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HoloLens 2, sources say powered by Windows Core Operating System, focuses on promotion of Azure in enterprises, offers subscription bundles starting at $125/mo — Microsoft at Mobile World Congress took the wraps off of its HoloLens 2 and it has some hardware upgrades that'll help enterprise usage and the front-line workers using it.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils ARM-powered HoloLens 2, more comfortable, lighter, and with 2X wider field of view than its predecessor, available for preorder for $3,500 — Designed to get work done — I am in a tiny room in a basement somewhere in Microsoft's Redmond, Washington headquarters, wearing an early version of the HoloLens 2 headset.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces Azure Kinect, a new depth-sensing camera for enterprises that uses Azure cloud; pre-orders open now for $399 — Today's Mobile World Congress kickoff event was all about the next Hololens, but Microsoft still had some surprises up its sleeve.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Among foldables unveiled in 2019, Huawei's Mate X feels the most complete compared to Royole FlexPai or Galaxy Fold, but questions about their software remain — A foldable that folds without a gap — Samsung's Galaxy Fold announcement isn't even a week old yet, and we already have a competitor …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Huawei announces Mate X, a $2,600 foldable 5G phone with a 6.6" front screen and a 6.38" back screen that unfolds for a combined 8" display, coming mid-2019 — The Galaxy Fold isn't the only foldable device in town. Say hello to the Huawei Mate X. — Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer …
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
LG's 6.1" G8 ThinQ has a speaker integrated into the display, and a front camera that enables non-touch mid-air gesture controls and reads user's palm to unlock — A palm scanner? AirMotion gestures? What's going on here? — Once upon a time, a few years ago, LG came to Mobile World Congress …
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Tweets: @fjeronimo, @mkbhd, and @shacck17
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
LG announces V50 ThinQ flagship with 5G support and a Dual Screen accessory, a second 6.2-inch OLED display that attaches to the V50 like a case — A 5G version of the V40 with a bigger battery and an optional second screen — LG is getting in on the 5G hype with the new V50 ThinQ …
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Android Authority, ZDNet, Android Police, CNET, 9to5Google, The Verge, Engadget, Android Authority, PCMag, Forbes, TechRadar.com, Tech Advisor, Ubergizmo, Mashable, and Stuff
Tweets: @zseward, @julianchokkattu, @batteryhq, and @stevenwinkelman
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Hands-on with HMD's $699 Nokia 9 PureView with an in-display fingerprint sensor and five 12MP rear cameras, available in March — Screw everything, we're doing five cameras (for real this time) — HMD Global has a new Nokia flagship, and it might be the company's most ambitious phone yet …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Hands-on with a prototype of Oppo's lossless 10x optical zoom system that the company says will ship in a retail device in Q2, 2019 — Going from 16mm to 160mm inside your phone — Oppo has come to Mobile World Congress this year not with a phone, but with a promise.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi says that its flagship Mi 9 is coming to Europe on Feb. 28 for €499, and an updated Mi Mix 3 with Snapdragon 855 and 5G modem launches in May for €599 — The Xiaomi Mi 9 went official in China just a few days ago, and now the company is announcing launch details for its latest flagship in Europe.
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XDA Developers, Reuters, Mashable, The Verge, AnandTech, Engadget, London Evening Standard, TechCrunch, GSMArena.com, and CNET. Tweets: @androidcentral
| New York Times: |
Lawsuit alleges an NYC Airbnb scheme bypassed Airbnb policy to generate $20M in revenues by creating more than 100 misleading host accounts and 18 corporations — Multiple misleading identities, more than 100 host accounts and 18 corporations were created to run an illegal hotel business in Manhattan …
Tweets: @robert_ruggiero, @swgs, @jeremyunger1, @sobendito, @clarajeffery, @adamconover, and @douglascarswell
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Google researchers devise Spectre-like attack with no known mitigation, say software is inadequate to defend from Spectre-type bugs due to high performance cost — Researchers also devise a Spectre-like attack with no known mitigation. — Researchers from Google investigating the scope …
Tweets: @arstechnica
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