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After pre-orders for the ASUS ROG Phone opened at the Microsoft Store a few days ago, the Taiwanese company has reportedly sent out invites to an event in London to mark the UK launch of the device.

Netflix is offering approximately $2 billion of senior unsecured notes to qualified institutional buyers as part of its efforts to acquire, develop, and produce original content in the future.

Apple has released the fifth developer betas for iOS 12.1, tvOS 12.1, and watchOS 5.1 today, introducing no major feature additions except for a slew of improvements and bug fixes.

eBay launched its Instant Selling program, a trade-in service that lets you list your unwanted smartphone on its portal and receive an instant voucher. The program also promises a higher return.

Apple's new fee schedule for screen repair for its phones show that it costs less to have an iPhone Xr screen fixed than the iPhone X, while the price is slightly close to that of the iPhone 8 Plus.

WhatsApp for iOS is now compatible with the iPhone Xs Max with the arrival of new updates for the messaging app. It has also received a UI redesign, with a hint at a future dark mode.

Samsung has been rumored to be working on a gaming smartphone, and a new piece of rumor from China suggests the device will likely include the purported in-house S-GPU to rival that of Apple's iPhone.

Microsoft and SWIFT have formed an alliance to facilitate the future deployment of SWIFT's messaging service in the cloud. A proof of concept to host SWIFT infrastructure on Azure was also unveiled.

Fresh rumors seem to corroborate previous reports surrounding Samsung's plan to include an in-display fingerprint sensor and an in-screen camera in its future phones slated for launch next year.

Announced in December last year, the ARM-powered Windows 10 convertible ASUS NovaGo laptop can now be purchased in the UK for £670 via John Lewis and BT Shop. It includes 6GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD.

Microsoft announced today that it is now possible to purchase apps and avatars from the Store and send them as a gift to your friends. The digital gifting program still has some limitations, though.

Microsoft's Spend app is now available to download from the App Store. It's designed to track your expenses for reimbursement or tax purposes by syncing purchases from your cards and bank accounts.

Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub has passed a major hurdle after the European Commission finally approved the $7.5 billion deal after finding out that it won't undermine the sector's competition.

A confidential document reveals that Google could be charging Android phone manufacturers in Europe as much as $40 per device under a new licensing deal in response to the EU's antitrust decision.

You can now purchase a magnetic charger for the Apple Watch with a 0.3m USB-C cable. The new charger version will set you back $29 via the Apple Store and shipments begin on October 24 in the U.S.

While Apple's mapping app has been on a cold developmental pace since its launch in 2012, a new patent indicates the company may be planning to add smart features to Apple Maps for improved accuracy.

Facebook's investigation of a massive security breach involving some 50 million accounts reportedly suggests the attacks were perpetrated by a group of spammers masquerading as digital marketers.

Google has introduced a new Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook today, designed to let users of the personal data manager create video meetings in an Outlook event or email.

Google claims that Titan M makes the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL its "most secure" devices yet as it prevents attempts to run insecure firmware on those devices and validates all transactions.

There's now a dedicated button in the Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10 that acts as a shortcut to opening Microsoft To-Do. Meanwhile, the Mail app's dark theme gets a small makeover.

Microsoft claims that Office 365 for enterprise users exhibited the lowest miss rate of phish emails from May 1, 2018 to September 16, 2018, owing to its enhanced anti-phish capabilities.

The privacy tool, previously available in the European Union, now allows Apple users in several countries to see, download, or remove the data the tech giant has collected about them.

Microsoft's venture capital subsidiary, M12, participated in the series C funding round for WhiteSource, helping to raise $35 million for the open source security management company.

As Apple promised when it announced the iPhone Xr over a month ago, the handset will be available for pre-order on Friday for $749 for the baseline model. It will ship to more than 50 countries.

Apple has apologized for the recent account hacks involving a small number of its users in China who fell victim to phishing scams, which stole an undisclosed amount of money using their Apple ID.

Facebook advertisers who want to run political ads in the UK now need to comply with certain transparency rules. Also, the Ad Library will show data on an ad's budget and the number of people reached.

A new teaser image of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX3 has surfaced online, revealing a device with a slider design meant to activate and pull up the front-facing camera. It also doesn't have a notch.

Dictation capability will be made available in select Office web apps in the coming weeks as part of Microsoft's commitment to Made by Dyslexia, which is meant to improve access to tech for students.

Dell has expanded its UltraSharp family of monitors today with the launch of new displays. All of the monitors are now available in the U.S. while the 49-inch variant will ship on October 26.

While there are currently no known vulnerabilities in TLS 1.0 and 1.1, Microsoft plans to end support for these old protocols in supported versions of Microsoft Edge and IE 11 by 2020.

Microsoft's Corporate Vice President for the devices group, Panos Panay, revealed a new color variant of the Surface Laptop 2 for China: blush. The new color version is designed by Quan Jasinski.

Apple Music now offers access to Genius lyrics provided both by fans and artists. As part of the alliance, an inline Apple Music player is now available on Genius' app and website as well.

Apple is bolstering its efforts to develop more efficient chips by licensing Dialog Semiconductor's power management integrated circuits and acquiring its certain assets in a new deal.

Despite their disagreements in the past over a canceled role-playing game that was slated for the Xbox One, Microsoft and Obsidian are now reportedly in the final stages of talks over an acquisition.

Instagram is rolling out new tools to help curb incidents of bullying on its platform using machine learning that identifies photos with bullying nature. There's also a new kindness camera effect.

Skylight for HoloLens is designed to allow enterprise users to work with digital content in real-world settings using Microsoft's mixed reality glasses in order to complete various tasks.

A new Xbox One X bundle has surfaced on Argos' online marketplace and it features the recently released Forza Horizon 4. The bundle will set you back £449.99, though the release date remains unclear.

A Google spokesperson has confirmed that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will debut at 10 media events set to take place across several cities worldwide including New York, Tokyo, and Singapore.