watchOS 8.3 Update Is Causing Charging Issues With The Apple Watch

If you rely on third-party chargers for your Apple Watch, you might want to hold off on updating the device to watchOS 8.3 for now. This is because according to user reports on Reddit, it seems that following the update, the Apple Watch is having difficulty charging using third-party chargers.

According to a post on Reddit by u/ashfleeburgooben, ”Updated my watch last night to 8.3, set it on my 3rd party charger this morning, came back after an hour and it had gained maybe 2%? Tried the same thing with my spouse’s watch and her 3rd party charger with the same result. Put them on the official charger, zoom, done charging in no time. Argh!”

The post goes on to add that upon further testing, it appears that while initially it appeared that the watch was charging albeit extremely slowly, it was discovered that the watch would actually stop charging after a few minutes. This seems to have affected users who bought 3-in-1 chargers, although they note that their iPhones still charge fine using those chargers, it’s only the Apple Watch that was truly affected.

It is unclear what happened in the update that caused the Apple Watch to no longer accept third-party chargers, and if this was intentional or if it is a bug. Either way, if you’re an Apple Watch user using third-party chargers, this is an issue you’ll want to keep an eye out for.

watchOS 8.3 Update Is Causing Charging Issues With The Apple Watch

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Survey Finds Americans Trust Google And Amazon More Than Apple

Image credit – Emily Guskin / The Washington Post

Apple has always tried to bill itself as a privacy-first company. They have made many statements over the years and included privacy features that have rubbed many other companies the wrong way. However, it appears that a recent survey conducted by The Washington Post has revealed some surprising results.

According to the survey, in which US internet users were asked to rate how much they trusted various tech giants and internet companies, companies such as Google and Amazon actually ranked higher in terms of trust compared to Apple. 48% of participants said that they trust Google a great deal/a good amount, while Amazon scored 53%. This is versus Apple who only scored 44%.

Like we said, the results are a bit surprising because it is known that Google collects data on users such as places they’ve been, what they’ve searched for, and so on, while Apple has actually built features into its products meant to hide those details.

However, it has been suggested that Apple plans to introduce CSAM scanning, which some have felt was a backdoor into the iPhone, could have eroded the trust that the company had built up over the years amongst its customers. The company has since removed all mention of its scanning plans from its website (which doesn’t necessarily mean they killed it), but it looks like it might be too late and Apple is probably going to need to do a lot more work if they’re hoping to regain the trust of its users again.

Survey Finds Americans Trust Google And Amazon More Than Apple

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This Robot Lawyer Could Help You Get Your Social Media Accounts Unbanned

With the millions, if not billions of users on social media, you can bet that companies have their hands full answering various questions and emails from users. This means that if anything goes wrong with your account, like if you’ve ever been accidentally banned for whatever reason, getting a response can be difficult unless somehow your story makes it into the news.

That being said, the good news is that if you’re willing to pay a bit of money, you could possibly find some help getting your accounts unbanned by hiring a robot lawyer. This comes in the form of a robot lawyer platform called DoNotPay in which basically what they’ll do is send a legal letter on your behalf to the company’s legal department, which might be a better way of getting noticed compared to sending in emails (which could get lost or ignored).

The platform will help users write appeal letters for a variety of social media services and even shopping platforms, such as Instagram, Xbox, Uber, Pinterest, Steam, Amazon, and more. However, as with all legal services, DoNotPay is not free. It is a subscription service in which users have to pay $36 a month in order to use its services.

Of course, whether or not your appeal is successful cannot be guaranteed. This is because sometimes you might have actually done something to legitimately get you banned, like posting things that directly violates the company’s terms of service, but it might be useful if you’ve been accidentally banned or if you want to try and argue your case.

This Robot Lawyer Could Help You Get Your Social Media Accounts Unbanned

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Google Voice adds important call customization options for all users

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