The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has laid out a timeline for its second phase of investigations into Microsoft’s proposed $68.7bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, following concerns this deal could be deemed anti-competitive. New documentation from the CMA states that its statutory deadline to publish the final report will be 1st March, 2023. As…
As the cost of gas and electricity goes up, UK residents are facing bigger energy bills for at least the next couple of years. Naturally, there’s more interest than ever in how to save energy, and more energy-saving articles than you can shake a stick at. Not all money-saving tips are created equal. If you’re…
The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have received their biggest spec leak yet ahead of Google’s big October 6 launch event. Can you really describe a leak as being big when you already know pretty much everything there is to know about the device(s) in question? We’ll leave that for others to answer. All…
A Haunting Sight It had been years since she had seen him, and she couldn’t help wondering if her mind was playing tricks on her. It felt like she was looking at a ghost who had come to haunt her. He had ruined her life, and she had hoped never to see him again. A…
Why? He had been doing it for a few months, and she still couldn’t uncover the reason behind it. Her dog had suddenly started staring out the window one day, and every day since, but she didn’t know why. It bothered her that he seemed melancholic as he stared out the window for hours. The…
Apple’s iPhone exports from India have amounted to $1 billion in the five months since April, as the country makes headway in its bid to become a major electronics manufacturing hub for Apple (via Bloomberg). According to Bloomberg‘s sources, shipments of India-made iPhones to Europe and the Middle East are set to reach $2.5 billion…
Earlier today, the European Parliament voted in favor of enforcing a standard charger across all smartphones and a wide range of consumer electronic devices by the end of 2024, including new products released by Apple thereafter. The new rule will directly and most heavily impact Apple, which across a wide range of products, continues to…
The third-generation iPhone SE and the iPhone 12 are now among Apple’s lowest-cost iPhone options, starting at $429 and $599 respectively. Apple released the iPhone 12 in late 2020, and has bumped it down in price since then to make it more accessible as new iPhone models have been released. On the other hand, the…
Genshin Impact released a 3.1 update called the “King Deshret and the Three Magi”. You can gain Primogems as compensation rewards for the maintenance time. The update includes new characters, domains, equipment, and more. There are also new Archon and story quests that you can complete for rewards. This includes new Archon Quest Chapter III…
Tech giant Google has today announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the continent, playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, which made inroads into the continent a few years ago. Google said it is also building Dedicated Cloud Interconnect sites, which…