Month: July 2023
Instagram’s Threads: all the updates on the new Twitter competitor
We finally have an idea of what Instagram’s rumored text-based Twitter competitor might look and feel like, as reported by Lia Haberman, who shared in her ICYMI Substack newsletter what appears to be a leaked marketing slide and details about the app. The slide doesn’t give the app a separate…
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PSA: today is the last day to save on Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is arguably one of the best “deals” in gaming right now, but starting tomorrow, July 6th, the subscription service will be slightly pricier. Announced last month alongside a price increase on Xbox consoles outside the US, Game Pass is getting a $1 to $2 price hike.…
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Today’s tech news live: the latest on Meta’s Twitter killer Threads and more
Refresh 2023-07-05T17:53:42.443Z (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd) Leaked: the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5’s lovely gapless design The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is expected to make its official debut at the Galaxy Unpacked on July 26, but as is tradition we’ve been given a good glimpse of its…
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The Fairphone 4 comes to the US – but it’s not running the Android you know
The Fairphone 4 is going on sale in the US, Fairphone announced, but it won’t be running the same Google Play-enabled Android like you’ll find on the best Android phones. It’ll be powered by /e/OS, a secure mobile operating system based on Android but without any Google software, developed by…
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Billionaire brawl: all the latest on the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk thinks his fight with Mark Zuckerberg “might actually happen.” In a Twitter Spaces session with Bloomberg reporter Ashlee Vance, at the 6:20 mark of the recording, Musk, who was at a friend’s birthday party, was asked about his proposed cage match with Zuckerberg (via Insider). Here’s an abridged…
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A 4G ‘smartphone’ for the price of a McDonald’s Big Mac meal? An Indian company just launched it
One of Asia’s biggest telecom companies has released a new mobile phone that aims to convince hundreds of millions of consumers in India to make the jump from 2G to 4G. Jio Bharat costs a mere 999 Indian Rupees (about £10, US$12, AU$18) making it by far the cheapest 4G…
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