Independent record labels have expressed concerns about Apple’s plans to pay more money for songs recorded in Spatial Audio, claiming it will only benefit the biggest companies in the marketplace, reports the Financial Times. Last week, Apple announced royalty incentives to encourage music artists and record labels to publish tracks in Spatial Audio. Apple said […]
Read MoreApple has finally made the shift to USB-C on the iPhone, after years of using its proprietary Lightning connector. It’s not a shift Apple made because it wants to reduce electronic waste (you could argue the switch to USB-C will increase e-waste as millions of iPhone owners will have to ditch their existing Lightning cables) […]
Read MoreSamsung’s only competitor in the semiconductor chip manufacturing space is TSMC. The Taiwanese company has a much higher market share than Samsung Foundry and has orders from all the big-name brands, including AMD, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. On the other hand, Samsung is losing customers, but it has a silver lining right now. TSMC […]
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro feature Google’s Tensor G2 SoC, which is fabricated by Samsung on its 5nm process. The Pixel Fold is also expected to feature the same chipset. However, a new rumor suggests that the Tensor G2 in the Pixel Fold will perform much better than the Tensor G2 in […]
Read MoreLast month, we reported how Samsung is looking for a way around the restrictions imposed by the US on China. Besides Samsung, SK Hynix, another major semiconductor player from South Korea, is also weighing its options between the US and China amidst the dispute. The latest report by Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce suggests that […]
Read MoreAs if the headwinds in the European market aren’t already preventing the Chinese OEMs from competing against the likes of Samsung, a new challenge has emerged for Vivo, a leading Chinese manufacturer that has a solid position both in its home country and in markets across Asia and the Middle East. Vivo has been unable […]
Read MoreSamsung SDI, the conglomerate’s battery-making division, is looking to take advantage of China’s rapidly evolving battery industry. To that end, the company has set up a new research and development center in Shanghai. This isn’t the first outpost of its kind that Samsung SDI has set up outside of South Korea. It already operates overseas […]
Read MoreWe’ve been singing praises of the Galaxy S23 Ultra ever since it got announce and we got the chance to use it. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is the same as the Galaxy S22 Ultra in most regards, but it leaves the S22 Ultra biting the dust in both performance and battery life. Much of the […]
Read MoreApple chip supplier TSMC will begin production of advanced 2nm chips by 2025, in what is likely to contribute to a key future iteration of Apple silicon, Nikkei Asia reports. TSMC made the announcement at an industry event on Thursday, explaining that its 2nm technology will be based on “nanosheet transistor architecture.” Nanosheet architecture is […]
Read MoreThe latest report by market research firm Canalys, (via The Elec) brings some positive news for foldable smartphones. Notably, the report says that the foldable smartphone shipments are expected to surpass 30 million units in the next 2 years. This is some good news as Android smartphone shipments are on the decline. Going by the […]
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