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Facebook on Thursday launched "Soundmojis" for its Messenger app. The new feature adds the audible expressions to emoji, making them accessible through a loudspeaker icon.

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Microsoft appears to be bending a bit in terms of which Windows 11 features will actually be supported in Windows 10. When it announced its upcoming operating system, the company told users that Windows 11 would be required if gamers wanted to take advantage of upcoming features like DirectStorage. Microsoft has now clarified that Windows 10 gamers will get many of the advantages of DirectStorage, though certain facets of the technology will still require Windows 11.

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Microsoft Windows 10 (and, come fall, Windows 11) is now accessible across your work and personal devices through the cloud, with a new Microsoft cloud service called Windows 365. The service is aimed at business users who have transitioned to a hybrid workforce and want to stream the full Windows experience (including your apps, data and settings) from either a personal or corporate PC or a phone. Dubbed "the Cloud PC," Microsoft's approach aims to allow you to move quickly between devices and pick up where you left off.
Windows 365 Cloud PC was first unveiled in July, and plans are generally available to organizations starting Aug. 2. Windows 365 Business and Enterprise Cloud plans start at $31 per user per month.

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Google You can soon save your eyes from that bright iPhone screen when using Google Maps. In a Tuesday blog post, Google said that its Maps app will offer dark mode for iPhone and iPad in the coming week with wider iOS rollout by the end of August. The upgrade comes six months after Google unveiled the dark theme for Android.

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Earlier this summer, Amazon released its MMO, New World, for beta testing. It didn’t take long for reports of failed RTX 3090 GPUs to begin popping up online. The failures were specifically concentrated in EVGA RTX 3090 GPUs. Back when Ampere launched, some wondered whether the different capacitors used on some models were a potential source of instability.

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Jon Prosser Are you looking for a smartwatch with a larger flat-edge design, an improved battery life and new health features? If so, you may want to wait for the Apple Watch 7. We could see the Apple Watch 7 debut alongside the iPhone 13 at the tech giant's next event on Sept. 14. Although the new smartwatch was previously reported to be delayed due to manufacturing difficulties, industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a recent investor note that the issues have been resolved and the smartwatch will begin mass production in mid-September.

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This story is part of Apple Event, our full coverage of the latest news from Apple. Apple announced its new iPhone lineup on Tuesday at its September event alongside the Apple Watch 7, iPad Mini 6 and updated entry-level iPad. The new lineup, named the iPhone 13, mirrors last year's iPhone 12 collection with standard, Mini, Pro and Pro Max versions. The updated iPhone runs on iOS 15, which will be publicly available to install next week, and features a few camera upgrades, upped storage, a new A15 Bionic processor and more.

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Google As much as I look forward to Apple's big iPhone reveal every year, I'm more excited this year by what I'm seeing about the upcoming Pixel 6. And I've been a happy iPhone owner for years, so this feeling is coming as a surprise. In part this feeling comes from Apple's lackluster iPhone 13 upgrades. Don't get me wrong -- the iPhone 13 is impressive. Better screens? Yep. Better cameras? Yep. Longer battery life? It's there.

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Amazon Studios What's new on Prime Video this coming month? Well, alongside the usual roll out of movies old and new, Amazon is dropping a big one this month: Wheel of Time.
Based on the Robert Jordan series of novels and is very much a fantasy tale. Rosamund Pike plays Moraine, a member of a magician's organization. She takes five young people on an adventure around the world, believing one of them is a prophesied reincarnation of the Dragon. Big "fus ro dah" vibes here.
The first three episodes of the show drop on November 19. The remaining episodes will be released weekly after that.

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