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When Apple Inc. introduced AirPods earbuds in 2016

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When  Apple Inc.  introduced AirPods earbuds in 2016 , chief designer Jony Ive hailed the beginning of a new "wireless future." The company’s devices would connect and charge without fiddly white cords and unsightly plugs and sockets. The next step was wireless charging for the iPhone, the ability to drop Apple’s flagship product on a charging mat and juice it up via a process known as induction. This accessory is taking longer to make due to a series of technical hurdles, slowing the company’s wireless strategy and highlighting supply-chain challenges that have hampered product launches in recent years. Apple said in September that the iPhone X and iPhone 8 could be charged wirelessly. It recommended charging hubs from Mophie and Belkin, an unusual move for the consumer-hardware specialist. Apple also announced its own AirPower charger, but said it wouldn’t be released until 2018

Bangladesh, Japan sign Tk 15,326cr loan deals for 6 projects

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The government of Japan will provide 200,371 million Japanese yen (approximately Tk 15,326 crore or $1,831 million) for Bangladesh under its 39th Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan package for implementing six mega projects. In this regard, the exchange of notes for these six projects was signed on Thursday between Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and Japanese ambassador to Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi. The loan agreements were signed by the ERD secretary and the chief representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bangladesh Office Takatoshi Nishikata. Out of the overall amount, Japan will provide 2,655 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 203 crore for Matarbari Port Development Project, 37,217 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 2,846 crore for Jamuna Railway Bridge Construction Project, 7358 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 562 crore for Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Line 5), 79,271 million Japanese...

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Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Pens Defense Of Robert Mueller Russia Probe George Conway’s piece, “The Terrible Arguments Against the Constitutionality of the Mueller Investigation,” rejects Trump’s claims. White House counselor  Kellyanne Conway ’s husband George Conway has written an article that adamantly defends the constitutionality of special counsel  Robert Mueller ’s  probe  into Russia’s alleged connection with President  Donald Trump ’s campaign in the 2016 election.  The piece, “ The Terrible Arguments Against the Constitutionality of the Mueller Investigation ,” published Monday on the Lawfare legal blog, opens with a critique of Trump’s tweets about the probe. The president has railed about the investigation as “totally unconstitutional.”  Conway, a lawyer, notes that Trump’s argument likely came from “conservative legal scholar and co-founder of the Federalist Society, professor Steven Calabresi.” “Unfortunately for the pr...