Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, April 17th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.

There's no other way to describe it. Qualcomm got Apple to surrender.

Are things back on for an Apple car, though?

Microsoft has a new hub and a new Xbox 1S,

and why Hulu might have an advantage. The other streaming players don't.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

So much happened in the hour or so around me pressing publish on yesterday's

episode that I could probably have done two additional episodes just about what

happened then. So this is going to be a jam-packed show today. We'd better get right to it.

Peace in our time. Qualcomm and Apple have settled all worldwide litigation between the two companies, right as the

U.S. trial was scheduled to begin this week.

Quoting CNBC, The settlement includes a payment from Apple to Qualcomm as well as a chip set supply agreement

suggesting that Apple will buy Qualcomm chips for future iPhones. The companies did not say how much the payment

will be. Qualcomm stock rose more than 20% after the news broke, boosting its market cap by

about 14.5 billion dollars to more than 84 billion. It's Qualcomm's best day since 1999."

I'm going to cut straight to the commentary chase here.

Remember those rumors that Intel was struggling

to supply Apple with 5G modems

for the 2020 iPhones that are expected

to be the first with 5G capabilities.

Remember, we asked if Intel couldn't come through

with those modems, who could Apple turn to?

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