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Huawei capped off a big event earlier today where it brought over its latest foldable smartphone – the Mate Xs 2 as well as several smartwatches and fitness trackers. Mate Xs 2 was the star of the show and is set to arrive to European markets in June for EUR1,999 in white, black and violet colors. This device was first launched in China in April.
In senior year at my strict religious boarding school, watching Passions was an afternoon ritual. Beyond the basic soap opera premise of rival families getting messy, the iconic series had everything for a restless teen: suspense, melodrama, shamelessly imaginative comedy, awful sex, and campy supernatural storylines (including witches and warlocks — it was, after all, set in New England). Our febrile minds projected cartoonish power fantasies and petty grievances onto its absurd archetypes — the rebel, the dark horse, the struggling parent. Passions became a daily mainline to a hotter, more fantastical world, and it was awesome.
Ookla just published its list of airports with the fastest free Wi-Fi in the world during Q1 2022. The analysis focuses on Wi-Fi over mobile connections on free Wi-Fi provided by the individual airports and Wi-Fi at selected airport lounges. Four US airports top the list.
LLC "Google" intends to apply to the arbitration court with an application for recognition of its own bankruptcy.
Saudi Arabia now owns 5. 01% of Nintendo, making it the Kyoto company’s fifth-largest shareholder, according to a Bloomberg report. The Financial Times calculates the Saudi investment to be worth $2. 98 billion.
Amanita Design, the Czech indie collective known for creating beautiful and whimsical games like Machinarium and the Samorost series, announced its next project on Wednesday. The new game is called Phonopolis, and it will follow a man named Felix in his journey to rise up against an authoritarian government. It will also be Amanita Design’s first 3D game.
Apple yesterday previewed some iOS 16 accessibility features we can look forward to, including live captions, Apple Watch mirroring, and door detection.
Samsung’s Galaxy A22 is now receiving the OneUI 4. 1 update with Android 12. The A225FXXU3BVD8 update build has been spotted in Russia and is expected to spread to more countries in the coming weeks. This update includes the April security patch.
The Anonymous hacker group continues to attack Russia.
OPPO recently launched its first tablet, the OPPO Pad. And now the Chinese manufacturer is preparing to release another novelty.
Samsung recently started updating Galaxy M22 to Android 12, and now the company has released firmware for another budget smartphone.
