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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.
More: 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Android Headlines, Wccftech, TechSpot, SamMobile, PhoneArena, Supercharged, Sammy Fans, Huawei Central, Android Authority, and GSMArena.com
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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.
More: The Verge, The Hill, Axios, The Messenger, Thurrott, Bloomberg, and MobileSyrup
Threads: @carnage4life, @happicamp, @chris, and @crumbler
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Fidelity and other spot bitcoin ETF issuers jockey for an early advantage to attract investors, as they reportedly may get approval to launch by January 10 — As the Securities and Exchange Commission appears on the precipice of approving the first wave of Bitcoin ETFs … | 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.
More: Telegram, TechCrunch, SamMobile, New.blicio.us, Android Police, Android Headlines, MSPoweruser, Neowin, PhoneArena, Sammy Fans, and SamNews 24
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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”.
More: BBC, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Dot Esports, Wccftech, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, Video Games Chronicle, UKTN, and Neowin. X: @florian4gamers
| 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 ...
More: BBC, GOV.UK, Financial Times, ITV News, AppleInsider, and Nairametrics
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| 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 …
More: Reuters, iMore, Bognor Regis News, Lifewire, and PhoneArena
| 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| Iyaz Akhtar / PCMag: |
Samsung announces that it will hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17 at 10am PT in San Jose, to showcase new mobile devices and Galaxy AI — ‘Galaxy AI is coming,’ reads the tagline, so get ready for Samsung-developed artificial intelligence.
More: 9to5Google, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Police, The Messenger, SamMobile, Gizmodo, Samsung Newsroom, Android Central, Samsung Newsroom, CNN, Android Headlines, BGR, Droid Life, Gearrice, SlashGear, Vision 2 Mobile, Samsung on YouTube, Neowin, Wccftech, KnowTechie, and Android Authority. X: @samsungsg
| 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.| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Valve ended Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 on January 1, saying the app used a now-defunct embedded Chrome version; <1% of Steam users have 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
More: BleepingComputer, Thurrott, The Register, TechRadar, ExtremeTech, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends, TechSpot, guru3d.com, PCMag, OC3D, HotHardware, Tom's Hardware, BetaNews, PCWorld, iThinkDifferent, Ghacks, VideoCardz.com, SamMobile, Notebookcheck, XDA Developers, Neowin, and Gizmochina. Mastodon: @bazkie@mstdn.social
| 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’ marketSponsor Posts
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