From The Verge: With more than 2 billion users, WhatsApp is already one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. But its largest markets are all outside of the US. Now, Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp that recently rebranded to Meta, is hoping to change that.

Starting this weekend...

From G.Skill Press Release: – G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce the launch of an extremely low-latency, high-speed DDR5-6400 CL32 32GB (2x16GB) memory kit under the Trident Z5 family memory series, designed for the latest 12th Gen Intel® Core desktop processors and...

From The Verge: Fans of inky blacks and bright highlights rejoice: Netflix now officially lists HDR support for Google’s Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and more affordable 5A. That’s according to one of the streaming giant’s support pages, spotted by 9to5Google, which appears to have been updated some time after...

From PC Mag: Apple is thought to be working on a way to allow iPhones to accept payments directly and without need of any other hardware.

As Bloomberg reports, Apple acquired Mobeewave last your for $100 million. The Canadian company was developing a method of accepting payments from NFC-enabled...

From CNET: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly pulling the plug on Diem, the social network's yet-to-launch cryptocurrency, as regulatory resistance to the digital money mounts.

The Diem Association, which oversees the digital currency, is considering liquidating its assets in order to return...

From PC Mag: Amazon's cashierless convenience stores are moving to the 'burbs.

The partially automated shops, primarily found in busy city centers, will soon serve customers in suburban areas—starting about half an hour north of Amazon's Seattle HQ in Mill Creek, Wash.

Introduced in 2016, Amazon...

From The Verge: Xiaomi has announced the Redmi Note 11 series, continuing its popular line of budget-friendly handsets that sell in huge numbers in India and various other markets.

There are four phones in total, but they only differentiate themselves in a few specific areas. All of them have what...

From CNET: Samsung's next Unpacked event is just around the corner. The company announced Tuesday that it's holding an event on Feb. 9 to introduce its next-generation Galaxy S devices, which will presumably be referred to as the Galaxy S22 lineup. The company teased the event last week, but only...

From The Verge: Respawn, the studio behind games like Apex Legends and Titanfall, is making a big push into the Star Wars universe. The developer announced that it’s working on three new Star Wars titles, including a sequel to 2019 action-adventure game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

The studio will...

From PC Mag: Valve added Dynamic Cloud Sync to Steam this week, which allows a player to switch from playing a game on one device to another without any loss of progress.

With the first shipments of Steam Deck scheduled for next month, Valve is clearly keen to ensure the experience of switching...