Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chips will power top-end Android phones next year
The new chip supports many types of 5G networks, improved graphics rendering and improved A.I. capabilities for things like facial and image recognition.
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Nikola shares crater by 27% after GM gives up equity stake in smaller, reworked deal
General Motors and Nikola announced a reworked, smaller agreement that abandons plans to build Nikola's Badger pickup truck for consumers.
Airbnb seeks valuation of up to $35 billion in its IPO
Airbnb said it expects to price between $44 and $50 per share.
Facebook-backed Libra Association has been renamed Diem
It follows Facebook's rebranding of its digital wallet earlier this year to Novi from Calibra.
Zuckerberg says Facebook will show 'authoritative' info about Covid vaccines
It's the latest step in Facebook's push to provide accurate information and debunk myths and falsehoods on certain topics.
Amazon says this year's holiday shopping period has been the biggest in its history
Amazon said this year's holiday shopping season has been the biggest in the company's history.
DeepMind solves 50-year-old ‘grand challenge’ with protein folding A.I.
DeepMind has developed a piece of AI software called "AlphaFold" that can accurately predict the structure that proteins will fold into in a matter of days.
GitLab is being valued at more than $6 billion in secondary share sale
Code-sharing site GitLab is letting some employees sell shares at a price that values the company at $6 billion, with a public market debut expected next year.
DoorDash seeks valuation of up to $32 billion in IPO, double what it was in June
DoorDash plans to list 33 million shares at a price between $75 and $85.
Zoom's astronomical growth rate appears to be moderating; shares fall
Zoom saw revenue growth accelerate again in the most recent quarter. Now the company is expecting a slight slowdown.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on Jan 20
The announcement means that the FCC could reach a Democratic majority sooner than it would otherwise be able to.
Eric Schmidt is backing a new $111 million European venture capital fund
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is one of several tech executives backing a new European start-up investment fund from Firstminute Capital.
Facebook acquires Kustomer, a CRM start-up
Facebook on Monday announced the acquisition of Kustomer, a customer relationship management start-up.
UK bans installation of Huawei 5G equipment from September
The U.K. said in July that carriers would have to stop buying Huawei 5G equipment by year-end and strip out its kit from their infrastructure by 2027.
ByteDance has been given another week to sell off TikTok's U.S. business
ByteDance has been given another week to sell off TikTok's U.S. business and avoid a ban.
GitHub is forcing Microsoft to deal with thorny controversies two years after acquisition
GitHub recently stood up to pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America, the latest example of how its large network attracts controversy.
Zoom investors are looking to a post-pandemic 2021 even with current growth at over 300%
While Zoom's revenue continues to grow at over 300%, the stock has pulled back of late as drug manufacturers show positive early vaccine results.
Six things to consider before you buy a new TV this holiday season
Look for things like the brightness and HDR, how many HDMI ports the TV has and consider the software it runs.
Salesforce buying Slack would mark the first big software deal in a boom year for the cloud
Big software acquirers have been quiet this year as hefty market multiples among cloud providers made deals too expensive.
Amazon's $599 router system isn't cheap, but it helps fix your bad Wi-Fi
You might want to try mesh networking if you know you pay for fast internet but feel like your home Wi-Fi is slow in some rooms.
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