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Qualcomm completes Alphawave Semi acquisition roughly one quarter ahead of schedule Qualcomm adds high-speed wired connectivity assets through Alphawave Semi acquisition Alphawave Semi technologies will be integrated alongside Qualcomm’s Oryon and Hexagon chips Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of Alphawave Semi, closing the deal roughly one quarter earlier than initially projected. The transaction formally brings…

External 4TB SSDs now undercut slower internal SATA storage on price Memory production shifts are reshaping NAND supply and storage pricing dynamics SATA SSDs face shrinking relevance as NVMe and external drives converge Large capacity external SSDs are now selling for less than internal 4TB SATA drives, a situation driven by the ongoing changes in…

Arm’s valuation drops massively as investors react to Qualcomm’s shift toward RISC-V development Qualcomm’s Ventana acquisition prompts concerns about future Arm demand Market response reflects uncertainty over evolving CPU strategies Arm’s market value dropped sharply following Qualcomm’s announcement of its acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems, triggering renewed concern about the British chip designer’s long term…

The Fit List The corner of the TechRadar site that swaps processors for press-ups, The Fit List is our regular series of fitness listicles. We explore how to use technology to improve your health, all in handy bite-size pieces of advice. You can read the whole series here. Staying active becomes even more important as…

Amazon has blocked over 1,800 suspected DPRK applications since April 2024 Microsoft says 300 US companies hired DPRK workers between 2020 and 2022 Monitoring human behavior is a good starting point, AI can help even further Amazon has blocked over 1,800 suspected North Korean applications from joining the company since April 2024, it has revealed….

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Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, December 22 (game…

Prime Video has given us a pre-Christmas 2025 present with a new episode of Fallout season 2. Indeed, with the most festive holiday of the year almost upon us, one of the world’s best streaming services has come bearing the gift of this season’s second chapter. If you’re planning to watch it before Santa delivers…

A federal judge granted a permanent injunction against Louisiana’s Act 456 The law would have required social media to verify the age of all users NetChoice argued the law created “massive privacy risks” US District Court has permanently blocked Louisiana’s controversial social media age verification law, declaring it unconstitutional just days before it was set…

Samsung has announced a new AI-powered fridge It’s the first time we’ll have seen Gemini on an appliance The AI should save money and reduce food waste AI chatbots are continuing to make their way into more and more devices, and Google Gemini is now heading to fridges: it’s going to show up in the…