tech:

taffy

Qualcomm COO Steve Mollenkopf Promoted To Chief Executive Role

Qualcomm

Qualcomm has promoted its COO Steve Mollenkopf to CEO-elect of the company, and member of the board. Mr. Mollenkopf will continue to serve as the company’s President. Effective March 4, 2014, following the Qualcomm’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, he will formally become CEO.

Dr. Paul Jacobs, the former CEO of Qualcomm, will assume the role of executive chairman on March 4, 2014 as well.

[Image courtesy: Qualcomm]

Just in

Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers — CNBC

Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder...

Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg — The Hill

Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes...

How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page — The Guardian

Every week, the platform seems to supercharge a news issue that comes to dominate conservative discourse – and often mainstream discourse, as well – with real political repercussions; writes J Oliver Conroy.

Court strikes down US net neutrality rules — BBC

A US court has rejected the Biden administration's bid to restore "net neutrality" rules, finding that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate internet providers like utilities; writes Natalie Sherman.