch of low-cost 4K Android TVsat most sizes (Android Authority).
4.200W+ charging could be a thing in 2021(as if we need it) (Android Authority).
- Spotify will now allow you tostream songs directly from your Apple Watch, no phone required (The Next Web).
6.Apple, Google hiring special effects mastersaway from Hollywood to work on AR & VR, and it’s working: “The difference is, in tech, you are broadly treated more like a human being.” (Apple Insider)
7.It looks like California’s Prop 22 passed, which allows the likes of Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to have gig workers work as independent contractors (without benefits) rather than as employees. The ballot measure does include some guarantees. (TechCrunch).
- Elon Musk saysTesla may reveal Cybertruck changesin a ‘month or so’ (Engadget).
9.Pokimane wants Twitch fans to stop giving her so much money, and so set a $5 donation cap. Great! (Polygon).
Thelooming world-record fintech IPO from Ant Groupwas suspended, just two days before launch by regulators in China. Unprecedented. Alibaba owns ~33% of Ant Group (CNBC).
SpaceX Starlink usersprovide first impressions and unboxing pictures(Ars Technica).
12.17 soothing videos to watchif you’re feeling panicky for some reason (Lifehacker).
- This question! “Why do sprinklers go like ‘ts ts ts ts ts ts ts’ and come back like ‘t t t t t t t’?” (r/nostupidquestions).
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