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HONOR Robot Phone hands-on: I can’t believe it actually works this well!
After ten months of teases, we're finally getting to experience a smartphone that's built unlike any other.
Honor’s Robot Phone Has a Gimbal-Powered Camera for Vloggers
Honor’s new China-exclusive Android phone features a pop-out motorized gimbal camera designed to replace your action cam.
Wired ·
Honor’s Robot Phone is better than a gimbal in a phone has any right to be
The Robot Phone takes pop-up cameras to a whole new level. The Robot Phone, which launches today in China, doesn't sound like a good idea - and not only because it's not actually a robot. Instead it's a regular Android smartphone with its main camera installed on a compact gimbal arm that unfolds from the phone's rear. Cramming the equivalent of a DJI Osmo Pocket inside a smartphone sounds like a great way to get the worst of both worlds, but after an hour of testing, I'm cautiously optimistic that Honor has made this Frankenphone work. This is a smaller gimbal than you'll find on DJI's compact Osmo Pocket line - Honor claims it's the smallest in the world. It still makes the phone bulkier than no … Read the full story at The Verge.
BMW-backed solar EV concept could end a typical day with more energy than it used
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Hackers leverage new Microsoft SharePoint exploit in attacks
Hackers have already begun using a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, published by cybersecurity company Rapid7 on Tuesday. [...]
iPhone 20 Pro’s all-glass design spotted in supply chain, says leaker
This week has seen conflicting reports on whether or not Apple has given up on its plan to launch a radical new iPhone design next year, which I’ll refer to as the iPhone 20 Pro for now. An Apple analyst claimed that the company had found the task too challenging, while Bloomberg quickly said this isn’t true and that the design is on track to launch in 2027. Today sees new support for the latter view …
9to5Mac ·
iPhone 20 Pro’s all-glass design spotted in supply chain, says leaker
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9to5Mac ·
Is Aptoide safe? I tried Android's first alternative app store on Google Play - and it's a mess
Aptoide Games just landed in the Play Store - no sideloading required. I tested it, and caution is advised.
ZDNet ·
SpaceX Launches More Starlink Satellites. Why the Stock Is Rising.
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Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startup
Remember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: he's launched a startup. That entrepreneur is Paul Conyngham, who says he is launching Gamgee to offer "personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs." But his ambitions go well beyond dogs - and pets - with Gamgee's website promising the company will harness AI and genetics to develop personalized treatments for a range of diseases and species, including humans. At the center of Gamgee's origin story is Rosie, Conyngham's Staffordshire bull terrier-Shar Pei mix, who … Read the full story at The Verge.
Quantinuum and Oracle are partnering to bring quantum computing to the cloud
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Thinking about a cybersecurity career? These skills are essential
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How Voyager engineers found two more years in a 50-year-old power budget
Even two-tenths of a watt matters when your spacecraft launched in 1977