Smartphone demand gives Qualcomm revenue a massive shot in the arm

Jorge Gonzalez
Smartphone demand - Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for mobile

The company’s revenue spiked by 52 percent, driven primarily by handset shipments. Smartphone demand over the last year has sent Qualcomm revenues and share prices skyward as the chipmaker saw massive fiscal second quarter earnings. The company’s recent earnings report substantially exceeded analyst estimates for the quarter. The company’s share prices rose 6 percent on the news of its fiscal Q2 earnings in 2021. The company’s high revenues are credited to the massive smartphone demand as a result of the global pandemic. Qualcomm saw an adjusted $1.90 per share, when…

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Chinese city governments speak out against rising facial recognition technology use

Jennifer Goula
Facial recognition technology - Biometrics

Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang province has issued three fines for the tech’s use without customer consent. Facial recognition technology has been placed in the spotlight in China as backlash has been building from cities across the country. The Consumer Protection Gala last month drew considerable attention to the tech’s misuse. Several Chinese cities have been tightening their facial recognition technology restrictions as it has started being used for more mainstream purposes, including for garbage collection and for toilet paper dispensing. In the eastern province of Zhejiang, the city of Ningbo’s…

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AT&T, Delta and Apple partner in 5G iPhone 12 rollout for flight attendants

Stephanie Beck
5G iPhone 12 - Images of iPhone 12

The partnership will deploy the smartphone upgrade to about 19,000 of the airline’s employees. Delta flight attendants will be receiving new 5G iPhone 12 upgrades as a result of a new partnership between the airline, AT&T and Apple. The 19,000 flight attendants will receive the smartphones as the airline upgrades its entire device fleet. The companies have announced that their partnership will upgrade all the airline’s devices to the 5G iPhone 12 models. In this way, all the airline’s flight attendants will have smartphones that are 5G compatible. AT&T issued…

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Apple privacy changes bring on antitrust complaint by German companies

John Montgallo
Apple Privacy Changes - Different iPhone models

The largest media, tech and advertising firms in the country have accused the company of abuse. A group comprised of the largest media, tech and advertising companies in Germany have filed an antitrust abuse complaint over the Apple privacy changes. The accusations are over the new iPhone setting changes the group says will hurt the ads market. There are nine industry associations in the group. These represent companies ranging from Axel Springer to Facebook, according to a Financial Times report citing Bild owner, Die Welt. The complaint was filed with…

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The Facebook algorithm will start ranking News Feed content differently

Jesse Collins
Facebook algorithm - Facebook app

This announcement follows last month’s roll-out of new controls for how the News Feed is viewed. The Facebook algorithm for ranking News Feed content is getting tweaked, according to the social media giant. This is one of many recent changes taking place in this part of the social network’s experience. Last month, the company announced that it was rolling out new ways for controlling and managing the News Feed. It created a Feed Filter Bar, in addition to improvements to the explanations regarding suggested posts, and the capacity to control…

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