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Microsoft is starting to roll out a new design for its OneDrive cloud storage service for consumers. The software maker first unveiled a Fluent design refresh for OneDrive last year, and it will be available to all OneDrive personal users by the end of February.

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Bitcoin mining machines in a warehouse at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 10, 2021.  | Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will begin collecting data on crypto mines’ electricity use, following criticism from environmental advocates over how energy-hungry those operations are.

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For 141 years, physicists like Richard Feynman have puzzled over a question of fluid flow: how would a sprinkler rotate if it were underwater, sucking in the stuff instead of spewing it? Now, a team of researchers has found an answer.

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Fortnite is coming back to iOS for iPhone users in the EU. However, the game's creator, along with other tech companies and app developers, are blasting Apple for policy changes based on the EU-law that facilitated Fortnite's return in the first place.

Spotify CEO Daniel Elk called Apple's announced App Store policy changes a "new low" from the



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Byron Allen wants to buy Paramount for $14.3 billion, but Wall Street doesn't think the deal is going to get done.
  • Media entrepreneur Byron Allen says he wants to buy Paramount for $14.3 billion.
  • Wall Street doesn't believe it — it thinks the company isn't worth more than $10 billion.
  • Who wants to buy a big TV company these days, anyway?

Allen Media Group says it wants to buy Paramount —



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Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for February, and it’s pretty solid. There’s no clear headliner here, but a trio of nifty games are about to hit the platform, including Foamstars, Rollerdrome and Steelrising. Also, a two-hour trial of the beloved superhero simulation Spider-Man 2 drops on February 6 for PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members.

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You can make Alexa and Google Assistant fight for your love with JBL’s retro-styled speakers. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge

I know that someone, somewhere, shares my thinking that the virtual assistants we’ve grown fond of are mortal enemies somewhere in a digital parallel universe. But JBL’s new line of Authentics speakers has warped everything I thought I knew about



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U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives at a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.
  • The Federal Reserve continued its pause on interest rate hikes on Wednesday.
  • It's unclear when it will begin cutting interest rates in 2024.
  • Key jobs data on Friday will likely influence the Fed's next move in March

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Microsoft is launching a suite of its Microsoft 365 apps on Apple’s Vision Pro headset later this week. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Microsoft Teams will all be available in the App Store for Apple Vision Pro on February 2nd — the same day Apple’s new headset is available in stores.

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.
  • Sen. Tom Cotton repeatedly asked TikTok's head about his citizenship. 
  • CEO Shou Zi Chew is Singaporean, as he reminded Cotton multiple times.
  • The tech leader was joined by four other social media heads during a congressional hearing.

During Wednesday's tense congressional testimony over