Tag: Qualcomm
Tech Digest daily roundup: iPhone 15 set to launch today
As I write this there are still several hours before Apple unveils the latest version of its best-selling product, the iPhone. In the last few weeks we've seen the handset come under pressure separately from both the EU and China. Globally, smartphone sales in general are slowing, and Apple's highly anticipated virtual reality headset -…
Samsung Galaxy S23 range: What the experts say
Image: Samsung Samsung’s latest top-end Galaxy S23 Android phones hope to tempt users with larger batteries, faster chips and improved photography, including one of the first 200MP next-generation cameras, writes The Guardian. Announced alongside a range of new Galaxy Book 3 Windows laptops on Wednesday, the Galaxy S23 Ultra superphone leads the line…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google not rushing forward with AI chatbots
The success this year of powerful new generative artificial intelligence models like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, have laid the groundwork for a new era of AI tech set to explode even further in 2023. Google, though equipped with its own powerful (but definitely not sentient) LaMDA AI chatbot, says it doesn’t plan rushing its models out…
UK 4G smartphone owners could be entitled to £480 million payout
Around 29 million Britons could be entitled to a payout after being overcharged for their smartphones, if a landmark claim by consumer watchdog Which? is successful. According to Which?, consumers could be owed a collective £482.5 million in damages from multi-billion-dollar tech giant Qualcomm. Which? believes Qualcomm has breached UK competition law by taking advantage…
Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1 billion
Apple is to acquire chipmaker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1 billion (£803 million). The agreement comes three months after Apple ended a long-running dispute with one of Intel’s rivals, Qualcomm, to ensure it would have a pipeline of chips it needs for future iPhones to work on ultrafast 5G wireless networks. The truce prompted…
Apple and Qualcomm settle legal cases ahead of 5G roll out
Apple and Qualcomm have agreed to settle all ongoing litigation between the two companies, ending a long-running legal battle between the tech giants. The settlement brings to an end a two-year legal row over the cost of processors, with Apple having accused chip manufacturer Qualcomm of overcharging, something the firm denied. The chip-maker had also…
Huawei announces 5G foldable smartphone based on own technology
Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced plans for a next-generation 5G smartphone that will use its own technology instead of US components in a bid to gain a competitive edge and sidestep complaints it is a security risk. Huawei Technologies Ltd, the leading supplier of network switching gear for phone companies, is spending heavily to…
CES 2019: 5 things we learned from the world’s biggest tech show
Every year the technology industry gathers in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an event that often sets the agenda for the coming 12 months. This is what CES 2019 taught us, reports Martyn Landi... The dawn of 5G The first 5G networks are expected to begin rolling out this year, and so the…
CES 2019 marks the dawn of 5G mobile phone technology
(Martyn Landi/PA) This year’s technology trade show, CES, has been described as the start of the 5G era of mobile technology. The next-generation mobile network technology is expected to bring connectivity speeds vastly faster than existing 4G networks and is currently being tested by multiple firms around the world – including…
Apple’s Tim Cook hints at ‘health care services’ in CNBC interview
Apple boss Tim Cook has revealed the iPhone maker will launch new services later this year. The chief executive remained tight-lipped about the exact nature of the company’s plans, but did put a lot of emphasis on healthcare in an interview with CNBC. “On services, you will see us announce new services this year. There…
