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Hands-on with a prototype of Oppo's lossless 10x optical zoom system that the company says will ship on a retail device in Q2, 2019 (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

Vlad Savov / The Verge: Hands-on with a prototype of Oppo’s lossless 10x optical zoom system that the company says will ship on 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

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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 (Roger Cheng/CNET)

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

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Huawei updates MateBook X Pro with faster CPU and graphics, launches lower end 14" MateBook 14, and adds AirDrop-like phone/laptop file transfer feature to both (Dan Seifert/The Verge)

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Huawei updates MateBook X Pro with faster CPU and graphics, launches lower end 14″ MateBook 14, and adds AirDrop-like phone/laptop file transfer feature to both  —  The new lower-tier MateBook 14 also joins Huawei’s laptop portfolio  —  Last year, Huawei released the MateBook X Pro … Huawei updates MateBook X

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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 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

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

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Viber to start controversial strategy on April 1 of charging chatbot operators $4.5K per month to send up to 500K messages to users on its platform (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Viber to start controversial strategy on April 1 of charging chatbot operators $4.5K per month to send up to 500K messages to users on its platform  —  Viber, the messaging app down by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will see it charge companies

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Netflix uses subtitles and dubs in many languages to widen audiences for its shows because its subscription model incentivizes it to appeal to global customers (Farhad Manjoo/New York Times)

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: Netflix uses subtitles and dubs in many languages to widen audiences for its shows because its subscription model incentivizes it to appeal to global customers  —  Instead of trying to sell American ideas to a foreign audience, it’s aiming to sell international ideas to a global audience. Netflix uses

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CipherTrace, which provides blockchain analytics and forensics services that regulators and governments use to stop money laundering, raises $15M (Daniel Palmer/CoinDesk)

Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: CipherTrace, which provides blockchain analytics and forensics services that regulators and governments use to stop money laundering, raises $15M  —  Blockchain and cryptocurrency security firm CipherTrace has raised $15 million in funding from investors including Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital, the firm announced Tuesday. CipherTrace, which provides blockchain analytics and forensics services

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Eyeing international expansion, China-based selfie app maker Meitu acquires a 31% stake in game publishing company Dreamscape Horizon for ~$340M (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Eyeing international expansion, China-based selfie app maker Meitu acquires a 31% stake in game publishing company Dreamscape Horizon for ~$340M  —  China’s largest selfie app maker Meitu has been busy working to diversify itself beyond the beauty arena in China. Eyeing international expansion, China-based selfie app maker Meitu acquires a 31%

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