Tue. 01/19 – Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon 870

Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 870. Cruise, Microsoft and GM all get together in a beautiful marriage that is just as much about cloud computing as it is self-driving. Has the policy controversy endangered WhatsApp in India? And why the whole Smart Home and Internet of Things industry might be taking a breather.

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Links:

• Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 870 reheats the Snapdragon 865 for 2021 phones (The Verge)
• Microsoft invests in Cruise in new $2 billion round (TechCrunch)
• India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy over ‘grave concerns’ (TechCrunch)
• 5G Rivals Face an $81 Billion Tab After Spectrum Buying Spree (WSJ)
• DuckDuckGo surpasses 100 million daily search queries for the first time (ZDNet)
• Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced (The Guardian)
• CES 2021: A deep breath for the smart home to determine its future (Stacey On IOT)

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