Thu. 08/01 - Chips Get Faster, Scooters Get Rugged-er

Intel’s faster new chips, Bird’s more durable new scooters, Samsung’s new lack of a headphone jack, Cisco settles with the government, IBM’s facing an age discrimination lawsuit, Cloudflare’s planning an IPO and the new season of Fortnite.

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Links:Intel unveils its first 10th-gen laptop CPUs (Engadget)Bird’s new electric scooter has a better battery and anti-vandalism sensors (The Verge)Dongle life: Galaxy Note 10’s 3.5mm to USB-C adapter pictured in leak (SamMobile)Cloudflare Said To Pursue September IPO, We Say Heck Yes (Crunchbase News)Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech (NYTimes)IBM Fired as Many as 100,000 in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows (Bloomberg)Jeff Bezos Sells $2 Billion of Amazon Stock After 4% Stake Transfer (Bloomberg)Solar-sailing satellite proves it can use light to propel through space (The Verge)And Now, a Bicycle Built for None (NYTimes)Fortnite season X adds mech suits, a meteor, and ‘volatile rift zones’ (The Verge)

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