5 main news from the world of technology over the past week - Lifehacker

Huawei says goodbye to branded processors, Xiaomi announces an anniversary flagship, and Telegram finally launches video calls - these and other events in the weekly digest.

Huawei stops production of its own Kirin processors

The rift in US-China relations has already doomed Huawei to exist without googleHowever, the consequences of the sanctions do not end there. A new blow to the manufacturer's business will fall on the hardware, namely the processors - in September, the Chinese company will have to discontinue the release of its Kirin mobile chipsets.

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Xiaomi introduced the flagships Mi 10 Ultra and Redmi K30 Ultra

One of the main novelties of the week is the flagship smartphone Mi 10 Ultra from Xiaomi. It got incredibly powerful charging, a 120x zoom camera and a 120Hz OLED screen. Together with him, a more accessible was announced Redmi K30 Ultra Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ with 5G support.

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Xiaomi introduced laptops RedmiBook Air 13 and Redmi G

Also, Xiaomi this week announced two new laptops: the light, thin and compact RedmiBook Air 13 and the powerful gaming Redmi G with a GTX 1650 graphics card and a 144 Hz screen. Both offer an attractive price / performance ratio.

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Apple and Google remove Fortnite from their stores

On August 13th, Fortnite added the ability to purchase in-game currency via Epic Direct on smartphones. The latter allows Epic Games to receive payments from players directly, bypassing Apple and Google services, which traditionally take a commission on all purchases. This innovation did not suit the company, and they removed Fortnite from their stores. Now you will have to download the game in other ways.

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Video calls appeared in Telegram on Android and macOS

In honor of its seventh birthday, Telegram is launching a long-awaited innovation - the first version of fast and secure video calls. They first appeared in the beta version of the messenger, and since August 14th this feature has become available to all Android users. Later it will appear in the stable version of the application on iOS.

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