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HONOR announces UK launch of £1399 Magic Vs folding phone
Chinese smartphone brand, HONOR, has announced the UK launch date and price of its latest folding flagship smartphone, HONOR Magic Vs. The Magic Vs will go on sale in the UK on May 19 on the HONOR website in Cyan and Black, and on May 26 on Amazon, Argos and Very in Black. The Magic Vs…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK restricts Microsoft, Activision from buying interest in each other
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has restricted Microsoft and Activision Blizzard from "acquiring an interest" in each other. It published an interim order stating they would need "prior written consent" from the UK regulator before making acquisitions between the companies. The order applies to the businesses as well as their subsidiaries. It comes two…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Technology changes call centre accents
A Silicon Valley start-up has developed technology that can change the accents of call centre workers in real time. The company, Sanas, has told the BBC that its technology could overcome accent-based prejudice and reduce racist abuse faced by staff. But some critics have called it a move in the wrong direction and say language…
Tech Digest daily roundup: GTA publisher strikes £9.6bn deal with FarmVille
The video games publisher behind Grand Theft Auto has struck a $13bn (£9.6bn) deal for FarmVille owner Zynga in a huge bet on the future of mobile gaming. Take-Two has paved the way for smartphone spin-offs of its biggest console hits by creating one of the industry's largest mobile game publishers with sales of just over…
Huawei sells its youth brand Honor
Chinese company Huawei has decided to sell its youth-oriented brand Honor. In a statement, it explained that the consumer business has been under tremendous pressure 'due to persistent unavailability of technical elements needed for its mobile phone business'. Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd has therefore decided to sell all of its Honor business assets…
Huawei announces HarmonyOS – potential Android replacement
Huawei has unveiled its own-built operating system, HarmonyOS, which the Chinese company could use to power its smartphones instead of Google’s Android. The phone-maker has been hit by trade restrictions from the US, which has left the firm’s ability to use Android in the long term in question. Huawei currently uses Android to power its…
Honor releases 20 Pro smartphone despite Huawei scrutiny
Honor is planning to release its latest 20 Pro handset in the UK next month despite ongoing scrutiny around its owner, Huawei. The Honor 20 Pro’s launch in May came just a week after an executive order that effectively banned Huawei from trading with US companies without approval. Although US President Donald Trump appears to…
HONOR 20 Series phones launched despite ongoing US dispute
Huawei-owned smartphone brand HONOR has unveiled its latest 20 series smartphones, despite uncertainty over the future of its devices. An executive order from US President Donald Trump last week effectively banned technology firms from “foreign adversaries” trading with US companies without approval. Google then confirmed it would stop supporting Android on Huawei and Honor devices,…
HONOR announces £139 8A smartphone with facial recognition
Huawei sub-brand HONOR has launched an affordable new Android smartphone, the HONOR 8A. Combining a 6.09-inch Dewdrop FullView screen with 87 per cent screen-to-body ratio, it also boasts facial recognition and FM radio as standard. The Dewdrop notch, nestled at the top of the screen, measures 3.2mm and houses the front camera, light sensor and…
Honor gains exclusive Fortnite skin in bid to attract more young users
Huawei sub-brand Honor has partnered with Epic Games in an attempt to attract more young users for the global launch of its View20 smartphone. At an event held in Paris, Honor president George Zhao revealed that buyers of the new handset will gain access to an exclusive skin for the popular survival game. .@Fortnite fans…
