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Demand for consumer electronics to decrease due to proposed US tariffs — CTA

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) stated that the upcoming tariffs announced by President Donald Trump’s second tenure could impact consumer electronics demand in the United States due to an expected price increase.  The CTA projects a retail revenue growth rate of 3.2% ($537 billion) compared to 2024 for the US consumer technology industry but warned […]

Better hardware and experiences: How the POCO X7 series raises the bar for midrange smartphones

POCO is back with another killer line of bang-for-the-buck performance smartphones, the POCO X7 series. It’s a duo that consists of the POCO X7 and POCO X7 Pro that aims to defy what budget phones should be. Like its predecessors, the POCO X7 series wants to exceed users’ expectations by combining a powerful processor, feature-packed […]

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GCash partners with Ria for international money transfers

GCash, the leading e-wallet in the Philippines, has partnered with Ria Money Transfer to provide international remittances for Filipinos abroad.  This strategic partnership between GCash and Ria will allow remittance services for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in the US, Australia, Singapore, and Europe to remit money to GCash wallets even without a GCash overseas account. […]

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Meta will get rid of fact-checkers and replace it with X-style ‘Community Notes’

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that they are getting rid of fact-checkers, dramatically reducing the amount of censorship, and recommending more political content on its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The Meta Newsroom published the article ‘More Speech and Fewer Mistakes,’ which included Zuckerberg’s five-minute video explaining the organization’s direction in years […]

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will.i.am unveils new LG xboom speakers and earbuds

LG Electronics (LG), in collaboration with will.i.am of the Black-Eyed Peas, introduced a new audio product line named “xboom by will.i.am” at CES 2025 in Seoul, following the earlier partnership announcement in December. The South Korean electronics company also tapped the singer as the “Experiential Architect” of the LG xboom brand to establish the xboom […]