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So yeah... for those who use the standard laughing emoji, it has now been deemed "uncool" by Gen Z. Reported by CNN, most Gen Z (majority from the US) now think the laughing emoji is not cool anymore for some reason. Here are some snippets of what the Gen Z youngsters think.

We talked about Microsoft's xCloud before and in case you don't remember what is it - it's a gaming streaming platform that allows gamers to access online on a website. The company has been working on it for several months now and they are now having a test before sending out to the public.

At the end of January, it was revealed that Carl Pei, the former OnePlus co-founder revealed his new startup brand called "Nothing". Not much information was given but it appears that their first products would be a pair of wireless earbuds. Now it seems that they may make and expand a new ecosystem with Essential.

A few months ago, realme have launched the Narzo 20 series in Malaysia. Here, we found a leak about the company is going to launch the Narzo 30 series soon which includes the Narzo 30 Pro 5G and Narzo 30A.

Last month, we reported on the design renders leaked of the Sony Xperia 10 III which we had some idea on the whole outlook of the phone. Today, it has finally appeared on GeekBench with some information on it's tech specs, especially for the surprising chipset.

The current Wear OS allows users to install third-party apps that are also installed on users' smartphones. However, it looks like this feature is going away as Google is trying to emphasize the presence of Wear OS apps on the Play Store. It is said that the new plan will take effect starting from 10 March.

It seems that around 2000 iOS and Android smartphone users recently participated in a study to see which user would make a good partner. Based on the study, it seems that iPhone users are up to 22% more likely to exhibit more bad habits compared to Android users.

Nowadays, it's hard for us to keep up with the number of smartphones launched in just a short period. It is clear that the smartphone industry is a fast-paced industry with new ideas that keep showing up every other day. Therefore, the manufacturers can only continue to work harder to earn a position in the cruel competition. Now, it is rumoured that vivo will be launching as many as 11 smartphones before the end of April 2021.

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The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra and Mi 11 Lite were skipped at the launch event of the vanilla Mi 11. That makes the fans more eager to see how the already powerful device would be presented with even more powerful features and tech specs, or becoming less powerful but has an attractive price tag. Before the arrival of the said two unreleased devices, someone might already have a clue on how the Lite model is going to look like.