Epic Games says its game accounts crosses 500 million

Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that there are now more than 500 million game accounts. According to The Verge, it is a notable milestone as Epic continues to build the Epic Games Store as a competitor to Steam and bring in new players for titles like Fortnite and Rocket League. https://ift.tt/lEJDnFy

An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input (Eric Benjamin Seufert/Mobile Dev Memo)

Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo:
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input  —  This morning, Google announced plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android.  Google's original Privacy Sandbox initiative …

Gotham Knights: 10 Batman gadgets we expect to see

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Firefox's market share decline is pushing Mozilla to diversify its revenue, such as through browser personalization, as it seeks independence from Google deals (Matt Burgess/Wired)

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Firefox's market share decline is pushing Mozilla to diversify its revenue, such as through browser personalization, as it seeks independence from Google deals  —  Mozilla's privacy-heavy browser is flatlining.  What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.  —  At the end of 2008, Firefox was flying high.

Relame 9 Pro 5G, Realme 9 Pro+ 5G smartphones launched in India: Price, features and more

Realme 9 Pro 5G and Relame 9 Pro+ 5G are now official. Realme has expanded its 5G smartphone line-up in India with the launch of two new mid-range smartphones. The new Realme smartphones run Android 12 operating system and come with an FHD+ display. https://ift.tt/Ta81Co4

Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital (Neil Munshi/Financial Times)

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Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital  —  Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent's scene  —  Nigerian payments company Flutterwave has raised $250mn …

10 things about Sifu, the Kung-Fu game

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Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and "smart" AI, prompting people to append "reddit" to queries to get more authentic results (DKB)

DKB:
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and “smart” AI, prompting people to append “reddit” to queries to get more authentic results  —  Reddit is currently the most popular search engine.  The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit …

Tesla could face penalty in South Korea, here's why

Analysts said most electric vehicles could generally experience some loss of driving range in cold weather. https://ift.tt/3qENHTY

Finland-based Swappie, which refurbishes and resells used iPhones through its marketplace, raises a €108M Series C, bringing its total funding to €149M (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

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Finland-based Swappie, which refurbishes and resells used iPhones through its marketplace, raises a €108M Series C, bringing its total funding to €149M  —  Finland-based Swappie refurbishes and resells used iPhones, taking care of the entire process, and selling the refurbished devices via …

Starlink services now have 250K users: Elon Musk

Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, now has more than 2,50,000 users across 25 countries globally. https://ift.tt/JzMEZ83

Indian robotics firm Addverb Technologies expands US footprint

Leading homegrown robotics company Addverb Technologies on Tuesday announced expansion plans for the US market, with appointing Mark Messina as CEO for its US operations. https://ift.tt/PJV4o3a

Intel plans to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months (Ian King/Bloomberg)

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Intel plans to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months  —  Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger's push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business.

How to join an app’s beta program via Google Play Store

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Foldable smartphone shipments may cross 30 million mark in 2024: Report

Forecasts show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53 per cent increase in foldable smartphone shipments between 2021 and 2024. The overall smartphone market grew only 7 per cent while the foldable segment grew 148 per cent year on year in 2021, despite carrying high price tags. https://ift.tt/hXkCudw