• An unannounced Android gaming phone from Lenovo teases monster specs, as well as a few features that aren’t available on other devices.
• The Lenovo Legion phone will come with a 144Hz display, 90W fast wired charging, and a side-mounted selfie camera.
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Android gaming phones are practically high-end Android devices that come with improved screens, better cooling, and flashier designs that point out the fact that they’re gaming devices. Android vendors have been using these types of devices to push specs to the limit, packing these devices with more RAM and storage than regular flagships. However, the handsets don’t get access to better processors that the ones that power the latest flagships from Samsung, OnePlus, or Google. In fact, the new Galaxy S20 and OnePlus 8 series, as well as several other 2020 flagships, already feature monster specs themselves, so you wouldn’t need to worry about getting a gaming phone this year. Even so, smartphone makers are making gaming handsets, and Lenovo is about to release its first such device. The Lenovo Legion handset was featured in a bunch of leaks so far, and the newest one reveals a unique feature: A selfie camera that’s mounted on the side of the device, popping up when you need it.

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• Twitter announced a major change to the user interface of its app that should make it easier to follow conversations and replies.
• The new feature will be rolling out to iPhone and the web first, Twitter revealed.
• The company is also considering changes to the Like, Retweet, and Reply icons, with a limited test already running on iOS devices.
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Twitter may be great for firing off whatever is going through your mind at any given moment, but having a cogent conversation might not always be possible. That’s not because of the things people say, it’s because of how Twitter works. Chats can easily be derailed, and controversial topics might get out of hand, making it nearly impossible to keep track of who is saying what. But Twitter is about to fix conversations for good by implementing a threaded conversation mode that will not only feel familiar, but it’ll also help users talk to each other.

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• Hydrogen-rich worlds may host life, according to a new research paper that shows microorganisms not accustomed to an atmosphere of hydrogen can survive and reproduce in it.
• The study proved that E. coli and yeast both continue to live despite the dramatic shift to a 100% hydrogen atmosphere.
• Going forward, the researchers say we should consider hydrogen-rich worlds as potential sources of alien life.
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When high-powered telescopes gaze deep into space in search of exoplanets, the worlds they discover are always interesting for one reason or another. The ones that are closest to Earth in size and composition are the most exciting, since we imagine rocky planets like our own offer the best chance at finding life.

Planets residing in the habitable zone around their star are even more exciting because they offer the slim possibility that liquid water exists on their surface. We imagine water as crucial to life, and oxygen is obviously a big plus, too. But what if we’re not giving Mother Nature nearly enough credit? What if worlds that are soaked in hydrogen and would be hostile to earthly life are actually suitable hosts for life in different forms?

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• A series of animated shorts from Marvel called Fury Files that originally aired on Disney XD will be added to the Disney+ library on Friday, May 15th.
• Marvel’s Future Avengers season 2 will join the service as well on May 22nd.
• We haven’t heard anything new about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, or WandaVision.
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If not for the novel coronavirus outbreak, we’d all be sharing our opinions on Black Widow right about now. The long-awaited solo movie for Scarlett Johansson’s dearly departed Avenger was originally scheduled to release on May 1st, 2020, but when all of the theaters closed down due to the pandemic, Disney pushed everything back. Black Widow is now set to hit theaters on November 6th, but we won’t have to wait that long for Marvel content.

In a recent article on Marvel.com, the company confirmed that Fury Files will be added to the Disney+ library on May 15th. As the name suggests, Nick Fury (voiced by Chi McBride) is the narrator, and he gives viewers the lowdown on some of the most popular heroes and villains of the Marvel universe.

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• Airbus is developing a new system that can sniff out threats, including biological hazards.
• The system uses genetically engineered living cells to detect traces of various molecular compounds in the air.
• The system will begin testing later this year, the company says.
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Airlines are struggling right now. It’s easy to see why, of course, with the novel coronavirus pandemic making it virtually impossible to travel, and various restrictions preventing companies from packing their planes full of passengers. Nevertheless, Airbus is working on a project that could make its planes safer not just from risks like chemicals or even bad guys with bombs, but viruses like the coronavirus, too.

In a press release, Airbus explains that its partnership with a company called Koniku is beginning to bear fruit, and the duo is getting closer to completing a system that could be capable of sniffing out threats.

