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I In the constantly incremental march of technology, it's not often you get to call something "revolutionary," but Qualcomm's Quick Charge 5 just might be that. The new quick-charging scheme promises to fully charge your phone in just 15 minutes and go from zero to 50 percent charge in five minutes. When the battery is under 50 percent, it will go up one percentage point every six seconds. Qualcomm is calling it the "World's fastest commercial charging solution," and it will probably change how you charge your phone. Qualcomm's eye-popping numbers are based on a 4500mAh battery with a stacked cell configuration (called "2S" and "2SnP" in the slides), allowing it to pump 50W into each cell, for a total of 100W of charging power. Qualcomm says the dual-cell battery architecture helps with charging efficiency, which is 70-percent higher and 10°C cooler than Quick Charge 4 (which is, admittedly, a three-year-old standard.) Quick Charg...

A senior administration official told CNN that O'Brien has been working from home since last week. A source familiar said O'Brien was last in the office last Thursday, when he abruptly left the White House. The White House statement said there is "no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President." White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters that one of O'Brien's daughters also contracted Covid-19 and that's how he believes he got it. The National Security Council chief was accompanied on the trip to Europe by Secret Service agents, staffers and multiple reporters. Multiple  pictures   released  from the trip showed O'Brien neither practicing social distancing nor wearing a mask. As the pandemic has spread, the President has defended not wearing a mask or social distancing, with many of his top officials and White House staffers following suit, saying that it's not necessary because they are tested every day. O'Brien...

On screen and off, Olivia de Havilland embodied grit and grace. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (CNN) Olivia de Havilland  represented a throwback to a bygone era, one of the last vestiges of Hollywood during its glamorous golden age. On screen, her characters held their own opposite Scarlett O'Hara and Robin Hood, appearing in black and white and florid color. Although she was a beautiful, often demure personality in movies, de Havilland exhibited a grit offscreen that might have helped explain her longevity, dying decades after many of her co-stars, at the age of 104. As if to punctuate that point, the actress sued the FX network production of  "Feud: Bette and Joan,"  a series devoted to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, for its depiction of her as a supporting player, making clear that even as a centenarian, she was not someone with which to trifle. Olivia de Havilland, star of 'Gone With the Wind,' dies at 104 De Havilland, famously, had gone to court to ...

Sheeran has revealed how his "very addictive personality" led him to binge on food and alcohol during the early days of his success. Speaking at an  online summit on anxiety and wellbeing  , the star said he had suffered panic attacks and hated the way he looked after becoming famous. He hit a particularly rough patch during his 2014-15 world tour. "I felt, 'What was the point?' In a dark way, like, 'Why am I around? What is the point?'" he said. The star said credited his wife, Cherry, and a more healthy lifestyle for helping him turn his life around. "She exercises a lot, so I started going on runs with her. She eats quite healthily so I started eating quite healthily. She doesn't drink that much so I wasn't drinking," he said. "I think that all changed things." If you're affected by any of the issues raised in this story, the BBC's Action Line can help you find support. In a wide-ranging interview with documenta...

Juventus players celebrate after clinching the title Cristiano Ronaldo dedicated Juventus' record-extending ninth successive Serie A title 'to the fans' as they defeated Sampdoria in Turin. The forward scored his 31st league goal of the season from Miralem Pjanic's short free-kick and Federico Bernardeschi sealed the victory. Maurizio Sarri's side are the only team to win nine consecutive titles in one of Europe's top five leagues. It extends their own record, which Bayern Munich had matched in June. Ronaldo missed the chance to get closer to Ciro Immobile's tally of 34 at the top of the Serie A goal charts as he struck a penalty against the crossbar in the final minutes. Juventus 2-0 Sampdoria as it happened Juventus had missed the chance to claim the title in what manager Sarri described as a "messy" defeat at Udinese on Thursday and began Sunday's match with just one win in their last five games. They were far from their free-flowing best an...