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Google announces voluntary exit programme
Platforms & Devices division gutted
Google has announced a voluntary exit programme for employees in its Platforms & Devices division, offering severance packages to those who leave.
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Apple admits its CarPlay 2 is “late”
Has deleted release dates from the CarPlay page
Fruity cargo cult Apple is having trouble getting products out of its flying saucer—this time, its CarPlay "product has been placed on the never-never list.
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Consumer electronics to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2026
Heading back to black
A new report from beancounters Stocklytics claims that the consumer electronics industry is back on track after having a dismissal few years and will be worth a trillion dollars by 2026.
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Global mobile Internet growth slows
GSMA Survey found that 4.6 billion people are connected
A recent survey by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association Intelligence (GSMA), the research arm of a U.K.-based organisation representing mobile operators worldwide, has found that 4.6 billion people are now connected to mobile internet — approximately 57 per cent of the world’s population.
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Qualcomm predicts $22 Billion in annual revenue from new markets by 2029
Thinks it will get along with Donald Trump
Qualcomm anticipates expanding into new markets will generate an additional $22 billion annually by 2029.
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Chinese spooks hacking US mobile users in real time
Reds under the beds
Millions of US mobile users could be vulnerable to Chinese government spooks who are apparently desperate to know when they are picking up their snowflakes from school and where they order their pizza.
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Arm threatens Qualcomm
Will take your licence away if you don’t pull your socks up
British chip design firm Arm has warned Qualcomm that it will take away its chip design licence, escalating a legal dispute that has been ongoing since 2022.
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Intel Core Ultra 200H "Arrow Lake" mobile CPUs leaked
Additional LPE cores for all SKUs
An Intel leak has tipped up showing a complete spec sheet of Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200H processors.
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Mobile gaming set to dominate
Half the industry could be mobile gaming.
Reports from NoKyc.com suggest that by 2030, mobile gaming could account for over 50 per cent of the total industry revenue.
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Microsoft building a mobile app store
Xbox related
Software king of the world, Microsoft, is planning to open a mobile app store to give Apple and Google a run for their money.