What's at Stake in Qualcomm's Blockbuster FTC Antitrust Trial
On Friday, Qualcomm finally entered in a courtroom to defend itself against antitrust charges that have been in the…
The Snapdragon 8cx Is Qualcomm's First Purpose-Built Chip for Laptops
Thanks to the Windows on Snapdragon initiative, Qualcomm has been dabbling in the laptop processor business for about a…
Samsung's Galaxy Book 2 Goes Hard at Mobile Productivity With Huge Battery Life Claims and LTE
I’m not going to say the PC is dying, that would be ridiculous. But over the last 10 years, there are certain segments…
Snapdragon Wear 3100 Chip Arrives to Give Wear OS Watches a Much Needed Boost
Google recently rolled out a big update to Wear OS with improvements including a new streamlined UI, better health and…
Amid Massive Court Battle, Qualcomm Says Apple Won't Be Using Its Modems in the Next iPhone
Chip manufacturer Qualcomm confirmed in a conference call on Wednesday that it does not believe Apple, with whom it has…
Qualcomm Teases Its First Chip Built Just for Laptops
In early 2018, the first Windows 10 laptops sporting Qualcomm CPUs hit the market, and with it, Qualcomm brought a more…
Broadcom Moves Back to US Anyways, Despite Failing to Do So Quickly Enough to Gobble Up Qualcomm
Singaporean mobile chip manufacturer Broadcom says it is now again a US-based mobile chip manufacturer, Reuters…
After Bragging About Broadcom Jobs, Trump Kills Its Qualcomm Deal Over 'National Security' Risk
Singapore-based mobile chip manufacturer Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to acquire its US rival Qualcomm—what might have…
What's It Gonna Take For Someone to Give Me This Slick In-Display Fingerprint Reader
Synaptics’s Clear ID sensor is not the first sensor to scan your thumb print through a display. The Vivo X20 phone,…
Qualcomm Slapped With $1.2 Billion Fine for Buying Its Way Into iPhones
Qualcomm’s legal troubles are only getting worse. Already embroiled in several lawsuits with Apple, Qualcomm was fined $…
Lenovo Says Its Snapdragon Surface Clone Gets 20 Freaking Hours of Battery Life
There’s a question I get way too often from a coworker. “When are we getting Snapdragon Surface devices?” The answer…
Qualcomm Claims Its New Chip Will Triple Battery Life on Wireless Headphones
There are currently two major annoyances with wireless headphones: the Bluetooth can cut out in areas with a lot of…
Here Are the 5 Biggest Things Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 Is Bringing to Next Year's Android Phones
A couple days ago at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the company finally unveiled its next flagship smartphone…
Smartphone Guts Are Coming to Windows Laptops, and It Could Triple Your Battery Life
For years, Microsoft and others have been trying to figure out how to get Windows running on chips other than x86…
Broadcom's $105 Billion Bid for Qualcomm Could Be the Biggest Tech Acquisition Ever
In the competition to supply the world’s ever-increasing demand for wireless modems, a bid by Broadcom to purchase…
The Apple Watch's Best New Feature Was Mysteriously Blocked in China
Apple may be riding the highest stock prices of its lifetime, but China continues to be a vexing problem for the…
Qualcomm Tries to Look Cool Ahead of Apple Day and Fails
Unless they’re trying to intentionally bury some news, most tech companies know by now to get out of the way whenever Ap…
We're Entering a New Era of Portable Windows PCs
At long last Microsoft will make it possible to run Windows 10 on cheap low-powered PCs (like rinky-dink tablets) as…
New Quick Charge Tech Promises 5 Hours of Phone Battery in 5 Minutes
Leaving the house only to realize you’ve got next to zero charge on your phone is an awful feeling. Which is why phone…
Qualcomm's Latest Chip Provides Gigabit LTE Speeds
Hold on to your data contracts: Qualcomm’s latest modem chip will enable mobile devices to achieve LTE download speeds…