OPINION : Another massive week in tech is in the books . As we take a immediate breath forwards of the Black Friday madness , it ’s sentence to name the heavy succeeder and the unfortunate loser from the last 7 days .
There have been stack of winners in tech this week , not least the being the public able to get someearly Black Friday dealsin the books and stave off some of the chaos . We get news Apple is bringingEmergency SOS to the UKiPhone 14 owner next month , whileSamsung 2021 Smart goggle box ownerscan now reach the Gaming Hub and the Xbox app .
It was n’t all good intelligence for Microsoft though . We pick up it could n’t make the ‘ Keystone’Xbox streaming machine cheap enoughto make it worthwhile compared to the Xbox Series S , and the company is desperatelytrying to make Teams appealingby add the squeeze playfulness of a biz of Minesweeper with your confrere .
However , scroll down to see who we ’ve bestowed the winner and loser title on for this week …
Winner: Qualcomm
When we ’re doling out praise to the top Android producer for their sterling flagship phones , it ’s easy to blank out much of it is possible thanks to the unvoiced work and innovation from the chipmakers at Qualcomm .
Indeed 2023’sAndroid phoneshave been set up for immensity after events at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii . The American company announced theSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 , which will deliver 35 % advance in C.P.U. carrying into action and a 25 % uptick in graphics operation , thanks to the Adreno GPU .
We ’ll also see hardware - accelerate ray trace on more Android gadget , bring the en vogue ignite feature to mobile games , should developers take advantage of it . Beyond that , the AI is now smart enough to sleep together if the display should be in portrait or landscape , based on the orientation of your own face .
It all points to some fully grown improvements across the board for the Android self-aggrandizing hitters in 2023 . Those will admit theSamsung Galaxy S23 , Oppo Find X , and OnePlus 11 . So , when you pick up your next flagship Android phone , remember to raise a trash to Qualcomm too .
Loser: Netflix moochers
It ’s a knotty time to be a Netflix freeloader . Not only is the company crack down on password sharing it ’s also giving account holders the luck to well boot them out of the subscription .
The company has announced a newManage Access and Devices pagewithin the account preferences that will allow the flyer payer to remotely remove individual twist , like that telly in your ex ’s bedroom . That means they wo n’t have to go through the bother of shift the password on their account to remove that ex - partner , or roommate they no longer wish to have access to the good shows Netflix has to volunteer .
