Former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has started a company focused on wireless technology — but that doesn’t mean he’s giving up on his plans to take Qualcomm private. The startup, called XCOM, will work to tackle issues related to next-generation mobile communications, including 5G. Qualcomm’s former president, Derek Aberle, and former chief technology officer, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV 4K and iTunes are getting support for Dolby Atmos. Should you care? If you’re an AV enthusiast with an Apple TV 4K, or the desire to get one eventually, the answer is a solid “maybe.” But if you’re not, perhaps you’re …
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Google released an app for its Google Lens augmented reality helper on Monday, directing users to a service that provides a quick link between the real world and the digital one. The software serves as a quick-launch icon for the service, according to Droid Life, similar to an earlier app for Google Assistant. Google Lens, introduced at Google’s I/O conference in 2017, uses …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I have a thing about companies like Google and Apple trying to make out like digital assistants are our friends. Although I love the technology, I find the implication of making them more human pathetically desperate and ridiculously self-serving. But to me the …
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Google’s Project Fi phone service is pretty slick. It combines multiple cellular networks and Wi-Fi into a single network with more coverage than any single standard carrier — and it just recently added the LG G7, LG V35 and Moto G6 to the traditionally sparse list of phones you can use with it. And Tuesday, Google’s removing another hurdle that …
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Odds are that you’ve been using the same version of Gmail for the past few years, but Google is coming out with a new version of Gmail that looks and feels very different from the current one (though with features reminiscent of Google Inbox). It’s got new buttons, new “hover actions” and new features like the ability to snooze an email …
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 850 platform was announced at Computex 2018, along with the news that Samsung is the latest partner to plan a device around it. Devices based on the 850 should ship in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure, according to Qualcomm. Whether you call them by their marketing moniker, “always-connected computers,” or their more technical description of “Windows on …
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Apple may be the world’s biggest tech company, but it had only the second most exciting tech event on Monday. While the iPhone maker focused on sensible-but-not-sexy updates to its iOS software, Asus played its wildest cards. Chalk the excitement up to three new announcements: the VivoWatch BP, the ZenBook Pro and — oh, that’s right — a freaking two-screen …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I’m leaning over a table with nothing on it, playing with someone across from me. We’re holding iPads. On our screens, a field of blocks are laid out. We’re launching slingshots, knocking each other’s slingshots out to try to win first. This is …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple wants to cure you of your iPhone addiction. Now playing: Watch this: Limit your screen time with iOS 12 3:41 On Monday, the company unveiled new features in iOS 12, the latest version of its mobile software, to help you kick the …
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