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Xiaomi reveals its folding phone prototype
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has teased its prototype folding phone in a Weibo video of company co-founder Bin Lin using the device (TechCrunch).
Described by senior vice president Wang Xiang as "the world's first ever double folding phone", it starts out as a tablet before both sides are folded in to turn it into a thick phablet-style smartphone. The device is not currently set to go into full-scale production.
US seeks extradition of Huawei executive
The US government is seeking the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada late last year over US charges of being involved in doing business with Iran in 2010 (Ars Technica). Meng is a board member of Chinese Huawei partner Skycom Tech, which reportedly offered to sell HP communications gear to an Iranian telecoms provider, against US trade sanctions.
Amazon is testing bin-shaped delivery robots
Amazon has begun testing self-driving parcel delivery robots in its home city of Seattle, Washington (VentureBeat). Named Scout, the robot is essentially a bin on six wheels – a design we've seen before in Starship's robot delivery trials – and in the short term will be escorted by humans to keep anything from going awry.
Why London has some of the slowest broadband speeds in the UK
It's no surprise that rural, remote areas like the Lake District, Orkney Islands and Argyll and Bute have the UK's slowest broadband, but parts of London aren't all that much faster, thanks to old technology, poverty and the testing methodology itself (WIRED). The City of London has long complained about disappointing broadband speeds, while residents of Rotherhithe in Southwark report connections crawling along at 0.26Mbps.
Watch Boeing's autonomous personal aircraft take flight
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has released video footage of a successful vertical take-off and landing test of its autonomous personal aircraft (The Verge). The prototype is fully electric with a stated range of 80km, making the technology a potential fit for use in future short-hop flying taxis.
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