The universal USB-C charger will be mandatory on all electronic devices at the end of 2024, Xiaomi lifts the veil on its very first electric car, Huawei could supplant Apple next year in market capitalization, this is the recap of the news from Thursday December 28, 2023.
What’s new in the Android and High-Tech world on Phonandroid this Thursday, December 28, 2023? First of all, we mentioned in our columns this terrible leak for Samsung. Indeed, our colleagues from the Galaxy Club site have just revealed the expected prices for the Galaxy S24. The opportunity to see a generalized price drop across the entire range, on average reduced prices between 70 and 30 euros depending on the model.
In a completely different area, we learned that Tesla was preparing to give a second lease of life to the Tesla Model Y. In any case, this is what our colleagues from the Bloomberg site say. According to sources close to the matter, mass production of this redesign would be planned within the Shanghai Gigafactory around mid-2024.
AI was also at the center of the news, with the announcement of this historic trial which could well reshuffle the cards. Indeed, the New York Times has decided to sue Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. The media accuses the two companies of having illegally used millions of articles from the newspaper to train the different versions of its AI. But without further ado, let’s take a look at the three pieces of information you absolutely must remember in the news for Thursday, December 28, 2023.
USB-C will become mandatory on all devices by the end of 2024
The measure is official. Thanks to a decree published in the Official Journal on December 27, 2023, all smartphones, headphones, laptop PCs (in short, all portable devices) must be equipped with a USB-C charging port from December 28, 2024.
To know more : Smartphones, headphones, etc.: the universal USB-C charger will be compulsory from December 28, 2024
Xiaomi presents its first electric car
The other big news of the day is obviously the official presentation of the SU7, Xiaomi’s very first electric car. With this model, the ambitions of the Chinese brand are serious: to offer a major competitor to Tesla and its Model 3. In any case, the equipment, performance and on-board functionalities should indeed worry the American manufacturer.
To know more : Xiaomi SU7 finally revealed – the electric car promises to be more powerful and autonomous than the Tesla Model S
Huawei is considering going public, Apple may tremble
Huawei continues to slowly but surely recover after the American sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. While the firm seeks to rebound, particularly in the electric automobile but also the smartphone market, rumors surrounding a possible IPO are legion. If this were the case, the market capitalization of the Shenzhen firm could exceed that of Apple.
To know more : Huawei could overtake Apple and become the world’s largest company in 2024