Pixel 6 will be the first smartphone powered by new Google-made ‘Whitechapel’ processor
Pixel 6 will switch from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon brand to something built in-house with the help of Samsung’s System Large-scale Integration (SLSI) division. According to documentation viewed by 9to5Google, this fall’s Pixel phones will be powered by Google’s Whitechapel platform.
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Nokia and Lenovo settle patent dispute over video-compression technology
While terms of the agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia. Nokia launched its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 over alleged infringement of 20 video-compression technology patents and had cases in the United States, Brazil and India, and six cases in Germany.
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Signal is testing a payments feature that uses MobileCoin cryptocurrency
The new peer-to-peer payments system called Signal Payments supports for now only one protocol: the MobileCoin wallet and its cryptocurrency MOB. The feature is avilable in the beta version of the app.
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Sonos and IKEA are developing new Symfonisk speakers
The two companies will launch a hidden speaker that can look as an art piece. Details are sparse, but The Verge wrote it could be either an entire artwork print or something users attach to an existing frame.
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New products
vivo X70 Pro+
vivo X70 Pro+ will have Snapdragon 888 and a 4,500mAh battery. It will be launched in June.
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OPPO Reno5 Z
The phone has a 6.43-inch AMOLED display, Dimensity 800U processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It comes with a 4,310mAh battery.
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