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10 things in tech you need to know today

Jan 18, 2017, 13:16 IST

Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerber gives his speach during the presentation of the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge on February 21, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual Mobile World Congress will start tomorrow February 22 hosting some of the world's largst communication companies, with many unveiling their last phones and gadgets.David Ramos/Getty Images

Good morning! Here's the technology news you need to know this Wednesday.

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1. A judge in South Korea will decide today whether to arrest Samsung boss Jay Y. Lee. It's an embarrassing scandal for Samsung that could change its succession plan.

2. Morgan Stanley cut its Apple estimate and predicts an iPhone 7 sales slump for 2017. Morgan Stanley believes that Apple will face "weaker iPhone 7 demand" in the coming months.

3. Qualcomm allegedly paid Apple billions of dollars in rebates to use its chips. The deal allegedly included "substantial incentive payments".

4. Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook paid more than we thought for Oculus VR. Facebook paid an additional $1 billion for Oculus in employee retention packages and goal targets.

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5. Apple is about to increase the price of apps in the UK by 25% because of Brexit. An app currently priced at £0.79 will increase to £0.99.

6. Theranos made another major leadership change. The embattled blood-testing company recruited a technology advisory board.

7. Apple's iPhone battery shutdown issue isn't going away. A rumour has popped up about Apple launching an iPhone 6 battery replacement program.

8. Facebook is planning to open a startup incubator in Paris. The incubator - known as Startup Garage - will be run out of a new €250 million (£219 million) startup campus called Station F.

9. Apple's MacBooks could get an internal upgrade this year that doubles the maximum memory. Apple may start making a new 15-inch MacBook Pro that will come with up to 32GB of RAM.

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10. Over 100 million people now pay for music streaming, beating the number of Netflix subscribers for the first time. Netflix will announce its Q4 results later today.

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