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Since spinning off from Huawei, Honor is now able to implement Google Mobile Services on its phones, and it could be happening very soon with the launch of the Honor V40 later this week.

MediaTek has introduced a couple of new high-end chipsets, the Dimensity 1200 and 1100. The former is the most high-end of the two, with a flagship 3GHz core and support for 200MP cameras.

Thermaltake has launched its 2021 ToughDesk 500L RGB Battlestation. The model appears to be a refresh of last year's version and brings premium features to the table at a premium price.

The security firm, Malwarebytes, is the latest entity to reveal it was targeted by state-sponsored hackers implicated in the SolarWinds breach. The hackers gained access to a limited set of emails.

Google will add new capabilities to Chrome that will let you fix weak passwords and update your saved passwords in one place. These new updates are coming in the next few weeks as part of Chrome 88.

Netflix has revealed that it gained 8.5 million new subscribers in 4Q20 and a record 37 million new users over the whole year. It also expects six million new sign-up in the first quarter of 2021.

Facebook has improved its automatic alternative text feature to help describe photos to the visually impaired. It now detects photo contents ten times better and gives better descriptions.

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Microsoft has released Edge Dev 89.0.767.0 with a few autofill improvements for dates and addresses, a couple of management policy additions. There is also the usual crop of fixes and improvements.

Gmail on the web has added a new capability that allows you to resize the Chat and Rooms sections in the left-side navigation by dragging the header. The new update is available from today.

After being available as a web app since July, Microsoft Lists is now available for iOS. If you're using Android, Microsoft says it's working on an app and it's coming later this year.

The niche web browser, Brave, has announced the initial implementation of IPFS. It allows users to access content on distributed IPFS nodes directly from the browser, boosting internet resilience.

Samsung has announced the latest member of its family of SATA SSDs, the 870 Evo. It promises an increase in performance over its predecessor and "class-leading" reliability up to 2,400TBW.

The latest partnership focuses on accelerating the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. It also sees Microsoft become Cruise's and General Motor's preferred cloud provider.

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Samsung has begun rolling out its latest software offering, One UI 3.1, to the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+, making them one of the first devices to receive the update that ships with the S21 series.

ViacomCBS has announced that its rebranded streaming service, Paramount+, will launch on March 4 in the U.S. and Canada. The service is also coming to more countries around the world.

Samsung's Galaxy A12 is available in the UK from today while the Galaxy A32 5G will be up for grabs in the country on February 19. The Galaxy A02s will also be available in the coming weeks.

Samsung has announced that its rugged enterprise tablet, the Galaxy Tab Active3, is now available in the United States. It comes with a ruggedized S Pen and starts at $489.99 for the Wi-Fi model.

The Indian government has written to WhatsApp after the firm announced a change to its privacy policy. The government said that the changes were discriminatory because they didn't affect Europeans.

With Honor now no longer a part of Huawei, the company is reportedly working on a new lineup of devices that support Google Mobile Services for launch in Russia later in the spring.

Another wave of games are hitting the Xbox Game Pass subscriptions of Microsoft, with hit titles such as Control, The Medium, Yakuza Remastered Collection, Desperados III, and more.

Today, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform. Using the same Kryo 585 cores that were included in the Snapdragon 865, it now gets a clock speed of up to 3.2GHz.

Today for BETT, Microsoft showed off a variety of its partners' devices, all of which support 4G LTE. While one of them has a Snapdragon processor, the rest are based on Intel chips.

Today at BETT 2021, HP announced a range of new Chromebooks. They include both convertibles and clamshells, and some of them even have new MediaTek processors in them for better battery life.

Two firms have announced that they're working with the NHS to help it monitor cold storage units holding the COVID-19 vaccine. They are also leveraging blockchain technology to keep trusted logs.

Israel-based StoreDot has announced the production of engineering samples for a car battery that can charge up in just 5 minutes. The batteries were produced in existing production lines.

New images of ASUS' new ROG phone have appeared online, showcasing what appears to be a small rear display that can display custom images, instead of the lit-up ROG logo of previous models.

Acer is announcing several new Chromebooks today at BETT 2021, including a couple of convertibles and some 11-inch clamshell laptops. One of them has a Snapdragon 7c processor with 4G LTE.

Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series going on sale later this month, the S21 5G has been given a full teardown treatment revealing its internals, cooling system, and other internal changes.

Hungary may follow Poland's lead to sanction tech firms such as Facebook for "shadow banning" the opinions of Christian, conservative, and right-wing users. Both countries want the EU to act too.

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Today, Huawei announced that its redesigning its AppGallery app store. The app will have an all-new UI with a focus on discoverability. It's rolling out across Europe starting today.

If you've got a HoloLens 2 that's enrolled on the Windows Insider Program, there's a new Dev channel build that has the new Edge, a shortcut to the Office web app, a new Settings app, and more.

This G Suite Google Classroom: Teachers reference provides shortcuts, tips, and tricks for this online software. Brush up on the basics and to find alternative methods to your favorite commands.

Uber has announced that it's running a promotion where people can get free rides to vaccination centres between now and February 28. Each code does have a 4,000 limit so be sure to use it quickly.

Shuttle has launched a new barebone Mini PC, the XPC DA320, powered by AMD's Ryzen. The PC is being targeted towards various professional use cases and is packed with useful features.

Huawei is being dealt another blow by the United States government, as reports indicate existing licenses have been revoked, making it harder for te company to source materials for its devices.

Microsoft has a discount on the top variant of its Surface Pro 7 + Pro Type Cover Bundle. The device is priced at $1,699.98 for the 10th gen i7, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD and a free 64GB flashdrive.

Samsung's chairman Lee Jae-yong has been sentenced to 2.5 years after a retrial over bribery. He was sentenced to 5 years in 2017 but that was halved then suspended, seeing him go free in 2018.