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Ofcom's latest Connected Nations report has found that 66% of homes in the UK can now access gigabit broadband ensuring they are prepared for a data-heavy future. 5G is also making progress.

PGA Tour 2K21, State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition and SnowRunner are free to play this weekend. The titles have also received heavy discounts for those who want to own the titles.

Apple's board of directors have been shown an in-development mixed-reality headset which suggests the firm could be getting closer to publicly unveiling the device later this year or in 2023.

TikTok is reportedly getting into gaming through its mobile app. The games use HTML5 and testing is taking place in Vietnam. The firm could make the feature available in southeast Asia in Q3.

Amazon has announced the new Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids tablets. Prices begin at just $59.99 and bring twice as much memory and improved battery life, making it ideal to take on the go.

Vivaldi is bringing its web browser to Renault's next generation of cars. The browser will only be accessible while the car is parked to provide more safety to others using roads and paths.

Google has decided to let personal G Suite legacy free edition customers carry on using the service and won't insist they move to Google Workspace. The legacy service will not get support.

Fabio Panetta, an ECB board member, has said that work on the digital euro could tentatively start by the end of 2023. It could then be available to the public after about three years of work.

Uber is working with Motional and Serve Robotics to carry out an autonomous delivery trial. The firms still want to charge people for these deliveries despite there being fewer employees to pay.

The United States and European Union will try to avoid a subsidy race as they look to boost chip output. The parties want to avoid manufacturing pooling in a handful of areas, weakening supply chains.

In the upcoming week, SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin are expected to launch missions. The latter will get its first repeat customer, Evan Dick, taking a go on the New Shepard launch vehicle again.

Google has released Android 13 beta 2 for select devices. Several of Google's device-maker partners have also made the software available and if you qualify you should be able to download it now.

Google has shown off the Pixel Watch today at its Google I/O event. It plans to share further details in the coming months before finally making it available to consumers sometime in the fall.

Google has announced the Pixel 6a, the more affordable sibling to its main Pixel 6 series devices. It will begin shipping on July 28 and will set you back $449 if you decide to pick it up.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.2 and the first preview of 17.3. With this update, the C# and .NET experiences are improved and the performance of Git has been enhanced too.

Those on the Current Channel of Microsoft 365 Apps have received a new update which fixes some issues that were in Excel, Outlook, and Word. This update also addresses some security vulnerabilities.

Microsoft has released another update for the Xbox One and Series X|S that brings stability and performance improvements. It's the second update that the company has released this month.

Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. They both come with a few fixes and known issues. They can be downloaded manually or through Windows Update.

The Linux Mint team has released a stable version of the Upgrade Tool so LMDE 4 users can now upgrade to LMDE 5. Unfortunately, you still need the terminal to install the Upgrade Tool.

The Xbox App for Windows has received a new preview update which improves the search function to include all PC Game Pass titles, including those from EA Play and Ubisoft. There are also two fixes.

To kick off WWDC22, Apple is hosting a Special Event at Apple Park on June 6 where a randomly selected group of eligible people will get to meet Apple engineers and see the new Developer Center.

We have fairly few launches this week but the ones we do have are quite interesting. The first is a resupply mission to the Chinese Space Station and the other will see more Starlink sats orbited.

People in the UK are saving £110 on average per year by switching providers when their contract is nearing its end. Ofcom makes providers notify customers that their current contract is due to end.

WhatsApp has been updated with three new features: reactions, 2GB file transfers, and 512 member groups. The new features bring WhatsApp closer to Telegram in terms of the things you can do.

Apple, Google, and Microsoft are expanding support for a common password-less standard. The expanded support will allow people to authenticate seamlessly with a nearby mobile device.

Google has acquired Raxium, a firm that has been building display technologies that could lead to a whole range of new display products. The MicroLEDs it works on are smaller and more efficient.

The Xbox May 2022 update is now available for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles. It includes QoS tagging which should reduce latency in multiplayer games, party chat, and streaming.

Mozilla has released Firefox 100 for supported platforms. This update is heavy with video enhancements but also refines language support enabling people to work better across languages.

Amazon has said that it will reimburse staff up to $4,000 per year if they have to travel to get non-life-threatening treatment more than 100 miles from their home or if virtual care isn't available.

Amazon has won a victory over workers that were looking to unionize at the LDJ5 warehouse in Staten Island. The company is also trying to overturn a vote at JFK8 which saw workers choose to unionize.

A new screenshot has surfaced showing what edited tweets will look like as the feature rolls out to more users. Details of the feature weren't really elaborated on so details remain to be uncovered.

Microsoft Defender for Business has reached general availability. It's designed for small and medium businesses with limited resources to tackle cyberthreats that could damage their firm.

Google has rolled out some improvements to Google Flights and Google Travel to help you find the cheapest flights or even find holidays you can go to without even having to take a flight.

We have three rocket launches scheduled for this week. The first is from Rocket Lab and the other two are from SpaceX which is sending two groups of Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 rockets.

Mozilla has released its latest Common Voice dataset and for the first time, it contains 20,000 hours of content, which is almost double the number of hours that it had one year ago.

Apple has said that it will give developers an extra 90 days to update their App Store apps if they receive a notice saying their app is scheduled to be removed due to a failure to maintain it.

Xbox is giving away a special edition Doctor Strange Xbox Series S and four Doctor Strange Xbox controllers to celebrate the latest film in the Doctor Strange series which hits cinemas in May.

Intel's CEO has said that the semiconductor shortage could run on into 2024 because there's also a shortage in manufacturing tools. He previously expected the shortage to end in 2023.