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Global premium smartphone sales likely grew 6% in 2023; Apple had a 71% market share, down from 75% in 2022, Samsung had 17%, and Huawei had 5%, up from 3% — - As against the decline projected for the overall global smartphone market this year, the premium (wholesale price ≥$600) market's sales are likely to grow 6% YoY in 2023.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Telegram rolls out version 10.5 of its app, offering “totally redesigned” voice and video calls with new animations and backgrounds — Telegram is rolling out a new update, version 10.5.0, which delivers a new look and feel for voice and video calls, as well as a revamped delete animation that's now available on Android.
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After UK regulators approved Microsoft's Activision deal in October 2023, Brad Smith rows back his criticism of the UK, saying the CMA had been “tough and fair” — Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, has rowed back on criticism he made last year that the UK was “bad for business”.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
X posts with link previews now display titles or headlines in the bottom left corner of the image, but the text size is small and long headlines get cut off — X, the platform better known as Twitter, removed headlines from posts with links a few months ago, but is now bringing them back in a new format.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ASML canceled shipments of some of its machines to China at the US' request, weeks before export bans on the high-end chipmaking equipment took effect — - ASML canceled shipments of a liminted number of devices — Biden is cracking down on Beijing's semiconductor industry| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
A deal by the 38 OECD members that took effect on January 1 says that platforms must report users' earnings made on their services to local tax authorities — Apps like eBay and Airbnb will be reporting your earnings to tax authorities, under a new global agreement which took effect yesterday ...
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| Eric Lipton / New York Times: |
Retiring generals and departing top Pentagon officials are increasingly flocking to VC firms that have pumped billions into defense tech startups like Anduril — Retired officers and departing defense officials are flocking to investment firms that are pushing the government to provide more money to defense-technology startups.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple released no new iPads in 2023, the first year without a new tablet since the iPad's launch in 2010; rumors suggest all iPad models will get a 2024 refresh — Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 - the first time that the company …
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| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Steam ended support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 on January 1, saying the app used a now-unsupported embedded Chrome version; <1% of Steam users are on those OSes — Less than 1% of Steam users are on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, and that figure will soon be even lower. — What you need to know
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| Harry Wilson / Bloomberg: |
HSBC plans to launch international payments app Zing in the UK in the coming days before a wider rollout, seeking to compete with Revolut and Wise — - Zing will be available within days on Appstore and Google Play — HSBC banking CEO Nuno Matos says lender will ‘attack’ market
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| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Canva nears a deal to let longtime staff and investors sell $1B+ in stock to new investors at a $26B valuation, about the same as in a 2023 share sale — Design software startup Canva is nearing a deal that lets longtime employees and investors at the company sell more than $1 billion … | Reuters: |
Bitcoin rises above $45K for the first time since April 2022, after gaining 156% in 2023, its best yearly performance since 2020, but far off its $69K peak — Bitcoin stormed above $45,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April 2022 as the world's biggest cryptocurrency started the New Year …
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