Apple stops paying royalties to Qualcomm

It’s no secret, Apple and Qualcomm have been fighting relentlessly for a few months over royalty payments. Apple told Qualcomm that it would stop paying the disputed licensing fees. Qualcomm confirmed the aggressive move and said that its revenue and profits would be lower than expected.

Apple said that it is waiting for a court decision to resume payments. Of course, the company expects to pay a lower fee after the decision.

Elon Musk’s new venture could turn his cyborg dreams into reality

Augmenting the human brain with computers... literally

As if self-driving cars and space travel aren't extraordinary enough, Elon Musk is planning another startup straight out of the pages of science fiction: augmenting the human brain with computers.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has put his weight behind a new company dedicated to working on implants designed to interface with one's literal brain to increase human computing potential, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Here's how Elon Musk's tunnels will put an end to traffic jams

Not at all boring.

If you've been catching the little hints Elon Musk's been dropping this year about revolutionising traffic flow with a massive network of underground tunnels, you're probably eager to hear more details about it - and we just got a few.

WhatsApp brings back text Status it replaced with Stories

I never posted about WhatsApp,s update because of all its updates, this one I hated. I believe, if you are going to copy something, which is what they did, make it better not worse. I am not a fan of bootlleg updates . Which is what WhatsApp's attempt at Stories was. Anyway , enough of my rant. On to the news...

The Snapchatification of everything has resulted in backlash for WhatsApp, prompting it to revive its text Status option while keeping its image-based replacement. The move shows how social apps must quickly react to feedback if they make a false step in modernizing to adapt to visual communication.

Anyone into PHOTOGRAPHY

I received an email from Emily of Xsighttechnologies with some very useful information for those  into photography.

I thought I should share with you guys .

You can fine the post here

I hope it helps