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Apple Inc. has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 27 vehicles — Bloomberg Technology
Apple Inc. has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 27 vehicles as it accelerates efforts to catch up with competitors such as Alphabet Inc’s Waymo; writes Alex Webb of Bloomberg Technology. Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/apple-expands-california-self-driving-test-fleet-to-27-cars
The EU fines Qualcomm $1.23 billion for signing exclusivity deal with Apple
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm $1.2 billion for what the agency says is "abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets".
Intel needs to come clean about Meltdown and Spectre — The Verge
A lot more transparency is needed from Apple and AMD too; The Verge's Tom Warren writes.
Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16871856/intel-cpu-meltdown-spectre-response-computer-slow-down-issues
Apple buys Vancouver-based startup Buddybuild
Apple has acquired Vancouver-based startup Buddybuild. The Buddybuild team has joined the Xcode engineering group at Apple.
Benchmark data suggests Apple is slowing down iPhones with old batteries — Business Insider
Apple may be limiting the processing speed of its older phones. Kif Lewsing of Business Insider writes.
Here is the link - http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-slowing-down-iphones-with-old-batteries-geekbench-2017-12