December, 2019

• 6 December

  Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 chip won’t build in 5G. Here’s why it matters

  

  Chip giant Qualcomm has gathered hundreds of reporters and analysts in Hawaii this week to talk up its newest processors for mobile devices. Only a few minutes pass without some executive mentioning 5G and how popular the super-fast connectivity will be in 2020.  But the biggest news of the show hasn’t been the whiz bang …

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• 6 December

  FCC says there’s no evidence 5G is a health risk

  

  The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously this week against making changes to federal cell phone safety standards, even as some have raised health concerns about the rollout of 5G technology. After six years of reviewing the issue, the FCC said it found no reason to change its existing limits for radio frequency exposure. “After reviewing the extensive record submitted in …

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• 6 December

  2019 Volkswagen Atlas: A wise (and wide) SUV choice

  

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• 6 December

  Apple’s potential plans, T

  

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• 6 December

  RIP to the tech that died in 2019

  

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• 5 December

  Deepak Chopra made a digital clone of himself, and other celebs could soon follow

  

  I’m sitting down on a sofa, talking to what looks like a Facetime with Deepak Chopra on a phone. It’s not him, though. It’s an animated, sometimes realistic, talking head. He asks me how I feel. I end up discussing work stress. He suggests a meditation. For a few minutes, I’m having a little session with a Deepak that doesn’t …

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• 5 December

  Samsung’s Star Wars Galaxy Note 10 Plus wants you to embrace darkness

  

  Samsung is getting in on The Rise of Skywalker hype with a limited edition Star Wars Galaxy Note 10 Plus. The phone is styled after Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, with a sleek black body, red accents and a First Order logo etched on the back. It comes with a specially designed leather case, a metal badge for collectors, an S …

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• 5 December

  Get a 2

  

  I’ve been laptop shopping recently, and was once again forced to confront the ugly question: Why am I continuing to spend $700 or more on a Windows-based laptop when Chromebooks exist? After all, these days I spend 90% of my time in some combination of Google Docs and the web. Could I get by with a laptop running Google Chrome …

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• 5 December

  UK’s Boris Johnson takes selfie with Huawei phone after hinting at ban

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was spotted taking a selfie with a Huawei phone Thursday, just a day after hinting that the UK would comply with the US stance and ban Huawei technology from Britain’s telecommunications infrastructure. Johnson appeared on ITV show This Morning to talk about the upcoming election and Brexit, after which cameras captured him posing with presenters …

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• 5 December

  Qualcomm is pushing connectivity to cheaper computers but still faces hurdles

  

  The day before Qualcomm kicked off its Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii, rival Intel invited reporters to take a short drive. It had rented a $2,500-a-night villa in a nearby hotel, and it wanted to show how computers using its chips compared to those with Qualcomm processors. Intel had demos running in one of the rooms, showing how much faster …

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