Self-isolation period to increase by three days
A poster in Leicester, where local lockdown restrictions have been imposed – Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Isolation for coronavirus to be increased by three days People with symptoms of coronavirus will be told to stay home for 10 days, amid fears that…
Qualcomm Shares Rise on Strong Forecast, Huawei Agreement
(Bloomberg) — Qualcomm Inc. gave a strong sales forecast for the current quarter, signaling that fifth generation mobile phone services are taking off. The chipmaker also announced a new licensing deal with China’s Huawei Technologies Co., sending…
Google did not automatically sign up Android users for COVID-19 tracing app
The claim: Google automatically signed up all Android users for a COVID-19 tracing app. New mobile contact tracing technology aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 has prompted claims on social media that Google automatically updated all Android…
Tech Talk on Capitol Hill
Does Big Tech stifle competition? Answering that was the main purpose of Wednesday’s Congressional hearing, which hauled in the top executives from America’s biggest technology companies. Supposedly. But when the chiefs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and…
Samsung Beats Earnings Estimates on Recovery of Chips, Gadget Sales
(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported earnings that beat estimates and said demand for memory chips is likely to recover in the second half of the year, driven by new smartphones and gaming consoles. Net income increased to 5.5 trillion…
How to Tell If Your Apps Are Spying on You
Photo credit: Damaratskaya_Alena – Getty Images From Popular Mechanics Apps could be secretly accessing your smartphone’s microphone and camera to spy on you, or collect data to serve you targeted ads. To protect yourself, you can download an…
Qualcomm Gives Strong Forecast, Announces Huawei License Deal
(Bloomberg) — Qualcomm Inc. gave a strong sales forecast for the current quarter, signaling that fifth generation mobile phone services are taking off. The chipmaker also announced a new licensing deal with China’s Huawei Technologies Co.Revenue…
CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google face congressional antitrust grilling
The chiefs of four of the biggest tech companies in the world — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — will face lawmakers Wednesday for a hearing on digital competition that could have cataclysmic impacts on an industry largely unhindered by…
Google in Talks to Take Over More Search Tasks on Samsung Phones
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Electronics Co. are negotiating a major deal that would give Google products more prominence on the South Korean company’s smartphones, according to correspondence viewed by Bloomberg News. The talks…
Arm Accuses China Venture Ex-CEO of Blocking its Business
(Bloomberg) — Arm Ltd., the chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., accused the ousted head of its China joint venture of hurting its business there, escalating a dispute that’s becoming a test of Beijing’s willingness to protect foreign…