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Phone manufacturers are still figuring out the best way to give consumers edge-to-edge screens while also leaving space for the front-facing camera. But in leaked images and videos purportedly showing Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Mix 2s, the Chinese company seems to have come up with a novel solution: stick the camera in the corner.

Barack Obama is discussing terms to produce a series of shows with Netflix, according to The New York Times and CNN. Details of the shows are yet to be finalized, but they would provide the former president and his wife, Michelle, with a platform to communicate with Netflix’s 117 million global subscribers.

Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that it’s bringing Fortnite Battle Royale — the incredibly popular free-to-play multiplayer game — to iOS and Android devices, via Polygon.

After filing a lawsuit against venture capitalist Lucio Lanza last month for sexually assaulting her on a red-eye flight, tech founder Danae Vachata now says that more women have since contacted her to describe similar experiences spanning over a decade. Her lawyers filed an amended complaint today in Santa Clara Superior Court, alleging that “Lanza has groped and fondled multiple women over a period of more than ten years, similarly boasting about his power in the tech community to ‘make or break’... Читать дальше...

After filing a lawsuit against venture capitalist Lucio Lanza last month for sexually assaulting her on a red-eye flight, tech founder Danae Vachata now says that more women have since contacted her to describe similar experiences spanning over a decade. Her lawyers filed an amended complaint today in Santa Clara Superior Court, alleging that “Lanza has groped and fondled multiple women over a period of more than ten years, similarly boasting about his power in the tech community to ‘make or break’... Читать дальше...

Earlier today, President Donald Trump met with game industry executives and their critics to talk about the link between video games and violence, a topic many of us got sick of discussing years ago. Trump reportedly opened the meeting by showing a supercut of bloody video game deaths, remarking “this is violent, isn’t it?”

The BBC has lined up its star for its upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel, The Golden Compass: Logan star Dafne Keen, reports Deadline (via io9). The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper will also helm the 8-part series.

‘There is some programming that contains just absolute mind-boggling violence.’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a Periscope livestream today that the company is working to allow any user to become verified.

Netflix has bought the film rights to comic creator Rob Liefeld’s Extreme Universe comics in a massive, seven-figure deal according to a report from Deadline. The deal gives Netflix movie rights to six of Liefeld’s titles: Brigade, Bloodstrike, Cybrid, Re-Gex, Bloodwulf, and Kaboom.

Snapchat is borrowing a feature from Instagram this time around — somewhat ironic, given that Instagram had shamelessly ripped off the Story feature from Snapchat first — with the app reportedly adding the ability to tag other users in stories with a link to their profile, according to TechCrunch.

In addition to the big news that a new Smash Bros. is on the way, today Nintendo also revealed a solid slate of new games coming to the Switch in the coming months. It’s a pretty eclectic selection, too. Among the new games are an updated version of the fantastic Wii U puzzle game Captain Toad, launching on July 13th; the remastered Crash Bandicoot trilogy coming on July 10th; and the Zelda-like adventure Okami, which will be available some time in the summer.

Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. is coming to the Nintendo Switch this year, bringing the popular fighting game franchise to Nintendo’s newest console.

The Nintendo 3DS library will continue to grow with a new WarioWare game, the first to hit the 3DS. Nintendo announced the news today, along with several other titles, during one of its Direct presentations. WarioWare Gold will launch August 3rd and will include 300 mini-games.

A new study done by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) says that Android users have higher brand loyalty than iOS users, as reported by TechCrunch. The report says that not only has Android loyalty been rising since early 2016, but it’s currently the highest it’s ever been.

The last few iPhones have been water resistant — but if you drop one in water while it’s charging or connected to some other accessory, you might still have a problem because the Lightning connector itself can still get wet and cause a short.

The Associated Press reports that a federal judge in Manhattan in a hearing today suggested that the president should maybe mute instead of blocking his critics on Twitter. The judge in Knight v. Trump encouraged the parties to reach a settlement, otherwise they ran the risk of establishing legal precedent they might not like.

During a cabinet meeting today, President Donald Trump remarked briefly on the success of the private industry — and that NASA seems to be increasingly using vehicles from commercial companies. The only problem: the Trump administration’s budget requests don’t make significant strides to partner with the private sector.