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With tougher immigration rules for foreign-born tech experts and concerns around national security, quantum computing faces a talent shortage in the US (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times: With tougher immigration rules for foreign-born tech experts and concerns around national security, quantum computing faces a talent shortage in the US  —  Christopher Savoie, founder and chief executive of a start-up called Zapata, offered jobs this year to three scientists who specialize … With tougher immigration rules for

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Chrome enables Picture-in-Picture support on desktop by default on macOS, Windows, and Linux (Scott Scrivens/Android Police)

Scott Scrivens / Android Police: Chrome enables Picture-in-Picture support on desktop by default on macOS, Windows, and Linux  —  It’s a popular feature on Android, especially useful if you want to watch YouTube videos while you do other things, and now Picture-in-picture (PiP) is officially coming to the desktop. Chrome enables Picture-in-Picture support on desktop

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Qualcomm announces a reference design headset based on its QCC5100 Bluetooth audio chip to make it easier for manufacturers to build Alexa-powered headphones (Richard Lai/Engadget)

Richard Lai / Engadget: Qualcomm announces a reference design headset based on its QCC5100 Bluetooth audio chip to make it easier for manufacturers to build Alexa-powered headphones  —  When it comes to adding a voice assistant to a speaker or a pair of headphones, Amazon’s Alexa has become the default choice for many OEMs …

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675, an 11nm mid-range ARM Cortex A76-based SOC with support for triple camera setups, promises better gaming performance (Andrei Frumusanu/AnandTech)

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675, an 11nm mid-range ARM Cortex A76-based SOC with support for triple camera setups, promises better gaming performance  —  Today we’re seeing a very interesting announcement from Qualcomm: The new Snapdragon 675 chipset is a direct successor … Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675, an 11nm mid-range ARM Cortex A76-based

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Twitter says it has removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with InfoWars, some for helping InfoWars and Alex Jones circumvent September ban (CNN)

CNN: Twitter says it has removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with InfoWars, some for helping InfoWars and Alex Jones circumvent September ban  —  New York (CNN Business)Twitter on Monday removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with the fringe right-wing media organization InfoWars, a company spokesperson told CNN. Twitter says it has removed

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Report: blockchain engineers make between $150K and $175K on average, on par with AI developers and above the typical $135K salary for software engineers (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Report: blockchain engineers make between $150K and $175K on average, on par with AI developers and above the typical $135K salary for software engineers  —  – Blockchain engineers are the top paid roles in software development, on par with specialists focused on artificial intelligence. Report: blockchain engineers make between 0K and

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A critical analysis of Bloomberg's claims about the alleged compromised Supermicro motherboards and why the reported technical details are implausible (ServeTheHome)

ServeTheHome: A critical analysis of Bloomberg’s claims about the alleged compromised Supermicro motherboards and why the reported technical details are implausible  —  Today we are going to more thoroughly address the Bloomberg Businessweek article alleging that China targeted 30 companies by inserting chips … A critical analysis of Bloomberg's claims about the alleged compromised Supermicro

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Linus Torvalds back in charge of Linux, according to the Linux 4.19 announcement, over a month after temporarily stepping away to get help to fix his behavior (Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNet)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: Linus Torvalds back in charge of Linux, according to the Linux 4.19 announcement, over a month after temporarily stepping away to get help to fix his behavior  —  After a few weeks off to reconsider his role in the Linux community, Linus Torvalds is back in the saddle. Linus Torvalds

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