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Intel 11th-gen Tiger Lake vs. AMD Ryzen 4000: Which chip will win — PCWorld

We can finally start making the odds on which chip will win: 11th-gen Tiger Lake or AMD Ryzen 4000; writes Gordon Mah Ung. Here is...

Epic’s battle for “open platforms” ignores consoles’ massive closed market — Ars Technica

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee; writes Kyle Orland. Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/as-epic-attacks-apple-and-google-it-ignores-the-same-problems-on-consoles/

Booting WeChat from the App Store could hit global iPhone shipments hard — Cult of Mac

Booting WeChat out of the App Store could drive down worldwide iPhone shipments by up to 30% claims respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, writes...

Greg Joswiak is new head of marketing at Apple; Phil Schiller advances to Fellow

Greg (Joz) Joswiak, vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing for the past four years, will join the executive team as senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing; the Cupertino giant said in a statement.

Congress grills tech CEOs amid backdrop of coronavirus and economic struggles — CNBC

While investors appeared unconcerned, today’s hearing is probably the beginning of a long slog for all four companies, writes Matt Rosoff. Here is the link:...