ISPs tell the FCC that “excellent service” is why their customers stay. AI companies are squeezing utilities to increase energy costs to consumers. Only 700,000 CoPilot+ laptops have been sold this quarter. Intel’s CEO has stepped down. My pal Jaime Rivera is leaving Pocketnow.

Qualcomm vs MediaTek vs Google, Who’s making the best phone chip for 2025?

And let’s chat a little about headphone jacks on mobile devices…

Let’s get our tech week started right!



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• MediaTek Interview with Finbarr Moynihan https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4Dj
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• ISPs claim “service” is why customers stay https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/isps-say-their-excellent-customer-service-is-why-users-dont-switch-providers/
• AI companies squeeze for more electricity at consumers expense https://virginiamercury.com/2024/11/26/under-pressure-from-the-scc-dominion-reveals-the-true-cost-of-data-centers/
• Intel CEO steps down https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-ceo-news-dec-2024.html#gs.ice9s0
• 720,000 Snapdragon PC’s ship https://finance.yahoo.com/news/only-720-000-qualcomm-snapdragon-194520220.html
• Jaime Rivera leaves Pocketnow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_KaOuh7HQ
• A Special Report on Headphone Jacks
• Juan rambles on about Dimensity, Snapdragon, and Tensor chips…
  

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