Snapdragon 855 to marry X50
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 14 March 2018 12:01

Snapdragon 855 to marry X50


Softbank spills the beans

None other than Softbank leaked the fact that Snapdragon 855, a chipset that will power the Galaxy S10 and other top Android phones in 2019 which will come with Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem.

Softbank offers Uber 30 percent less
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 12:01

Softbank offers Uber 30 percent less


You are getting too problematic

Softbank is offering to purchase shares of Uber at a valuation of $48 billion – a 30 percent discount to its most recent valuation of $68.5 billion.

Softbank-ARM deal under attack
Published in News
Monday, 27 November 2017 22:39

Softbank-ARM deal under attack


Cost an arm and a leg

A major investor in technology in the UK has lashed out against the sale of ARM to Softbank last year.

Uber set to succumb to Softbank offer
Published in News
Friday, 24 November 2017 23:20

Uber set to succumb to Softbank offer


No kidding

Late on Friday, because these kinds of things all happen on Friday, it seems that mighty Japanese giant Softbank is seeking to acquire taxi company Uber.

ARM hiring more staff after Softbank takeover
Published in PC Hardware


Hired more than 1,000 new staff with more to come

ARM has hired more than 1,000 new staff members worldwide since it was taken over by Softbank last year, with a large proportion of these in the UK.

Softbank finds two droids they are looking for on Google
Published in News


Two companies added to AI plans


After getting its paws on ARM, Softbank is still growing and has written a cheque for two firms that build walking robots from Google's parent company, Alphabet.

SoftBank buys big chunk of Nvidia
Published in News
Friday, 26 May 2017 12:44

SoftBank buys big chunk of Nvidia


Could there be an ARM/Nvidia alliance forming?


Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group has acquired a $4 billion stake in Nvidia, making it the chipmaker's fourth largest shareholder.

SoftBank gives Saudi Arabia a quarter of ARM
Published in News


Non-binding fund to oversee creation of at least 50,000 US tech jobs


Softbank said that it will sell a 25 percent stake of ARM Holdings to an investment fund created in partnership with Saudi Arabia and other investors, according to people involved in the discussions.

AI will be smarter than humans in 30 years
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 11:09

AI will be smarter than humans in 30 years


It is already brighter than most Apple fanboys


SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has said that computers running artificial intelligence programmes will exceed human intelligence within three decades,

SoftBank ready to sell Sprint to T-Mobile
Published in Mobiles
Saturday, 18 February 2017 08:12

SoftBank ready to sell Sprint to T-Mobile


For US market share


Last Friday, an exclusive report  from Reuters  noted that the SoftBank Group in Japan is financially prepared to give up control of recently acquired Sprint and hand over the keys to Deutsche Telekom AG’s brand in America, also known as T-Mobile USA.