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Huawei Beta Tests New Search App; Could Come with Huawei P40 Pro Huawei is beta testing its possible Google Search alternative app – Huawei Search for users in UAE. Earlier today, the app was publicly available to Huawei users in UAE using which XDA Developers managed to install and test out the app. According to XDA, Huawei Search is operated by Ireland-based Huawei subsidiary Aspiegel Limited. The report notes that Huawei’s search engine is not powered by the usual search results providers such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Ask, or AOL....

Huawei P40 Hands-on Images Surface Online Huawei will be announcing its latest flagship P40 series onMarch 26at an event in Paris. The Chinese smartphone giant has now given Digital Trends a sneak peek at its Huawei P40 prototype, revealing the rear design and camera setup. Digital Trends was not told which model in the series they were shown. However, judging by the pastrumors and speculations, this is not likely to be the P40 Pro and inclines more towards the regular P40 variant....

OnePlus Will Showcase Something New on March 3, but Don’t Expect the OnePlus 8 OnePlus is expected to launch its next flagship smartphone sooner rather than later, but it’s unlikely to happen next week. The company has been teasing the unveiling of a new product in India on March 3, but it has now been basically confirmed that it won’t be theOnePlus 8-seriesthat many would have been hoping for. OnePlus earlier this month announced that it is working on“a special project”that’s“not a phone (or a) commercial product”, so the upcoming event could be a showcase for a new concept product....

Oppo Find X2 Live Images Leaked Online Oppo is all set to launch its flagship device, the Oppo Find X2 on March 6. The company has been teasing the handset over the past few weeks on its social media handles and now, live images of the device have surfaced online. The live images leak is courtesy of Twitter user Sven who goes by the handle @Mutz1337. The device appears to have a glossy finish at the rear....

Twitter Accidentally Verified a Fake Account of a US Republican Election Candidate In a bizarre incident, a 17-year-old High School student got his Twitter account verified as a fake Republican candidate for 2020 US Presidential election. According to a CNN report on Friday, the student created a fake profiler as Andrew Walz who called himself a “proven business leader” and a “passionate advocate for students.” Walz, a Republican from Rhode Island, is running for Congress with the tagline, ‘Let’s make change in Washington together”....

Twitter Will Soon Let You Control Who Can Reply to Your Tweets In a move that free-speech advocates have slammed for possibly restricting healthy debates and adding to the increasing number of echo chambers on the platform, Twitter is apparently testing a new feature that will enable users to lock down a conversation by choosing who is – and who isn’t – allowed to reply to their tweets. Believed to have been first spotted by renowned software reverse engineer, Jane Manchun Wong(@wongmjane), the feature is currently in its testing phase on the Twitter website, but it’s unclear as to when it will be eventually rolled out to the broader public....

[UPDATE: Mechanical Triggers] Black Shark 3 to Have Magnetic Charging, Reveals Official Promo Xiaomi’sBlack Shark 3 is all set to be unveiled on March 3, and a prototype of the device has now shown up on the AnTuTu benchmark, seemingly revealing at least some of its key tech specs. According to the listing, the device will come with the Snapdragon 865 SoC, 12GB of RAM, 512GB of internal storage and a high-res display with 3120×1440 pixel resolution....