Huawei will unveil a brand new flagship smartphone whose main feature will be the multi-lens rear camera, that’s supposed to deliver better zoom than most competitors. The P30 series will be launched on March 26th in Paris, France, but we’ve already seen plenty of leaks detailing the upcoming phone. More importantly, the P30 Pro’s periscope camera was already confirmed — that’s the kind of tech that will support even better zoom than competing flagships. To tease the new zooming feature, Huawei posted several images on Weibo. But it turns out that at least one photo was taken with a DSLR camera, rather than the new P30 Pro.

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1. Huawei was just caught faking sample photos for its unreleased P30 Pro flagship phone

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Facebook inadvertently helped Senator Elizabeth Warren’s new campaign by taking down a Warren add that said Facebook has too much power. Unsurprisingly, Facebook’s move made the news because Warren has been calling for the breakup of big tech companies including Facebook, warning against their increased power. While the removal of the ads may seem like some sort of defense against Warren’s new push, Facebook does appear to have had grounds to remove the ads.

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1. Facebook briefly removed Elizabeth Warren’s ads that said Facebook has too much power

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The Moon apparently isn’t nearly as dry as scientists once thought. That’s the message from researchers using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to detect water molecules and the behavior of the moisture over the course of a lunar day.

Earth’s Moon was once assumed to be a dry and dusty place, but over time that image has changed. Scientists discovered ice present near its poles, and more recently we’ve learned that liquid water does indeed exist within the lunar surface material, called regolith. Now, the LRO has revealed that the water present on the Moon’s surface actually moves around during lunar daytime.

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1. Scientists found moving water on the Moon

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The Trump administration is pushing hard for the installation of facial recognition technology at the biggest airports in the US, with a goal of eventually using it to track every international passenger who passes through them. Including Americans.

That’s according to documents uncovered by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the contents of which were reported by BuzzFeed News — including details of an executive order President Trump signed in March 2017 mandating a fast rollout of biometric verification for all travelers coming into the US.

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1. The Trump administration wants to expand face-scanning at airports ASAP

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Finding the scant remains of dinosaurs that roamed the Earth tens of millions of years ago obviously isn’t easy. Finding the remains of entirely new dinosaurs that nobody even knew existed? That’s even harder still, but researchers in Victoria, Australia did just that, and the newly documented herbivore would probably have been pretty adorable to see in person.

As detailed in a new report in the Journal of Paleontology, Galleonosaurus dorisae was a small plant eater that stomped around present-day Australia some 125 million years ago, and it likely used its small stature and impressive legs to duck from the more fearsome predators of the day.

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1. Paleontologists found a new species of dinosaur, and it’s just a little fella

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One of the more interesting and admirable things about Tesla over the years has been the company’s clear vision and unwavering adherence to a coherent product strategy. As laid out in the first installment of Tesla’s master plan more than a decade ago, the company described in clear terms its plan to revolutionize the auto industry by using profits from pricier electric vehicles to develop and manufacture a mass market EV, a car we now know as the Model 3.

Recently, though, Tesla seems to be somewhat prone to waffling as opposed to sticking with a coherent game plan. Late last month, for example, Tesla at long last announced the long-overdue arrival of the $35,000 Model 3. The company also announced that it would be closing nearly all of its stores and that the Model S and Model X would also see some slight price reductions.

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1. Tesla reverses course on price cuts amid plans to keep most stores open

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Contactless payments aren’t new, as we already have mobile payments that involve our smartphones or an actual debit or credit card. But when it comes to cards, you still need to authenticate payments over a certain amount, and the only way to do that is with the use of a PIN code. However, some banks are ready to test a new kind of debit card — one that comes with a fingerprint sensor built into it.

NatWest is going to trial the concept in Great Britain, issuing 200 customers the new high-tech cards. The cards still use NFC technology for payments, like regular ones, but there’s no payment limit, The Verge explains.

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1. This debit card comes with a built-in fingerprint sensor for contactless payments

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Given the embattled state of affairs at Huawei these days, it should probably come as no surprise that the Chinese smartphone brand finds itself thinking about major what-ifs and emergency scenarios even as it very much tries to maintain a business-as-usual facade. Case in point? Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei’s consumer products division, said in a recent interview that the company prefers to work “within the ecosystems” of American companies — specifically, Google and Microsoft — for its smartphone operating systems. For now.

According to Yu, however, if push ever comes to shove Huawei actually already has its own smartphone OS ready to go should it eventually become too problematic to continue relying on US companies. Yu referred to a point in the future when the company might begin using its own already-prepped smartphone OS as “Plan B” for Huawei.

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As exciting as the roll out of 5G is, the reality is that most consumers will have to wait quite a while before they find themselves in an area with 5G support. T-Mobile, as a quick example, recently announced that its 5G service won’t launch until the latter half of 2019.

In the interim, AT&T has taken a somewhat sneaky approach with respect to 5G. In a move that can appropriately be categorized as deceitful and misleading, AT&T has started replacing the 4G icon on select devices with a 5G E symbol, a symbol which refers to 5G Evolution. And what is 5G E, exactly? Well, AT&T describes it as “an evolutionary step to standards-based 5G.”

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1. Sprint blasts AT&T for using ‘fake 5G’ in full-page New York Times ad

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The good thing about the SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External SSD is that it’s compact and lightning fast, with support for transfer speeds of up to a whopping 550Mbps. But the downside is that you have to pay a pretty penny for all that speed — the retail price on this model is $170. Amazon is running a sale right now though, and it slashes the price all the way down to $89.99. That’s the best price we’ve seen, and we doubt it’ll last very long.

SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External SSD – USB-C, USB 3.1 – SDSSDE60-500G-G25: $89.99

Here are some bullet points from the product page:

• High-speed transfers with up to 550MB/s read speeds let you move hi-res photos and videos fast (Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on drive capacity, host device, OS and application.)
• Ruggedized, water- and dust-resistant (IP55-rated) (IEC 60529 IP55: Tested to withstand water flow (30 kPa) at 3 min.; limited dust contact does not interfere with operation. Must be clean and dry before use.)
• Shock-resistant solid state core for greater durability (Shock-resistant (up to 1500G) and vibration-resistant (5g RMS, 10-2000 HZ), Non-Operating Temperature(from ‐20°C to 70°C), operating temperature (from 0°C to 45°C))
• Compact and pocket-sized
• For PC and Mac users
• Built by SanDisk, a technology leader and pioneer of the modern day SSD, to deliver superior performance
• 3-year limited manufacturer warranty

SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External SSD – USB-C, USB 3.1 – SDSSDE60-500G-G25: $89.99

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1. It’s not too late to get SanDisk’s lightning-fast portable SSD at its lowest price

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