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Samsung ‘Flex In&Out’ concept deviceSamsung displayed the futuristic foldable phone at CES 2024. It’s called the ‘Flex In&Out’, and while it looks like the Galaxy Z Flip 5, this one is different as you can fold it inside out.It uses an in-and-out foldable technology that lets you fold the device to 360 degrees. Samsung says that the single display has a sleek and thin design, and can be folded outwards so you can use the display even when it’s folded.Samsung adds that the panels for this foldable device went…

Electric mobility company HeyBike has followed the CES 2023 launch of the full-suspension Tyson with a folding adventure bike rocking pedal-assist up to 28 mph provided by the 1,200-watt hub motor, plus all-terrain fat tires and a pegboard-packing rear rack."Whether you're an urban dweller, an avid adventurer, an RVer, or someone living in a cozy apartment with limited space, Mars 2.0 is designed to win your affection," said HeyBike.The Class 2 folding ebike features a 750-W rear-hub motor that peaks at 1,200 watts for 80…

I’ve long been skeptical of foldable phones. I’ve had to bite my tongue to stop myself going as far to call them an expensive gimmick. Then Google’s $1,800 Pixel Fold comes into my life, and suddenly I’m enamored by the thought of dual screens. Google’s entry into the foldables category is pitched as combining the Pixel design paradigm with a mini tablet. It also means Samsung’s Fold line now has to compete with a bruiser of its own size.Is Google's New $1,800 Pixel Phone Worth It? | Gizmodo ReviewIs the Pixel Fold the…

Most three-dimensional glass objects are produced via either a molding, blowing or perhaps even 3D-printing process. Chinese scientists, however, have devised a technique of folding such items into shape – and it has some key advantages over other methods.The origami-inspired process was devised by Yang Xu, a graduate student working in the lab of Prof. Tao Xie at Zhejiang University.Xu started by mixing nanoparticles of silica into a solution of a photosensitive liquid polymer and other compounds. Exposure to ultraviolet…

Luminous Productions, the studio behind , will soon close shop. Its team will be folded back into parent company Square Enix and tasked with working on other projects. The publisher , which included the developers behind Final Fantasy XV, in 2018 to work on new franchises, but Forspoken was its only game as a standalone studio. In a statement, Luminous said that its team will move back directly under Square Enix's umbrella starting on May 1st. In the meantime, the developers will continue to work on an update to address…

June Wan/ZDNETFor the past few years, Mobile World Congress has been the foldable phone show, with the likes of Samsung, Huawei, TCL, and now, Honor taking part in the innovative festivities. Today, Honor announced the global launch of its latest foldable, the Magic Vs, which first debuted in China back in December. Before you get overly excited about a new foldable coming to a carrier store near you, know that the global expansion starts in Europe for now, and likely won't make a pit stop in the US anytime after.…

I struggle to look at any other Samsung smartphone now that I’ve been living with its foldables. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has effectively changed how I use Android. Most of the time, I’ll only bother with my Google Pixel 7 if someone is calling the number linked to that phone. Otherwise, you’ll see me primarily on the foldable. It’s just so much more versatile for the life I lead.That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my time with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, but I missed the Fold while reviewing this one. Samsung’s…

At CES 2023, Samsung showcased a variety of smartphone and laptop OLED display panels, including the Flex Hybrid, Flex Slideable Solo, and Flex Slidable Duet. Now, the company also showcased a new OLED display that can fold both ways, offering a flexible solution for foldable smartphones. Samsung Display’s Flex In & Out, which was showcased to TheVerge, has a 360-degree hinge that can fold the screen inward and outward. Samsung spokesperson John Lucas also told the publication that the display uses a new type of…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBlack Panther star Winston Duke said he “folded like laundry” when he met Rihanna.Duke, who plays plays Jabari tribe leader M’Baku in the film, said he had “a lot of plans” for how their meeting would happen but things didn’t go as expected.Rihanna released her first song in six years as part of the forthcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, titled “Lift Me Up”.“I got to…

Australian scientists have discovered strangely folded diamonds in rare meteorite samples. In investigating how they came to form, the team found evidence that they were forged in a cataclysm on an ancient dwarf planet.Diamond is famously the hardest known natural material, and as such it isn’t exactly known for its flexibility. That’s why scientists on the new study were surprised to find diamonds with distinctive folded structures inside meteorites.Specifically, the meteorites belonged to a class known as ureilites,…