T-Mobile Buys Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile in a $1.35 Billion Deal
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T-Mobile Buys Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile in a $1.35 Billion Deal

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it’s buying the budget cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion. As reported on NPR, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said Wednesday that the company would use its size…

Samsung to Invest in South Korea Mega Chip-Making Plan
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Samsung to Invest in South Korea Mega Chip-Making Plan

Electronics giant Samsung says it plans to invest around 300tn won ($230.8bn; £189.6bn) over 20 years in the South Korean government’s push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country. This will be put towards building five chip factories, the firm told the BBC. Samsung is the world’s biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones…

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Successor GPT-4
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OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Successor GPT-4

OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images – providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT. Millions…

Yeezy Fallout Could Push Adidas into its First Annual Loss in 31 Years
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Yeezy Fallout Could Push Adidas into its First Annual Loss in 31 Years

Adidas has warned that it could suffer its first annual operating loss in more than three decades this year, mostly because it may have to write off the entire range of Yeezy-branded clothing and sneakers. The German sportswear maker said Wednesday that it would face an operating loss of €700 million ($736 million) this year—…

Foxconn: iPhone Maker Sees Revenue Slump as Demand Weakens
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Foxconn: iPhone Maker Sees Revenue Slump as Demand Weakens

Apple’s biggest supplier Foxconn says its revenue last month fell by 11.65% compared to the same period in 2022 due to weaker demand for electronics. However, February revenue was more than $13bn (£10.8bn), the second highest figure on record for the month. Foxconn added that operations at the world’s biggest iPhone factory in the Chinese…

Toblerone Can No Longer Claim to be Swiss-Made
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Toblerone Can No Longer Claim to be Swiss-Made

Toblerone bars, sold in over 100 countries, can no longer be called Swiss chocolate because the brand’s US owner is moving some production out of Switzerland. As reported on CNN, the peak-shaped treat made with honey and almond nougat will also lose the iconic Matterhorn mountain from its packaging after Mondelez (MDLZ), which makes Toblerone,…

Rihanna And PUMA Reunite To Continue FENTY Line
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Rihanna And PUMA Reunite To Continue FENTY Line

Rihanna is an uncontested musical talent, her discography known and well-remembered by millions upon millions. And after entertaining much of the world during the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, she’s set to reprise yet another past effort: her collaborative FENTY line with PUMA. Alongside producing some of the most iconic songs of all-time, Rihanna has…

Tecno Phantom V Fold Launched to Rival Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 – Check Specs, Price
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Tecno Phantom V Fold Launched to Rival Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 – Check Specs, Price

The foldable smartphone market is expanding. Foldable phone fans have already seen a couple of premium smartphones, from Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 to Xiaomi Mix Fold 2, Honor’s Magic Vs, and Vivo X Fold+. Now, Tecno’s first foldable – the Phantom V Fold – has been unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023…

TikTok to Set One-Hour Daily Screen Time Limit by Default For Users Under 18

TikTok to Set One-Hour Daily Screen Time Limit by Default For Users Under 18

TikTok announced Wednesday that every user under 18 will soon have their accounts default to a one-hour daily screen time limit, in one of the most aggressive moves yet by a social media company to prevent teens from endlessly scrolling. As reported by CNN, teenage TikTok users will be able to turn off this new…