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Mouthless, carved from pale limestone, with obsidian eyes in sunken sockets and hands clasped to his groin, he resembled a wasted snowman.
NEWYORKER: The Sanctuary
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The Broadcom-Qualcomm battle has echoes of the skirmish between Intel and AMD over PC chips, except theirs is a war over three key sockets in a smartphone: the processor (brain), the modem, and the connectivity combo chip.
FORBES: Broadcom Challenges Qualcomm With 'Smallest' 4G LTE Smartphone Modem
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In both cases the sockets will allow fast-charging and will include a communications interface so an electric car can, for instance, identify itself for billing purposes when plugged into a public recharging spot.
ECONOMIST: Rational consumer