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Global chip shortage pulls back the veil on Canon printer's onboard authenticity checks

January 10, 2022
The global chip shortage has had a lot of consequences. While we expected many products to be tough to find, some of the outcomes of the shortage are more surprising. For example, Canon puts chips in some of its ink and toner cartridges so that its printers can identify them as genuine cartridges. However, these chips are difficult to find so Canon has been manufacturing cartridges without the…
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GamingNews

Take-Two buys Zynga for $12.7B enterprise value

January 10, 2022
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  Take-Two, the maker of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft…
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Gmail reaches 10 billion Google Play Store downloads

January 10, 2022
Gmail for Android has hit a pretty huge milestone after surpassing the 10 billion download milestone on the Google Play Store. Having been around since the dawn of Android, the Gmail app is essential for billions of people across the globe, so it comes as no great shock that it has attained this download milestone (spotted by Android Police). However, it’s quite a shock that it has taken this…
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MobileNews

Virgin Media O2 does U-turn on European roaming charges for UK customers

January 10, 2022
Virgin Media O2 – which owns both the O2 and Virgin Mobile networks – has announced a U-turn on European roaming charges for UK customers following Brexit… Background Normally when you travel outside your own country and continue to use your own SIM, you will pay “roaming” charges for calls, texts, and data. In some cases, these charges will be extremely high, and in others, they will…
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Hands-on: PHNX’s Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro ultra-thin case lineup

January 10, 2022
Below we go hands-on with the super-sleek and ultra-thin PHNX case lineup for the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. 9to5Google readers can grab a PHNX case now for  for a limited time. Check out our hands-on with the PHNX Pixel 6 series case lineup from PHNX below: The company has made smartphone cases that have been designed specifically with minimalists in mind or just those that hate adding…
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