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Qi2 25W Wireless Charging Specification Announced; WPC Says ‘Major Android Smartphones’ to Join Ecosystem

Qi2 25W wireless charging specification has been launched by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). This latest standard, officially known as Qi v2.2.1, promises 70 percent more power than the previous Qi2 (15W). Both Android smartphones and Apple's iPhones are expected to support Qi2 25W, bringing wireless charging speeds for compatible Android devices on par with Apple's MagSafe 2 for iPhone.

Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt review – a warmly comic saga of male friendship

This tale of two entrepreneurs dips into the perspectives of real-life tech moguls, with thrilling results

Scottish-German author Alexander Starritt’s debut, The Beast, followed a tabloid journalist; his second novel, We Germans, was about a Nazi. His new book gets us rooting for two wealthy management consultants fresh out of Oxford, both of them men (assuming you haven’t already tuned out). I suspect his agent might have found it easier to pitch a novel about sex criminals, not least because Drayton and Mackenzie’s approach is so unfashionably traditionalist: it’s a chunky, warmly observed, 9/11-to-Covid saga that, while comic in tone and often extremely funny, doesn’t labour under any obligation to send up its protagonists, still less take them down.

James Drayton, born to north London academics, is a socially awkward high achiever who privately measures himself against Christopher Columbus and Napoleon. Joining the McKinsey consultancy firm after coming top of his year in philosophy, politics and economics hasn’t eased the pressure he has always felt to “come up with something so brilliant it was irrefutable, like the obliterating ultra-white light of a nuclear bomb”.

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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Leaked Design Renders Showcase New Colour Options

The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is expected to launch in Jade (pistachio green with a gold frame) and Moonstone (slate blue with a matching frame), skipping the Obsidian and Porcelain options offered with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It may feature a 6.4-inch cover display with 3,000 nits peak brightness, a 3nm Tensor G5 chipset, and an IP68-rated build. The foldable is also tipped to include a 5,015mAh battery with 23W wired and 15W Qi2 wireless charging support.