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The iPhone SE and iPhone 14 series will no longer be available for purchase in Europe at the end of the year. In an effort to make technology more consumer-friendly, the European Union ruled that any mobile device sold must be able to charge through USB-C, according to iGeneration . While more modern entries in Apple’s lineup already meet those guidelines, the iPhone SE and iPhone 14 do not. These aren’t the newest additions to Apple’s lineup, but the iPhone SE and the iPhone 14 series are still sold in Europe. These will be pulled from shelves as the deadline approaches. Customers have plenty of options, but this decision will leave the European market without an iPhone SE option until the next model releases in 2025 . Apple’s standard practice would normally leave the iPhone 14 for sale until the iPhone 17 releases, at which point the iPhone 14 would no longer be sold. Apple is going to lose close to a year’s worth of sales on the lower-end iPhone, but given how many new features need a more powerful chip, it’s a safe bet that many customers have already upgraded. These two models will still be available for purchase in the rest of the world until the next entries in their respective lineups come out, but by the end of next year, charging via Lightning cable will officially be an outdated method. It’s a huge benefit for customers, as it makes it a lot easier to charge devices if everything uses the same type of cable. The EU also wants all laptops to use the same charging cables, but Apple has already made that transition ahead of the 2026 deadline. By using a universal standard like USB-C, the EU streamlines the user experience and eliminates hangups caused by proprietary charging technology. USB-C is also faster than Lightning, capable of carrying both data and power and can be plugged in from either end.Dear readers, Thursday is Thanksgiving. It seems like just moments ago it was Fourth of July, but, alas, here we are, on the precipice of December, which means blink and it will be 2025. But, instead of losing our minds about the fact that time seems to be speeding up, I think it’s always a worthwhile and grounding exercise to remember what you feel grateful for, always of course but traditionally in November. One thing I’m grateful for? You! The reader! Whoever you are! This column wouldn’t exist without you! I’m also grateful for the messages you send, whether you agree with me or not. So here are a few of your recent responses to my columns. Keep emailing me! I love all the messages you send! Even the mean ones! Regarding the in-laws who wanted the heat so high , I got several responses. Dear Lizzy, Just a comment to the writer who didn’t like her in-laws turning up the heat. Older people often have vascular health problems and can get hypothermic. I learned to tolerate a bit higher heat (more in the 75-degree range) and have blankets and heating pads available. An extra space heater in the bedroom is good. L. Lizzy, I am obviously desperate for reading material but what a terrible piece of advice ... to get a heat pump. Thank God you moved out of Corvallis. T. Regarding my math in the post about election panic ... Dear Lizzy, I’m 44. You’re 42. You stating that this is your 8th presidential election had me a little confused. Doing the count: Year 2000 is number one. 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 ... By my math, that makes 2024 the 7th presidential election in which we have both been eligible to vote. A. Dear readers, she was right. My math was wrong and I fixed the post. And finally, on the topic of taking a trip with an uncle who has difficult political beliefs ... Hi, I believe the best thing for all is to politely decline the invitation. To accept with all this incompatibility is rude for all concerned. N. And yes, there are still more about my most controversial column yet, the one about opening kids' birthday presents at parties . Feel free to send me more thoughts on the matter but I don’t think I can do another column about this for at least a few months. Still, I’m reading your messages, trust me. Thanks again for all your responses. I hope you get at least a couple days off to eat something delicious with people you love! Good luck! Lizzy Have a burning question? Send me an email at lacker@oregonian.com ! Or, if you want to ask me a question with total anonymity, use this Google form . Read more Why Tho? here.
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President-elect Donald Trump mockingly referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the governor of the “Great State of Canada” on his social media account early Tuesday. Trump said in a taunting post on Truth Social it was a “pleasure to have dinner” with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago estate and that he looks forward to seeing the “governor again soon” to talk tariffs and trade, the “results of which will be truly spectacular for all.” Turns out, some Canadians think that’s not such a bad idea. A new Leger poll suggests 13 per cent of Canadians would like the country to become the next U.S. state. The demographic breakdowns show there’s higher support among men, at 19 per cent, compared with only seven per cent of women. Conservative party supporters came in at 21 per cent, while one in 10 Liberal voters said they were in favour of the idea. The People’s Party of Canada showed the highest level of endorsement among the federal parties, at 25 per cent, while the NDP was the lowest at six per cent. A full 82 per cent of respondents said they were opposed to the idea. People in the Atlantic provinces, women and Canadians over the age of 55 were least likely to support it. “I’m not shocked,” said Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of central Canada at Leger. While it’s not a question he’s polled on before, since it’s not normal for U.S. presidents to openly muse about snatching up bordering countries as new states, the survey results follow some familiar patterns. “Women have, for quite some time, whenever Donald Trump’s name has come up, expressed a much stronger opposition to the individual,” he said. “But again, we are talking about fairly small (support). In the Prairies, for example, it’s still less than 20 per cent that would say, yes, they’d be open to joining the United States.” Leger surveyed 1,520 people between Dec. 6 and Dec. 9, and the results do not have a margin of error since online polls aren’t considered truly random samples. The survey was also done before Trump made his post on Tuesday. Enns said he suspects Trump doubling down on the comments will further shrink the already limited public support by pushing the joke past the point of comfort. Immigration Minister Marc Miller expressed dismay when reporters asked him about it ahead of a federal cabinet meeting Tuesday. “It sounds like we’re living in an episode of South Park,” he said. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy.” The provocative 1999 South Park animated film notably featured a song called “Blame Canada!” about Americans scapegoating their northern neighbours for their own domestic problems. Miller and other cabinet members have written off Trump’s comments as anything but serious. “Clearly, he’s joking,” Defence Minister Bill Blair said Tuesday. “We’re a sovereign nation.” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc attended Trudeau’s surprise dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month, which came soon after the president-elect threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports unless Canada beefs up its border. LeBlanc has insisted Trump was only teasing when at the dinner he suggested he could make Canada the 51st U.S. State. “The president was telling jokes,” LeBlanc said a week ago. “The president was teasing us. It was, of course, on that issue in no way a serious comment.” Trump later shared a seemingly AI-generated image of himself standing on a mountain ridge with a Canadian flag planted in it, with the caption “Oh Canada!” Trudeau has not matched that tone, warning in a talk on Monday that the steep tariffs Trump is bandying about would be devastating for the Canadian economy. He described Trump’s approach as an attempt to destabilize negotiating partners by introducing a bit of chaos. Trudeau blew past the TV cameras on his way into Tuesday’s cabinet meeting without stopping to talk to reporters. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, meanwhile, deflected questions about whether she thinks Trump is serious about taking over her country. “That is a question, really, for the president-elect,” she said.
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