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Mobile Minutes: Apple’s AI push; IBM Watson; Samsung’s new chips; Apple self-driving car

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This mysterious chip in the iPhone 7 could be key to Apple’s AI push
It’s been more than a month since teardown shops like iFixit and Chipworks took apart and dissected Apple’s iPhone 7. The biggest surprise remains Apple’s decision to dual source its LTE modems from both Qualcomm and Intel.
Read more at Forbes

IBM is counting on its bet on Watson, and paying big money for it
Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM’s resurgence?
Read more at the New York Times

Samsung Elec says it started mass production of 10-nanometre chips
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday its system chips business has started mass production of semiconductors using 10 nanometer technology, adding it was the first company in the industry to do so.
Read more at Reuters

Will car manufacturers want in on Apple’s self-driving system?
All is not well within the fabled Apple Car project. A Bloomberg report surfaced this morning that puts a bow on a series of rumors and reports of turmoil within the supposed Project Titan, a massive, largely secretive initiative within Apple to create an honest-to-gosh car.
Read more at CNET