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Communicating over satellite is a new trend in the smartphone industry. Not only Apple launched an SOS and location-sharing system with the iPhone 14 series, but T-Mobile and SpaceX are working on a more general communication system by using SpaceX's Starlink satellites. Now, it's announced that Bullitt and MediaTek will work together to launch the "first satellite-to-mobile messaging smartphone" in the first three months of 2023.

If you're receiving any suspicious calls or texts recently, it's best that you don't respond to them. The latest source claims 487 million WhatsApp users' mobile numbers are on sale on a well-known hacking community forum. Out of them, there're 11 million numbers belonging to Malaysians.

Previously, we reported that the Xiaomi 13 series is set for release this Thursday (1 December 2022) and now, alleged real-life photos of the upcoming device are circulating around social media. Shared by Sparrow News and sourced from a couple of tipsters on Weibo, the images show the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro placed side-by-side.

vivo has recently released the vivo Y02, its latest entry-level smartphone for the global market, which is currently only available in Indonesia. The successor to the Y01 and the lower variant of the Y02s, the device features a 6.51-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and a 20:9 aspect ratio.

Yup, the Epic Games Store could possibly be releasing more free games for this upcoming Christmas season. As for now, it's not official yet but the gaming platform would likely do so. If you recall, the Epic Games Store has been giving away free games during the period since 2019.

If Samsung’s previous smartphone release cycle is anything to go by, its upcoming flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S23 series will launch in February 2023. Well, two of the devices within the lineup have recently popped up on the FCC website, revealing some of their spec details.

As if the chip shortage wasn't bad enough, the iPhone 14 Pro series production scale seems to be slowed down even more in China. According to Bloomberg, there is a "production shortfall" as factory workers protest due to COVID restrictions.

After being in the rumour mills for a while now, Xiaomi has finally announced the release date for the Xiaomi 13 series. Taking to its official Weibo account, Xiaomi announced that the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro will launch this Thursday (1 December 2022) in China at 7pm local time alongside the latest version of the MIUI OS, MIUI 14.

WhatsApp is currently in the midst of rolling out a new feature to all its users that would allow them to chat with themselves. Aptly called ‘Message Yourself’, the feature was previously spotted on the beta version of WhatsApp by WABetaInfo but has now been officially ported to the full version of the messaging app.

Previously, we had heard the news of Samsung getting a specially-made Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip for the Galaxy S23 series. Until now, we have a new update on it. It's reported that Samsung Foundry will be making the boosted flagship chip.