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Google’s cheaper smartphone offering proves successful, BMW and their CarPlay subscription model and Australia will police tech giants’ algorithms.

Quick News:

• Virgin Media ramps up speeds to millions of users [Link]
• Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business [Link]
• Equifax to pay up to $700m to settle data breach [Link]
• Three to give customers 5G at ‘no extra cost’ [Link]

Topics talked about today:

• The less expensive Pixel 3A helped Google sell twice as many smartphones last quarter [Link]
• BMW Now Charges $80 a Year for Apple CarPlay [Link]
• Australia to police tech giants’ algorithms [Link]