Sept. 3, 2020
Thu. 09/03 – Will Only One iPhone (The Expensive One) Get The Fastest 5G?
Will only one iPhone get the fastest version of 5G? Facebook moves into an election posture. Do Geofencing warrants violate the 4th Amendment? New Intel chips. New Snapdragon chips. Have you noticed we’ve been talking about the chip industry a lot lately? Today I’ll explain why. Also, a fully-functional Game Boy without a battery. Powered only by the sun and the energy of your button presses.
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- Source: Only one of Apple’s new iPhones supports the fastest 5G (Fast Company)
- Facebook will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election (The Verge)
- Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November (NYTimes)
- Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay (Politico)
- Feds can’t ask Google for every phone in a 100-meter radius, court says (ArsTechnica)
- Intel announces its new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs, available on laptops this fall (The Verge)
- Qualcomm promises better AI for its next Snapdragon PC chip (Engadget)
- China to Plan Sweeping Support for Chip Sector to Counter Trump (Bloomberg)
- Qualcomm hopes to topple AirPods Pro with ‘adaptive’ noise cancellation for true wireless earbuds (The Verge)
- The first battery-free Game Boy wants to power a gaming revolution (CNET)
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