Cristiano Amon appointed CEO-Elect at Qualcomm
Steve Mollenkopf to Retire as CEO in June
Qualcomm finished strong with Snapdragon 888 and started the first working day of January with its Snapdragon 480 5G announcement. After 26 years at the company, the new big announcement is that Steve Mollenkopf will retire as a CEO. He was CEO since March 2014.
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 480 5G
Enables affordable 5G headsets in Q1 2021
Qualcomm is enormously benefiting from fast 5G deployment around the globe. Two years after introducing its first 5G device in the 8 series, the company announced an affordable Snapdragon 4 series chipset for affordable 5G devices.
Apple "invents" foldable phone
Anyone else who claims to have invented it is a liar
Fruity cargo cult Apple has apparently invented a foldable iPhone, long after its rivals took the plunge and innovated the idea and made it work.
Xiaomi announces the Mi 11
The first one with Snapdragon 888 SoC
Xiaomi has officially announced the new flagship smartphone, the Mi 11. The Mi 11 is also the first officially announced smartphone with the new Snapdragon 888 SoC and paves the way for flagships in 2021.
Phone encryption system is a joke
Expert finds that it is not difficult to break
While phone encryption is considered a hot topic by lawmakers who are worried it is being used by criminals and terrorists, Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University has been showing that it is not really as safe as all that.