How Linux gets to a phone: the Linux LTS kernel gets forked by Google for the Android Common Kernel, then that gets forked by an SoC vendor for each chip, then that gets forked again by a device manufacturer. [credit: Google ] The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of […]
Enlarge / An FTC study showed how big Silicon Valley companies bought startups to eliminate future competitors. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The world’s largest technology companies have snapped up smaller rivals at a record pace this year in a buying spree that comes as US politicians and regulators prepare to crack down on […]
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty) Being a global company has its perks. There’s a lot of money to be made overseas. But the biggest US tech companies are finding out that there’s also a downside: Every country where you make money is a country that could try to regulate you. It’s hard to keep track […]
Enlarge / A sculpture of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny in front of the Brandenburg Gate at an anti-Putin demonstration on May 9, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (credit: Getty Images | Adam Berry ) Apple and Google gave a boost to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party by removing a strategic voting […]
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Google’s best image of the Pixel 6 Pro. [credit: Google ] What in the world is going on? Google is building the Pixel 6, and with it, the company is dumping Qualcomm and introducing its first in-house main SoC (with help from Samsung): the “Google Tensor SoC,” aka “Whitechapel.” Other than some talk about Google’s […]
Google-owned YouTube’s latest subscription offerings, YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, now have 50 million paying users, up from 20 million 11 months ago. Read More
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Google is dismantling its unified health care division Google Health as division head David Feinberg departs. But it won’t stop Big Tech’s quixotic quest to transform American healthcare. Read More
The White House has pledged billions in cybersecurity upgrades. The holes, though, are glaring. Read More