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Googlebook Has an Android App Caveat
Googlebook laptops are starting to ship in Europe, but Google says some complex Android apps and games still need developer work on Intel models. Most apps should run normally, though anything built around phone-style chips could have performance issues. Googlebook’s pitch is making Android apps feel native.
source: The Verge
Huawei and Qualcomm Still Need Each Other
Huawei and Qualcomm signed a multi-year patent licensing deal covering 5G, compute, AI, and networking. Qualcomm is also buying some Huawei US patents. So even with all the competition and geopolitical pressure around both companies, modern wireless hardware still runs through a pretty tangled patent web.
source: The Next Web
Qualcomm and Arm Go Back to Court
Qualcomm is back in court with Arm over chip testing tools Qualcomm says Arm was supposed to provide. Qualcomm says the dispute hurt potential deals, including one with Meta, and is seeking damages that could reach billions. Arm says Qualcomm’s damages claims are speculative.
source: Reuters
Meta’s Muse Had a Last-Minute Security Scramble
Meta engineers reportedly rushed to fix several Muse security issues shortly before launch, including a VM escape vulnerability that could have exposed sensitive internal databases. Meta says Muse went through internal testing, red teaming, and its bug bounty program.
source: 404 Media
A Way to Strip Apple Intelligence From Your Mac
An unofficial tool called RemoveMacAI deletes Apple Intelligence models from Macs and can free up storage. That matters when some users are seeing Apple Intelligence take more than 30GB.
source: MacRumors
Norway Wants Breathing Room on AI Glasses
Norway’s government wants a temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places while it sorts through the privacy rules. The concern: people could be recorded, photographed, or listened to without their knowledge. This is not a permanent category ban, but it is a pause before AI glasses become normal in sensitive spaces.
source: The Next Web
AI Data Centers Are Squeezing Cheap Phones
Rest of World has a breakdown of how the AI data center boom is making low-cost smartphones more expensive by pulling memory chip supply toward higher-margin infrastructure. That hits first-time smartphone buyers hardest. And a cheap phone is still the main way many people get online.
source: Rest of World
A TCP Rival for the AI Data Center Era
Stanford professor emeritus John Ousterhout is pushing Homa, a networking protocol he says fits AI data centers better than TCP. The idea is to cut latency for short messages by letting receivers manage congestion, which matters when expensive GPUs are waiting on tiny bursts of coordination traffic. Replacing TCP broadly is a huge lift, but the target here is really AI infrastructure.
source: The Register