Facebook has pulled a network of fake accounts trying to spread Russian disinformation in Ukraine. The company said it removed about 40 accounts, pages, and groups from Facebook and Instagram that were discovered in the past 48 hours.
Meanwhile, Russia has been freely accessible to its citizens since early Saturday morning. According to internet monitor NetBlocks, all major domestic telecom providers experienced a near-total blackout of the platform. On Friday, the country’s telecoms regulator, Roskomnadzor, began accessing Facebook after the social network refused to stop fact-checking and labeling content from Russia’s state news organizations.
— Mat Smith
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Valve Steam Deck Review
His first wearable device combines the familiar with something new.
Valve’s first wearable device isn’t a mobile device you use for your daily commute. It’s more like a Steam Controller and Steam Machine in one hefty package, and it’s not as comfortable to play for hours on end. But while Senior Editor Jessica Conditt finds it difficult to recommend the Steam Deck as an introduction to PC gaming, it is a great secondary device for the millions of existing Steam users around the world, one that opens up new places to play in the opened whole house.
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be coming to Switch in late 2022
It’s supposed to be an open-world adventure.
The Pokémon Company simply took most of us by surprise. It was found Pokemon scarlet and violettwo new Pokémon games are slated for release in late 2022. Building on the recently published Pokémon Legends: Arceus, developer Game Freak said the games would offer an “open-world adventure” for players to explore. Perhaps it will strike a balance between the latest Pokémon game and the mainline series.
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Huawei’s MatePad Paper is half e-reader, half tablet
And it works with the company’s pen.
Many of us are obsessed with e-ink devices. The latest addition is a sizeable e-ink tablet from Huawei. The MatePad Paper features a 10.3-inch grayscale screen with an anti-glare reflective display to aid in low-light use. The paper can reproduce 256 shades of gray to display text and images – and even video. Not only does it have surprisingly small bezels with an 86.3% screen-to-body ratio, but it’s also compatible with Huawei’s M-Pencil, its second-generation stylus.
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TCL’s latest concept phone folds in and out
But it’s incredibly difficult to get the screen to work.
TCL seems to love showing off its prototypes and is doing the same for MWC 2022. Alongside a range of new phones and tablets, the company has just unveiled a concept device tentatively named Ultra Flex – a phone with a 360-degree rotating hinge and a flexible display that bends with you. This thing can fold both inward and outward. However, it’s a little… no, very, delicate.
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