Arm has reportedly canceled a license granted to Qualcomm to design chips based on its chip technology, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. Arm has reportedly given Qualcomm a 60-day notice of the cancellation as required by law. This license lets the San Diego-based Qualcomm design its own silicon based on Arm chip standards. The Bloomberg report comes just as Qualcomm announced its new mobile and automotive chips at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The chips represent milestones for Qualcom ...

Next year's top Android phones should have even better AI capabilities and low-light camera performance and will be able to last longer when playing games. At its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the next generation of chips that will power the best phones from Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus and more manufacturers. The new chip will enable even more generative AI capabilities, which became the showcase feature that tech companies scrambled to integrate into their products t ...

Google has succeeded in convincing a U.S. District Court judge in California to put the brakes on an injunction requiring the company to open up its Play store to third-party app stores. The Friday decision by Judge James Donato came a day after Google filed a request for an emergency stay with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Donato's decision will allow time for the appeals court to consider that request.The decision is the latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between game developer and publisher Ep ...

Google is trying to put the brakes on a court ruling requiring the company to open up its Play Store to third-party app stores. Earlier this month, Judge James Donato ruled in a California US District Court that the company has an illegal monopoly with its Google Play Store on Android devices. Google has already appealed that decision.Now, Google has filed an emergency stay motion ahead of an expected Friday appeals ruling. The company also published a fact sheet about the motion from Lee-Anne Mulholland, v ...

Apple is reportedly aiming to launch smart glasses designed with broader mass-market appeal than its Vision Pro headset. The company intends to pour some of the billion-dollar R&D investment from the Vision Pro's visual intelligence into more products, including smart glasses to rival Meta's Ray-Ban models, according to a new Bloomberg report. The products are expected to launch in 2027. The report also noted that Apple continues to develop AirPods with outward facing cameras to experiment both with visual ...

Amazon said Wednesday it's expanding its same-day drug delivery service in 2025. The Amazon Pharmacy perk, which allows people to get certain prescription medications delivered to their door the same day they're ordered, is already available in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; Phoenix; Seattle; Indianapolis; and Orlando, Florida. Same-day delivery will extend to Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego and more metropolitan areas the retail giant said it will announce in the com ...

If you've had trouble using Verizon's network on Monday, you're not the only one. The carrier has confirmed to CNET that it has been working to fix some problems that have led to a service outage for some of its users. "We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers," a Verizon spokesperson said in a statement Monday morning. "Our engineers are engaged, and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue."In an updated statement from 4:53 p.m. ET, the carrier confirmed the issue was st ...

Just a month and a half after publisher Epic Games moved to make its games, including Fortnite, available on third-party app stores, it's now suing tech giants Samsung and Google over access to those storefronts.In a post in its website, Epic Games accuses the two companies of blocking access to those third-party app stores, which compete with Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store. Epic says that an opt-in feature introduced last year by Samsung, Auto Blocker, is now on by default as of July, making i ...

If you've had trouble using Verizon's network on Monday morning, you're not the only one. The carrier has confirmed to CNET that it has been working to fix some problems. "We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers," a Verizon spokesperson said in a statement. "Our engineers are engaged, and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue."Exactly what the issues are, how many people they're affecting or when they might be resolved was not immediately known. It is also unclear if t ...

PayPal is launching a new service to allow businesses to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency, making it much easier for US merchants to use crypto for payments.Although the company already allowed its PayPal and Venmo users with consumer accounts to use bitcoin and other virtual coins via its online wallets, it's now rolling out similar capabilities to businesses. The effort marks a major play in expanding the functionality of digital assets for businesses. It comes as cryptocurrency has gained wider market a ...