Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced it will elevate its small foundry business to become a standalone business within Intel called Intel Foundry Services led by Randhir Thakur. Unlike previous efforts, IFS will offer SoCs with not only x86, but Arm, and RISC-V cores, and use industry standard design tools this time, making it easier to work with for third parties. How will these efforts help turn Intel’s ship around and will it be enough?
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Intel Foundry Services is a new standalone company that will make SoCs for third-parties, Qualcomm is reportedly working on a Switch-like 5G gaming console, and Google is not testing FLoC in the EU over GDPR concerns.
Peter Wells wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald called “How searching for help online can be healthy.” But should you search online? And what kinds of help can you expect?
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OnePlus announces the much leaked OnePlus 9 series, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire Discord, and China issues new rules on necessary information mobile app developers can collect from users.
Zoom will begin selling access to its API for companies to embed video calling into their own products, Microsoft will start a limited reopening of its headquarters in Redmond and Seattle on March 29th, and preservation group Hidden Palace has obtained 752 PS2 game prototypes for the Project Deluge initiative.
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The US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust plans to introduce 10 or more smaller antitrust bills targeting large technology companies, Microsoft begins a partial reopening of two headquarters, and the HomePod Mini includes an inactive temperature and humidity sensor.
Facebook wants to help people book vaccine appointments, Uber reclassifies their U.K.-based drivers as workers, and HBO Max to launch an ad-supported version.
The MPAA notes that online video subscriptions rose 26% to 1.1 billion in 2020, passing 1 billion worldwide for the first time. Is this just a pandemic spike or are the numbers here to stay?
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Facebook mostrará centros de vacunación para el COVID, Spotify lanza la iniciativa Loud & Clear y HBO Max llegará con una versión con publicidad a más de 60 países.