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China's Huawei launches a rival to the Amazon Kindle in bid to revive struggling consumer business - CNBC
Twitter gives all users access to one-time content warnings - Engadget
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Announced, New Gen 9 Pokemon Games - ComicBook.com

China's Huawei launches a rival to the Amazon Kindle in bid to revive struggling consumer business - CNBC

Posted: 27 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST

The Huawei MatePad Paper is an e-reader and the first of this kind of product to be released by the Chinese technology giant. Huawei is looking to boost its consumer business with new products beyond smartphones.

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Huawei launched a slew of new products on Sunday including a rival to Amazon's Kindle, as the Chinese tech giant looks to inject life into its consumer business that has been hurt by falling smartphone sales due to U.S. sanctions.

The Huawei MatePad Paper is the company's first e-reader device and features a 10.3-inch display. Huawei is positioning this as a product useful for the work environment.

It is compatible with the Huawei M-Pencil, which can be used across other products.

Huawei said that writing on the MatePad Paper with the electronic pencil feels like writing on actual paper due to the slight bit of friction and the sound given off. Users can convert handwritten notes into text as well.

"The MatePad Paper is the most interesting product in Huawei's new range," said Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight. "These products are growing in popularity due to their extremely long battery life, ultra-thin designs and easy-to-read screens that are said to be less fatiguing than a traditional LCD displays."

Huawei also launched the new generation of its flagship laptop called the MateBook X Pro, positioned as a rival to Apple's Macbook. It also showed off the Huawei MateBook E, a tablet with detachable keyboard.

The Chinese technology giant also took the wraps off the Matestation X, an all-in-one PC and screen designed as a competitor to Apple's iMac.

These were previously launched in China and the company is now bringing them to international markets.

With the new products, Huawei is hoping to give a boost to its consumer division which has been hurt by U.S. sanctions that have cut the Chinese firm off from key components and technology and crippled its smartphone business.

But finding appeal with international consumers for these products could be tough, according to Wood.

"Its hardware remains as competitive as ever, but selling products into Western markets will be challenging given the sustained brand damage the company has endured," Wood said.

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Twitter gives all users access to one-time content warnings - Engadget

Posted: 26 Feb 2022 09:06 AM PST

You can now attach one-time content warnings to the images and videos you tweet if you didn't have access to the feature in the past. Twitter started testing a feature that gives you a way to add warnings for nudity, violence and other types of sensitive content to each individual post last year. Now, Twitter Support has announced that the feature is available to everyone using its Android and iOS apps, as well as its web interface.

When you apply a warning to an individual tweet, the media you attach to it will look obscured to people viewing it until they opt to view what's behind it. The feature gives you a way to share content that may be upsetting or not appropriate for everyone without having to mark all your tweets as sensitive.

To add a warning to a single tweet, simply click on the flag icon that shows up while you're editing the photo or video you attached and then choose between the nudity, violence and sensitive options. As The Verge notes, you can tag multiple warnings for each attachment, and Twitter will place a single warning over multiple media in a single post.

You can watch Twitter Safety's video on how to access the feature below:

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Announced, New Gen 9 Pokemon Games - ComicBook.com

Posted: 27 Feb 2022 06:19 AM PST

The Pokemon Company has announced Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, new Pokemon games that formally introduce players to a brand new region and serve to kick off a brand new generation of Pokemon games. The games were announced at the end of today's Pokemon Presents. Few details about the game were provided, other than that it will take place in a new region and will feature new starter Pokemon (seen below). The new games will be released in late 2022.

The Pokemon Company has reserved Pokemon Day, the anniversary of Pokemon Red and Green's initial launch in Japan, as the day to make major Pokemon announcements. Pokemon Sun and Moon were announced on Pokemon Day 2016, while Pokemon Sword and Shield were announced on Pokemon Day 2019. Both Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokemon Legends: Arceus were announced on Pokemon Day 2021.

While fans have argued over what constitutes a new "generation" of Pokemon games, the generally held description is that a new generation is kicked off when a Pokemon game introduces a brand new region. While Pokemon Legends: Arceus introduced players to the Hisui region, that region is technically just a version of the Sinnoh region from a previous era instead of a brand new Pokemon game.

It seems that the new Pokemon games are a return to the "classic" style of Pokemon game most recently seen in Pokemon Sword and Shield, with turn-based battles on a separate screen from the overworld map that players explore. This style of Pokemon game has been refined from Pokemon Red and Blue all the way to Pokemon Sword and Shield with various improvements added like Pokemon appearing in the overworld map and a more free-moving experience with large Wild Areas. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl featured a more retro-version of the Pokemon game formula with its return to chibi-style graphics reminiscent of the original pixel artwork and the use of a grid map design. Pokemon Legends: Arceus broke the mold entirely with a more open-world system that emphasized stealth and exploration over repetitive battling.

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be released later this year.

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