Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Friday, April 24.  1. Apple dropping Intel by 2021: BloombergBloomberg reports Apple will be aiming to offer its MacBook range with its own ARM-based chips starting in 2021. That leaves Intel out in the cold, in theory, but this has been talked about since the start of the last decade, and we last reported on it in February this year.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its ARM’s new 128 bit processor. Like all good science-fiction the plot sounds feasible but actually, in the end, it is all make believe. So it is with ARM’s plans for a 128 bit processor. Rumors have been circulating this week because the Korea Herald wrote a piece about how an unnamed ARM official “predicted that a 128-bit processor could hit the market in the next two years.

The LG G8 was a good smartphone lost in a sea of great smartphones. It launched at $850, but Amazon is going to new lows with this LG G8 deal. LG’s early 2019 flagship is retailing for just $399.99 on Amazon, making it $450 cheaper than the original price. It’s also $100 cheaper than the usual Amazon price ($499.99). You’re getting a lot of phone for your money, even when compared to affordable flagships from the likes of Xiaomi and OnePlus.

There’s no denying that drones are fun, but a decent one usually goes for $100 or more. That’s why we’re excited to see the mid-range Trndlabs Spectre Drone on offer for just $60 right now. The Spectre is an excellent option for both beginners and expert flyers. This nimble quadcopter with an HD camera ticks most of the checkbox of a quality drone. For first-timers, the controls are intuitive and user-friendly.

Samsung has today launched its Galaxy Grand Prime 4G in India with a price tag of Rs. 11,100, which equates to around $175. The Galaxy Grand Prime 4G is Samsung’s latest 4G smartphone in the rapidly growing market and brings the total number of LTE-enabled Galaxy devices in India to 14. The handset was announced alongside the Galaxy Core Prime 4G and Galaxy J1 4G back in February this year but Samsung missed its expected release date; the handsets were meant to go on sale in March but the Core Prime 4G was only released in June and the J1 4G is yet to make its debut.

Apps are a tricky beast: unlike the video game industry, which is by-and-large comprised of consumers who actively seek to play games, and have purchased hardware with the explicit purpose of doing just that, the mobile industry doesn’t work quite that way. Many “customers” are in fact, casual users who are randomly looking around a curated digital storefront and find something that may be worth a minute or two of their time.

LG is apparently ready to kick off a promo/contest that’s likely related to the upcoming LG G2, a next-gen flagship Android smartphone expected to be unveiled on August 7. Called “To Me, You Are Perfect,” the campaign encourages users to send photo or video messages to their loved ones using “one or more of LG’s online channels.” During a recent video teaser the company has posted on YouTube for its New York-based event, LG insisted on the same particular message: “To me, you are perfect.

Remember those VerveLife products we talked about last February? If you don’t, these are uniquely branded Motorola products meant to enhance your mobile experience. Their offers include headphones, a camera and an activity tracker. We knew pretty much all about them, except for a release date and price point… which are being revealed today. Some of these products have shown up on Amazon, including the Motorola Verve Loop+, Verve Rider, Verve Ones and Verve Ones+.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The team behind video conferencing service Zoom has made a number of security tweaks after it received a ton of bad press for privacy and security concerns. We recently saw the team add stronger encryption and a one-stop security hub, and it’s now revealed a few more changes, starting with personal meeting IDs (PMIs). The company has confirmed that account holders and admins can now disable these personalized meeting IDs/links.

Amazon already owns Twitch — one of the largest game streaming platforms on the planet — but the company plans to expand further out into the games industry in the near future. According to The New York Times, Amazon is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into video game development and an upcoming cloud gaming service codenamed Project Tempo. Amazon is currently working on a few game titles, including some casual games Twitch streamers can play alongside viewers in real-time.