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Microsoft, Google, and Qualcomm are reportedly nervous about Nvidia acquiring Arm

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Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. Qualcomm has had to pay several fines in the hundreds of millions and sometimes billions of dollars to authorities in China , South Korea , and the EU for anti-competitive licensing policies. These companies have experience with regulators and anti-competitive behavior.

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Is Google finally managing its messaging mess?

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Sam Byford: The most interesting thing about the Oppo Watch software is its selection of built-in apps, which are accessible through a scrolling grid that’s halfway between the Apple Watch’s weird honeycomb and list views. Honestly, is there a Windows computer Lenovo wouldn’t try out? ?

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Before Astro, these were the robots people invited home

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Sam Byford / The Verge. According to a Byte magazine article from the time , it could talk, be controlled with a remote, and could even pick up a beverage — that is, after you assembled the add-on mechanical arm, which the author says took 10 hours. The 2017 version of Aibo, Sony’s robot dog. | a successor to HERO, here.

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The best tech of CES 2020: Where are they now?

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Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. No, instead Neon has apparently shifted to an enterprise solution in the form of an API businesses can use to enhance real-time conversation needs like customer service, according to Android Authority. Samsung Neon. Current status: Pivoted to enterprise so you’ll never ask about it again.

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