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Huawei Announces the Folding Mate X2, Featuring a Leica Quad-Camera

February 22, 2021
Huawei continues to push ahead along with Samsung in the folding devices space with the announcement of the Mate X2. With massive screen real-estate and a camera array branded with Leica, the phone appears to be on the cutting edge, if it wasn’t for one major, glaring issue. The phone’s raw specifications look very impressive. It features an 8-inch wide inner screen with a resolution of…
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Google Doodle honors Zitkala-Sa, American Indian composer and suffragist

February 22, 2021
Google has replaced their homepage logo with a Doodle celebrating the 145th birthday of Zitkala-Sa, a Native American musician, composer, and suffragist. Zitkala-Sa — whose name means “Red Bird” in Lakota/Lakȟótiyapi — was born on February 22, 1876, on the Yankton Indian Reserve in South Dakota. At age eight, she was recruited by Quaker missionaries to attend a local school that…
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Apple TV for Chromecast can be controlled by Google Assistant speakers, smart displays

February 22, 2021
A few months after its debut, the new Chromecast with Google TV picked up support for Apple TV last week. An added bonus? Apple TV for Chromecast can be controlled by Google Assistant speakers and smart displays. Google mentioned in its announcement last week that this feature would be supported, and it’s also now mentioned on an official support page. Notably, this doesn’t apply to older…
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AI isn’t yet ready to pass for human on video calls

February 22, 2021
Leading up to Superbowl Sunday, Amazon flooded social media with coquettish ads teasing “Alexa’s new body.” Its gameday commercial depicts one woman’s fantasy of the AI voice assistant embodied by actor Michael B. Jordan, who seductively caters to her every whim —…
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Montague launches M-E1 full-size electric commuter bike that folds in half

February 22, 2021
Folding e-bikes certainly offer unique advantages, but they also comprise a series of compromises thanks to their small frames and wheels. Full-size folding bicycle manufacturer Montague is turning that idea on its head though, launching the M-E1 full-size folding electric bicycle designed for city riders. While full-size folding e-bikes aren’t entirely new, most of the sporadic examples…
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