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Huawei delays launch of folding Mate X
The age of the folding phone has experienced another false start with Huawei's announcement that it will delay the launch of its Mate X until September in order to avoid the kind of hardware failures that affected review samples of the Samsung's Galaxy Fold (CNBC).
Although Huawei says it's “confident” that it can deliver the device, tech press speculation is that the delay is most likely linked to a US export ban intended to prevent suppliers from selling to the Chinese firm. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that the company is preparing for a drop in international smartphone shipments of between 40 and 60 per cent, and that Huawei will focus on raising its Chinese market share to 50 per cent to mitigate that impact of a potential loss of overseas business.
Assange extradition hearing scheduled for February 2020
A hearing over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US will take place on February 24 next year, Westminster Magistrates' Court has ruled (The Register). He's charged with 18 offences relating to hacking and illegally obtaining secret US government information and will remain in prison until his hearing, serving a 50-week sentence for jumping bail.
Getting out in nature is good for you but racial factors may affect its benefits
A new UK study involving 20,000 people has found that spending two hours a week among nature is positively correlated with good health and mental wellbeing, whether that time is spent reading in the park or going for a hike (Gizmodo). However, people who reported their ethnic background as something other than white British did not experience the same health benefits, for reasons which are not clear but may be intertwined with issues of class and access to green spaces.
Corsican 'cat-fox' may be a new species, officials say
Researchers from France's National Office for Hunting and Wildlife say that Corsica may be home to a unique striped cat, of which sixteen individuals have been identified in the island's mountains (RFI). There is already a known Corsian wildcat, but the “cat-fox” is distinct and, based on limited DNA evidence, may be an entirely new feline species.
Overwatch competitor Bleeding Edge could change everything
At a glance, Bleeding Edge is not the game you'd expect Cambridge-based developer Ninja Theory to release in the wake of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, its sombre exploration of mental health (WIRED). It's not even in the same ballpark as the studio's earlier titles, such as Enslaved: Odyssey to the West or DmC, both single-player action games with lengthy narratives. Instead, it's a competitive team-based arena brawler, packed with colourful, cybernetically-enhanced heroes battling it out for glory.
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