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"It's pretty clear this practice is getting in the way

Jan. 1, 2018 by Lena Webb

"It's pretty clear this practice is getting in the way of data collection by big carriers," one former T-Mobile customer told Motherboard. "You will see customers having to go through two or three different carriers to get the location information, which is not uncommon."

To that end, Sprint and T-Mobile have announced that they will stop selling their phone location data to third-party data brokers. Sprint also announced it will stop selling customer location data to third-party data brokers in December. AT&T said it will stop selling location data to third-party data brokers in October.

In other words, this whole thing is really being driven by Big Data.

This isn't the first time T-Mobile has been getting a little bit of a pushback on its own, as the company has recently announced its plan to turn over customer location data to a third-party provider. But as Motherboard's Ryan McDonough points out, this move is a little bit of a surprise.

"This isn't just about T-Mobile, or AT&T," said McDonough. "This is about the big data companies. And that's going to happen. We're going to have to figure out how to make that work for everyone."

That's probably good news for those who want to see a more traditional service provided in a more data-centric way.

[image via screengrab]The next generation of microcontrollers will be built by the start-up of the same name.

The new chips will have a low-power and high-performance core and "have a range of applications to suit," according to the company.

But the new chips will only be used in smartphones and tablets, said the company.

The company says it is working with partners to build more powerful chips, but not all of them. It is trying to reach a "dynamic platform for high-performance chips with low power requirements," the company says.

The chip-by-chip approach was first suggested by the chip industry group CSE in August. The chip-by-chip approach was first suggested by the chip industry group CSE in August.

1. CCSX, an integrated circuit design that uses a microprocessor in order to provide higher-performance chips at a lower voltage and power.

1. Cortex-A5, which will be based on existing chips.

1. Micron, which will be