• Intel will stop making 5G modem chips and may exit the modem business entirely.  (AnandTech)
  
  
• Apple and Qualcomm have reached an agreement in their patent disputes and Apple will be licensing Qualcomm's patents and buying Qualcomm modem chips going forward.  (AnandTech)
  
  Intel was Apple's alternate modem supplier, so Apple was potentially faced with not having working phones at all.
  
  
• Sony's next-gen PlayStation is basically an 8-core Ryzen PC with AMD graphics.  (AnandTech)
  
  I already have one of those.  Two.  And two more 8 core AMD systems, but those other two date back to 2011 and the core count is somewhat dubious.
  
  
• Samsung just announced their new 6nm process and by some strange coincidence so did TSMC.  (WikiChip)
  
  TSMC is holding an event next week where details of the new process will likely be released.  Samsung has provided details of 5nm, so it's safe to assume that 6nm will fall in between that and 7nm.
  
  
• SQLite 3.28.0 is out.
  
  SQLite is a tiny simple embedded SQL server that supports a minimal subset of wait, it can do what?
  
  
• Google is considering actually looking at apps before releasing them to the Play Store.  (ZDNet)
  
  
• The new version of the XBox One S without the Blu-Ray drive will only cost slightly more than the model with it.  (Thurrott.com)
  
  Oops.
  
  
• Reddit has categorised Sargon of Akkad as hazardous waste.  (One Angry Gamer)
  
  That's rich coming from Reddit.  Have you seen you default subs lately, guys?
  
  Oh, and if you're visiting One Angry Gamer, Sony and Steam are censoring everything.  Makes it hard to get angry about Epic Store exclusives when you're starting to wish Steam would just dry up and blow away.
  
  
• Someone hacked Windows 8 live tiles.  (Bleeping Computer)
  
  The three people affected by this said, and I quote, "Shucks."

• Monkey Punch a.k.a Kazuhiko Katou, creator of Lupin III, has passed away, aged 81.  (Crunchyroll)
  
  
• I've been watching Sakura Quest.  By mistake, I thought it was a show about a young princess who leaves her kingdom and returns years later to become queen and work with her council of ministers (all young women) to restore prosperity and discover the truth behind the myth of the mysterious dragon girl.
  
  Which in fact it is.
  
  Anyway, initial thoughts:
  
  
• This is nice, but it's no Shirobako.
  
• It's taking an awful long time to find its pace.
  

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