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The Morning After: A humanoid robot and a foldable phone from the same company

<p>Xiaomi had a busy Thursday. It revealed a new slimmer foldable smartphone (https://www.engadget.com/xiaomi-mix-fold-2-leica-pricing-availability-124434422.html) to go up against Samsung’s just-announced Galaxy Z Fold 4 (https://www.engadget.com/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-4-hands-on-durability-specs-price-availability-130025182.html), then made that appear dull when its own humanoid robot prototype walked on stage. The Xiaomi CyberOne (https://www.engadget.com/xiaomi-cyberone-robot-143545207.html) is 177cm (5.8 feet) tall, weighs 52kg (115 pounds) and is, apparently, a Leo. It comes before Tesla’s humanoid vision arrived as a real-world prototype. But there’s some definite style overlap (https://www.engadget.com/tesla-bot-humanoid-robot-033635103.html).</p><p>The CyberOne is the second product out of the Xiaomi Robotics Lab, after the CyberDog from August 2021. The humanoid machine has a face in the form of a curved OLED panel, it can see the world in 3D and hear with two microphones to identify "85 types of environmental sounds and 45 classifications of human emotion." I don’t think I even have that emotional range. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said each CyberOne would cost between 600,000 and 700,000 yuan (about $89,100 to $104,000), so it'll be sometime before the robots hit mass production, if ever.</p><p>— Mat Smith</p><p></p><h3>The biggest stories you might have missed</h3><ul><li><p>FEC says Google can let political campaigns dodge Gmail's spam filters (https://www.engadget.com/google-political-campaign-emails-spam-fec-approval-183735778.html)</p></li><li><p>Google's Search AI now looks for general consensus to highlight more trustworthy results (https://www.engadget.com/googles-search-ai-general-consensus-040123898.html)</p></li><li><p>NBA 2K23's Jordan Challenge revival is all about authenticity (https://www.engadget.com/nba-2k23-jordan-challenge-trailer-details-2k-sports-michael-jordan-161531022.html)</p></li><li><p>Bo’s e-scooter is beyond state of the art (https://www.engadget.com/bo-e-scooter-prototype-2023-safesteer-130010055.html)</p></li><li><p>Google Fiber is expanding again after years of inactivity (https://www.engadget.com/google-fiber-expansion-114533727.html)</p></li><li><p>The best iPad accessories you can get right now (https://www.engadget.com/best-ipad-accessories-130018595.html)</p></li><li><p>FTC kicks off efforts to regulate data security and surveillance tech (https://www.engadget.com/ftc-surveillance-technology-regulation-165846136.html)</p></li><li><p>Anker's Eufy robot vacuums are up to 47 percent off at Amazon (https://www.engadget.com/anker-eufy-robot-vacuums-sale-amazon-good-deal-144546128.html)</p></li></ul><p></p><h2>The man who built his own ISP to avoid huge fees is expanding his service (https://www.engadget.com/a-man-who-built-his-own-fiber-isp-to-get-better-internet-service-is-now-expanding-072049354.html)</h2><h3>Jared Mauch just received $2.6 million in funding.</h3><h3></h3><p>Given a choice between settling for pathetically slow internet speeds from AT&amp;T or paying Comcast $50,000 to expand to his rural home, Michigan resident Jared Mauch chose another way: starting his own fiber internet service provider. Now, he's expanding his service from about 70 customers to nearly 600, thanks to funding aimed at expanding access to broadband internet. He'll need to expand from 14 to about 52 miles of fiber to complete the project, including at least a couple of homes that require a half mile of fiber for a single house.</p><p><strong>Continue reading.</strong> (https://www.engadget.com/a-man-who-built-his-own-fiber-isp-to-get-better-internet-service-is-now-expanding-072049354.html)</p><p></p><h2>Moto's Razr 2022 foldable gets the flagship processor it deserves (https://www.engadget.com/motos-folding-razr-2022-finally-packs-a-flagship-processor-085914570.html)</h2><h3>It looks less like a Razr, too.</h3><a href=" https://www.engadget.com/motos-folding-razr-2022-finally-packs-a-flagship-processor-085914570.html"><figure>(https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2022-08/e3a56ff0-1a1c-11ed-9c3e-fbcf7b6ed565)<figcaption></figcaption><div class="photo-credit">Motorola</div></figure>[/url]<p>Another foldable appears – this time to go up against the Galaxy Z Flip 4 (https://www.engadget.com/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-4-hands-on-130047216.html). Motorola's last Razr was a nifty folding smartphone and $1,500 fashion statement (https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-14-motorola-razr-review-2020-foldable-fashion-statement.html#:~:text=Summary,attempt%20at%20a%20foldable%20smartphone.&amp;text=Ultimately%2C%20the%20Razr%20is%20an,like%20it%20should%20cost%20%241%2C500.), but the weak hardware struggled. Now, the company has revealed the Razr 2022, a foldable that might live up to that kind of price, thanks to a true flagship-class Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and an upgraded, more expansive screen. The curved chin and top camera notch has been nixed in favor of an all-screen design, removing a lot of that Razr design DNA.</p><p><strong>Continue reading.</strong> (https://www.engadget.com/motos-folding-razr-2022-finally-packs-a-flagship-processor-085914570.html)</p><p></p><h2>Xiaomi's second foldable phone is only 5.4mm thick in tablet mode (https://www.engadget.com/xiaomi-mix-fold-2-leica-pricing-availability-124434422.html%20https://www.engadget.com/...)</h2><h3>The Mix Fold 2 is also Xiaomi's second device with a Leica camera.</h3><a href="https://www.engadget.com/xiaomi-mix-fold-2-leica-pricing-availability-124434422.html https://www.engadget.com/..."><figure>(https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2022-08/e3a45e80-1a1c-11ed-b8ce-fd3e6eabcfd3)<figcaption></figcaption><div class="photo-credit">Xiaomi</div></figure>[/url]<p>Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 2 is the Chinese brand's second foldable phone, featuring a surprising thickness of just 5.4mm, opened — barely enough to house a USB-C port — and 11.2mm thick, folded. One feature that enables the Mix Fold 2's thinness is Xiaomi's third-generation "micro water drop hinge," which gives a tighter fold on the flexible display panel. Alas, the Mix Fold 2 is China-only for now, so good luck finding an importer.</p><p><strong>Continue reading.</strong> (https://www.engadget.com/xiaomi-mix-fold-2-leica-pricing-availability-124434422.html%20https://www.engadget.com/...)</p><p></p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><h2>Google Meet app lets you host group Spotify and YouTube sessions (https://www.engadget.com/google-meet-duo-spotify-youtube-live-sharing-153006395.html%20https://www.engadget.com/...)</h2><h3>You can also play games with the live sharing feature.</h3><h3></h3><p>Google's merger of Meet and Duo is definitely confusing, but there should be some benefits. The company has added a live sharing beta feature that lets users of the revamped Meet share Spotify and YouTube streams during chats. The functionality will sound familiar if you've tried Apple’s SharePlay, but you can't use Spotify or YouTube with that feature. At least, not yet.</p><p><strong>Continue reading.</strong> (https://www.engadget.com/google-meet-duo-spotify-youtube-live-sharing-153006395.html%20https://www.engadget.com/...)</p>

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