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Apple dominated the global smartphone market in 2022, collecting its highest ever operating profit of 85% and 48% of revenue from smartphone sales, according to Counterpoint Research.

Tiny11 is now available for download. This Windows 11 modification gives less powerful computers a chance to run the latest operating OS with a much smaller footprint and without the bloat.

Sonos has announced that its voice-enabled speakers will access Alexa's voice control features in 27 countries including Turkey, Netherlands, Sweden, South Korea, Switzerland, and more.

Coca-Cola is partnering with Realme for the launch of a custom Realme 10 Pro 5G in India. The phone wears the softdrink brand's logo and comes with Coca-Cola-themed accessories.

Last month, Microsoft silently pushed an update KB5021751 to Windows systems. The company has now added more details regarding the user information that it collected with this update.

Microsoft recently emphasized that it is fully committed to the HoloLens 2 and mixed reality (MR) space, despite recent events such as the laying off of the entire MRTK team suggesting otherwise.

Some Windows users have reported that they are encountering a weird Microsoft 365 Family ad during setup. The advertisement cannot be skipped even if the "No, thanks" button is clicked.

That beer-chugging app you had on your iPhone 12 years ago might soon be re-added to your party-trick repertoire. touchHLE is a new emulator for those old 32-bit iPhone apps and games.

Microsoft is now letting all Windows developers promote their desktop apps with the Microsoft Store Ads program. It also announced that the Microsoft Store is now fully open for selling Win32 apps.

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Alphabet recorded revenues of $283 billion for the entire 2022 fiscal year, up 10 percent compared to its revenues in 2021. The new fiscal report comes after Google laid off 12,000 of its employees.

Recent updates to Instagram have been found to contain code that suggests it is working on a paid verification system similar to what currently exists on Twitter as a part of its Twitter Blue tier.

Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, won't get any more content additions. Its developer Turtle Rock Studios is now switching focus to an all-new game but no details were revealed.

Both of the unannounced canceled games were not related to the Gears of War franchise, but The Coalition is now reportedly fully into developing Gears 6. There's no word when it might be released.

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Xbox Free Play Days is celebrating Anime Month with two games you can play for free with Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate until Sunday. You can also play For Honor for free until February 9.

Two new Windows 11 Insider builds, 22621.1250 and 22623.1250 are now out on the Beta channel under KB5023008. The new build fixes an odd "F" bug, adds Search options for IT admins, and more.

The long-running indie fantasy construction sim Dwarf Fortress made its Steam debut in December, and today the two-man dev team revealed that it has grossed over $7 million since the launch.

The Epic Games Store's first giveaway of February is another entry in the Dishonored universe from Arkane as well as an indie tycoon game where you build a criminal empire across a city.

LibreOffice 7.5 also adds font embedding for macOS, more colorful application and MIME-type icons, a zoom slider at the bottom right of the macro editor, and an improved version of the Single Toolbar.

The Realme GT Neo 5 is scheduled to be officially announced on February 9, and new teasers seem to show LED RBG lighting being used in the back of the phone to surround the Qualcomm Snapdragon logo.

The report, from a UBS study, also claimed that ChatGPT had an average of 13 million unique visitors per day in January 2023, which was over double the amount compared to December 2022.

The new PS5 beta release, in addition to adding Discord voice support, also adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p screen resolution, easier save game migration, and lots more.

Twitter announced that API access will become paid starting February 9, a few weeks after it blocked some third party usage, marking another monetization effort under Elon Musk's ownership.

Pakistan's government has degraded access to Wikipedia following news of the platform hosting certain content deemed objectionable by local authorities. The website could soon be blocked completely.

Microsoft's Teams Premium is now powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5 technology, which is behind the popular ChatGPT tool. This enables Teams to automatically generate meeting notes and translate captions.

With the action under its Health Breach Notification Rule being enforced for the first time, the FTC has penalized GoodRx with a $1.5M fine. The proposed order is yet to be approved by federal court.

A U.S. court has declined a request to halt Meta's acquisition of VR fitness company Within, dealing a major blow to the FTC. It's unclear if the regulator will continue the fight in other avenues.

The EC has reportedly sent its statement of objections regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. It contains potential reasons to block the deal unless concessions are made.

A few hours ago, Netflix published some documentation regarding its new restrictions to curb password-sharing in the U.S. It has now rolled back the controversial changes following backlash.

In response to allegations, Meta has shared some details about its content moderation mechanism to deny claims that its review process censors Ukrainian content while allowing Russian propaganda.

Microsoft is working on a new feature for Edge to give users more screen space during the time of surfing the web. The functionality is also designed to offer users a "minimal state experience."

Microsoft has released a new PowerToys update. It contains a decent list of and improvements and adds the Quick access system tray launcher. The PowerToys registry was also moved to user scope.

The single-player game reportedly had a 50-person team at developer Respawn Entertainment before its publisher Electronic Arts decided to cancel the game before it was officially announced.

A new report from the US Government's Department of Commerce has recommended changes to Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store to help stop "harmful" issues for consumers and app developers.

The latest Windows 11 build from the Dev channel brings one important change: you can finally drag a tab to create a new File Explorer window. However, the implementation is a little rough.

Samsung has expanded its lineup of rugged portable SSD drives. The latest addition is a T7 Shield model with a whopping 4TB of high-speed storage. You can already get one with a 5% discount.

Microsoft's Xbox Live is currently down for some users, according to a message on the Xbox support forums. The company is currently working to bring the service back up.

AMD's latest processor trio is here, and it is special. Unlike the previously announced Ryzen 7000 models, the latest chips feature AMD's 3D V-cache for extra performance in games and apps.

The subscription plan is OpenAI's bid at monetizing its conversational AI service, offering premium users additional benefits that will be unavailable to standard users availing the free variant.