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Foldable Phones Need Better Software to Drive Wider Interest

The Google Pixel Fold smartphone.

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Takashi Mochizuki reconsiders his early enthusiasm for foldable phones.

Sony weighs chip future: Sony is said to be considering whether to spin off its semiconductor unit. The potential move to streamline its business and focus on entertainment was among the actions Sony resisted when pushed more than five years ago by activist investor Dan Loeb’s Third Point.