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Added on the 01/02/2016 15:04:34 - Copyright : IDG UK
Coming up on World Tech Update this week Nokia launches two Windows Phones, Sony buys Sony Ericsson, Amazon boosts Kindle Fire production, Wikileaks stops publishing classified files and new technology tracks researchers at MIT.
Facebook announced it will buy Instagram. Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are teaming up with the U.S. FCC to combat phone theft. Sony expects its net loss to be more than double . HP announced it will add a series of open source-based cloud services.
Walmart The PlayStation 5 launched last Thursday, but it has been nearly impossible to buy. The only certain way to get a PlayStation 5 at launch was by preordering it. But at least one retailer is selling PS5s digitally on a first-come, first-served basis: Walmart. The first drop of PlayStation 5 consoles was at noon ET on launch, and it promptly took down the entire Walmart web store. A resupply one week later had the same results: Walmart's whole web store was down temporarily as interest in the PlayStation 5 overwhelmed the site. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. After months of anticipation, Sony's new PlayStation 5 finally launched last Thursday.