PUBG Global Invitational 2018 is Underway: Here’s How to Watch It! PUBG Corp. had previously stated at the media day of PGI that they are going to be working hard on establishing the game as a proper eSports title while showcasing theirfive-year plan of the game. Now, the time for PUBG’s biggest competitive tournament of the year is finally here! The 2018 PUBG Global Invitational event will gather 20 of the world’s bestPUBGteamsto compete against each other in Berlin for a $2 million prize pool....

Qualcomm All Set to Announce Adreno Turbo GPU Boost Technology Qualcomm is one of the world’s leading chipset producers, powering a plethora of devices around the globe. While many were expecting the company to announce a second processor in the 7xx series, presumably the Snapdragon 720, recent reports suggest that the company might be working on something else altogether. As reported byGSMArena, an unexpected series of teasers emerged on Qualcomm’s official Weibo page....

Qualcomm Scraps $45 Billion NXP Deal After No Response from China San Diego-based chipmakerQualcommhas walked away from buying Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors for $45 billion after the Chinese regulators did not grant last-minute approval to the deal. The two companies entered into a deal in October 2016, with the deadline to close the deal extended several times as the companies waited for China to approve or deny the merger. Eight of the nine countries where Qualcomm has businesses had approved the deal....

Samsung Starts Mass Producing LPDDR4X Memory Chips for 8GB RAM in Smartphones Samsungtodayannouncedthat it has started mass producing its 2nd-gen 10-nanometer-class (1y-nm) LPDDR4X DRAM for premium smartphones. Compared to the 1st-gen 10nm (1x-nm ) 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM memory chips that are used in current flagship mobile devices, the 2nd–gen chips are expected to improve efficiency and lower power consumption by 10 percent while maintaining the same data rate of 4,266 megabits per second (Mb/s)....

Samsung Teases Galaxy Note 9’s Battery Life in New Ad Samsung is all set to unveil the Galaxy Note 9 onAugust 9, so the company’s promotional machinery is in full force as the smartphone’s announcement inches closer. Now that the device is just two weeks away from its official unveiling, Samsung has released a teaser trailer which suggests that the Galaxy Note 9 will provide users some respite from their smartphone’s battery woes....

Samsung Unveils Unbreakable OLED Display for Smartphones, Mobile Devices Samsung makes some of the best displays in the market whether they are Super AMOLED panels for smartphones or gigantic TVs that take up your entire wall. Samsung Display has now announced a new ‘unbreakable’ OLED smartphone panel, certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The panel was put through a series of tests performed in accordance with US military standards. The certification puts a seal of approval on the South Korean company’s claims that its new panel is unbreakable....

Vodafone-Idea Merger Receives Final Approval From Government, DoT The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday gave its final approval to theproposed merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, according to government sourcesquoted by the PTI. The decision comes after the two companies jointly paid Rs. 7,268.78 crore to the DoT, including Rs. 3,926.34 in cash and Rs. 3,322.44 crore by way of bank guarantee. The companies have, however, paid under protest, which means they can mount a challenge and ask for a refund in the future....