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Qualcomm’s QCC5100 Bluetooth Chip Hones in On Power Efficiency If you own a pair of Bluetooth headphones, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve had to put up with subpar battery life. But you might not have to for much longer. At the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, Qualcomm announced the QCC5100, a low-power Bluetooth system-on-chip that’s designed to deliver best-in-class features without compromising on power efficiency. The QCC5100 supports data transfers up to 2Mbps and a Bluetooth 5 dual-mode radio that lets you stream audio to multiple devices at once. There’s also proprietary technologies like Qualcomm’s TrueWireless Stereo which eliminates the need for wires between left and right earbuds, Qualcomm’s high-quality aptX HD audio codec , and enhanced Qualcomm cVc and Fluence active noise cancellation (ANC) technologies. All the more impressive is the claim that the QCC5100 is up to 65 percent more efficient at handling voice calls and...

Happy Birthday to LineageOS! While many Americans prepare to spend Christmas with their families, a large, international family is celebrating a milestone achievement. It has been exactly 1 year since LineageOS rose from the ashes of CyanogenMod , and the team has accomplished so much in such a short time. The team has rapidly expanded since the initial announcement and now supports 180 devices. There are over 700+ contributors and 1.7 million users of LineageOS worldwide. LineageOS keeps old devices such as the OnePlus One and Samsung Galaxy S3 alive long past the end of official manufacturer support. We can’t imagine where the custom ROM scene would be if the community surrounding CyanogenMod hadn’t rallied so quickly to carry the torch. Although the software on each new Android release matures with each iteration, there will always be a place for custom ROMs like LineageOS so long as there are developers and users alike interested in opening up their devices. As the te...