With the increasing popularity of cable-free charging pads that allow devices to soak up juice from a mat (or even a pillow), the Wireless Power Consortium is lobbying to standardize such systems so that any phone can access any charger.

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The Scots ceded a great deal of constitutional power to England (although preserving their distinctive legal and educational systems), in return for free access to the growing commercial opportunities on offer in the Empire.

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