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Google Is Working on a Foldable Phone Prototype, Too
Samsung, Huawei, Motorola, and now Google are all confirmed to be in one stage or another of trying to bring foldable phones to market. It's all aboard the Bad Idea Bandwagon!

Intel Quietly Kills Off Xeon Phi
Intel has put the Xeon Phi family to bed for good, with cancellation notices on the Knights Mill Xeon Phi processor. Both the PCIe and socketed Larrabee descendants are officially dead, with Xe rising in the wings as a hoped-for replacement.

Nest Absorbs Google Home Lineup, Announces the Hub Max
The Google Home team is merging with Nest, and the first consumer-facing effect is rebranding the Home Hub as the Nest Hub. There's also a new smart display, the larger Nest Hub Max.

Astronomers Assemble the Most Detailed Picture of the Universe Ever
Astronomers have used data from the Hubble to create the largest, deepest look at the universe ever recorded.

Google Makes the Pixel 3a and 3a XL Official
These phones cost hundreds of dollars less than the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, but they still have most of the same features.

Rumor: AMD Radeon RX 3080 XT Will Challenge RTX 2070 at $339
There's a new set of rumors around AMD's upcoming Navi, implying the company could launch an RTX 20708 competitor at the GTX 1070's old $330 price.

Nanoparticle Experiment Aboard ISS Seeks to Slow Aging
An ESA experiment that just arrived on the International Space Station (ISS) will test nanoparticles as a way to clear the body of free radicals.

Samsung Will Cancel Galaxy Fold Pre-Orders Unless Buyers Opt-in
An email sent to pre-order holders says that Samsung is still "enhancing" the Galaxy Fold after multiple review units failed in a matter of days. Perhaps most telling, the email update requires customers to opt-in to keep their pre-orders. Anyone who doesn't confirm will have their order canceled at the end of the month.

The OnePlus 7 Pro Will Support HDR10+ and Come in Pretty Colors
OnePlus co-founder and CEO Pete Lau has provided some tantalizing tidbits about the device while elsewhere on the internet almost every detail has already leaked.

The New Microsoft Edge Browser Will Have an ‘IE Mode’
Microsoft is working on a new version of Edge based on Chromium, and it's going to have a surprising feature: Internet Explorer tabs.

Massive 10-Petawatt Laser Can Vaporize Matter
The most powerful laser ever made has one-tenth the power of the sun and is being used in cancer therapy research. P.S. It works.

The DroneBullet Is Built to Seek and Destroy Other Drones
Naturally, governments and law enforcement are worried about the hazards drones represent, and that's why AerialX designed the DroneBullet. It's a new type of drone that's one part quadcopter and one part missile.