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• German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech partnered with Pfizer on the development of an mRNA vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
• Their product reached the clinical phase trial stage, with Phase 1/2 testing already underway in Germany and the US.
• The first American volunteers will soon enroll in the trial, and the two companies say they may be able to manufacture hundreds of millions of doses next year, assuming the drug works.
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115 teams were working on COVID-19 vaccine candidates as of mid-April, according to Bill Gates, and some of those drugs have already reached human trials. Just last week, we learned of a company from German that started trials on an mRNA vaccine. BioNTech’s BNT162 is the compound in question, and the company partnered with pharmaceutical Pfizer to expand testing and manufacturing.

The two parties on Tuesday announced that the Phase 1/2 trial of BNT162 will start in the US as well. Assuming the drug can generate the desired immune response preventing infection with the novel coronavirus, millions of doses of the vaccine might be ready for emergency use this year, and hundreds of millions of doses could be mass-produced in 2021.

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• On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Halo 2: Anniversary is coming to PC as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on May 12th.
• Halo, Halo 2, and Halo: Reach have all been added to the PC version of the collection, but Microsoft says Halo 3, ODST, and Halo 4 will be ready by the end of 2020.
• You can buy Halo 2: Anniversary separately for $9.99, or The Master Chief Collection for $39.99.
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When Halo: The Master Chief Collection debuted on Xbox One in 2014, the reaction was decidedly mixed. On one hand, it successfully bundled one of the most beloved video game series of all time into a single package with better visuals, better sound, and brand new cutscenes. On the other hand, online multiplayer was a mess, and that was the main draw of the collection. Thankfully, most of the major issues were addressed with patches.

Five years after Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched, Microsoft revealed that it would be bringing all of the games to PC too. On December 3rd, 2019, the collection arrived on Steam, but Halo: Reach (which had just recently been added to the Xbox One version) was the only playable title. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary joined Reach in March, and on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Halo 2: Anniversary will come to PC on May 12th.

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• Google will bring one of the best new features of Android to Mac and Windows 10 via the Chrome browser.
• Live Caption brings real-time captioning to any video, whether it’s played online or stored locally on Android phones.
• The desktop version of Live Caption should work similarly on Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Linux once Google rolls out the feature to the stable version of the browser
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One of the best features that Google ever invented for Android is Live Caption. The feature adds real-time captions to anything playing on the screen, whether it’s a clip found online or a video stored locally. The feature is now rolling out to the Chrome browser, which means it’ll be available on a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, and Linux.

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• Director Robert Rodriguez recently shared a photo of Baby Yoda from the second season of The Mandalorian.
• The Mandalorian was a breakout hit when it launched last year and helped Disney+ amass more than 50 million subscribers in just about five months.
• The Mandalorian season two is expected to debut in October 2020.
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If you want to make a splash as a streaming service, you need to have a huge breakout hit to attract an initial crowd of viewers and generate a sufficient amount of buzz. Netflix, for example, had House of Cards while Hulu saw its profile skyrocket thanks to the 2017 release of The Handmaid’s Tale.

With the streaming landscape as crowded as it is today, the ability to generate a breakout hit is more challenging than ever. Indeed, this is one of the reasons why Apple TV+ hasn’t exactly taken the world by storm. Though Apple’s subscription service certainly has a handful of solid and well-received shows, none of the shows have managed to generate any type of momentum or hype in the mainstream. The same, however, can’t be said for Disney+.

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• Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has patented a smartphone design that a new type of camera the brand has never offered before.
• The newly approved patent documentation reveals the presence of an under-screen selfie camera, which suggests that Xiaomi may have this technology ready to develop and commercialize.
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After being among the first smartphone brands last year to show off a phone design that incorporates a selfie camera underneath the display, obviating the need for a notch or hole-punch camera lens, Xiaomi is back with an approved patent for such a phone design. This time, one that may also be far enough along to join the ranks of smartphones expected to be released this year with cameras underneath the screen.

Almost a year to the day since Xiaomi applied for a design patent for this smartphone with an in-screen camera, the Chinese phone brand was approved on April 24 for the design patent the company filed with the China Intellectual Property Administration. And the patent documentation points a way forward for this technology that’s previously been not yet good enough to bring in enough light through the display to keep the resulting photos from looking overly dark.

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