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Apple found a way to save big on key iPhone Fold component

Apple found a way to save big on key iPhone Fold component

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is rumored to launch next year, with expectations that it will be Apple’s most expensive iPhone ever. A new report from Ming-Chi Kuo doesn’t dispute that, but it does say that the unit price is “significantly lower than expected” thanks to a lower cost for the hinge. In a post on his blog, Kuo explains that …

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2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Digital Logic With Analog Components

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Digital Logic With Analog Components

[Tim] noticed recently that a large number of projects recreating discrete logic tend to do so with technology around 70 years old like resistor-transistor logic (RTL) or diode-transistor logic (DTL). To build something with these logic families nowadays requires an intense treasure hunt of antique components bordering on impossible and/or expensive. Rather than going down this rabbit hole he decided …

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Hamilton blames new component for two Ferrari accidents

Hamilton blames new component for two Ferrari accidents

Lewis Hamilton has revealed his sprint qualifying spin at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix was triggered by a new component that had also caused team-mate Charles Leclerc to crash in Canada when he ran it for the first time. The seven-time champion’s hopes of a good result in the Spa-Francorchamps sprint race were derailed when he spun at the bus …

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How EV battery component manufacturers are shifting their focus

Big U.S. EV battery makers are stepping back from the market that got them started and betting on a new set of customers in an entirely different business, The Wall Street Journal writes.  Instead of carmakers, these companies have shifted to making batteries for utilities, wind- and solar-power developers, and massive data centers that train artificial intelligence. Selling large, stationary …

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How Republican Policies to Kill EV & Solar Incentives Could Lead to More EV & Solar Sales — With 1 Critical Component – CleanTechnica

How Republican Policies to Kill EV & Solar Incentives Could Lead to More EV & Solar Sales — With 1 Critical Component  CleanTechnica 5 Big EV Takeaways From Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’  WIRED Customers rush to buy solar panels, heat pumps and EVs before federal tax credits end  WGME Tesla, EV buyers need to act now if they want $7,500 tax credit  Yahoo …

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