The Galaxy Z Flip 4, like the Fold 4, will charge at 25W wired and 15W wireless. The wired charging uses USB-C PD and PPS to protect your phone when charging at that speed. Samsung also claims that you can get a 50% charge in 30 minutes with the 25W charger. As expected, the charger is not included in the box, but you can buy it from Samsung right now. It is a $20 charger, that should be included in the box, but hey if you already have one, then you don’t need another....

CEO of Huawei BG, Yu Chengdong, sat down for an interview with automobile blogger Wu Pei. In response to a question, the executive attributed the company’s initial success in the mobile industry to factors like experience, quality, and brand (via GizmoChina). Chengdong is optimistic about Huawei’s chances in the automobile industry, given its past successes, albeit in a different sector. The executive added that the primary goal of Huawei is to become the first smartphone brand to have a comprehensive presence in the auto industry....

Intel bought Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion dollars Intel bought Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion dollars The company is expanding its chip-making business to different locations and ventures. Last year, it created the Intel Foundry Service. It’s also building new factories in Arizona and in Ohio. With that, we know that the company is looking for many avenues to further expand. Recently, Intel announced that it had acquired an Israeli company called Tower Semiconductor....

Earlier this month, La Liga was fined 250,000 euros by Spain’s data-protection agency for spying on its app’s users. The app was tracking users’ locations and accessing their microphones to listen to their surroundings in order to uncover bars that were streaming its soccer games illegally. The La Liga app was using an algorithm similar to Shazam to identify broadcasts of its games. Combining this data with users’ geolocations, it could pinpoint specific bars and look at whether the broadcast was unlicensed....

According to the new report, OnePlus will start with the launch of the OnePlus Nord CE 2 in India in February. The phone has been frequently appearing in leaks lately and we were already expecting it to break cover soon. Based on the leaked info, it’s a decent mid-range smartphone in the making. Highlights of the OnePlus Nord CE 2 include a 90Hz AMOLED display, an in-display fingerprint scanner, MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, a 4,500mAh battery with 65W fast wired charging, a 64-megapixel triple camera setup, and 5G cellular connectivity....