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    Supersonic goes boomless.

    Boom’s XB-1 test craft has flown at supersonic speeds for a second time following its first flight last month, and this time nobody heard a thing. Microphones below the flight path confirmed no sonic boom was audible at the ground.

    That matters because FAA regulations ban supersonic flight over land due to the risk of sonic boom damage. Boom hopes boomless flight could change that, and already has Elon Musk’s ear.

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    More Moto.

    Here’s our first look at this year’s Motorola Razr Plus, courtesy of Android Headlines, and it looks an awful lot like last year’s Motorola Razr Plus. The design appears just about identical, so the only thing that’s really new here is the dark green color with a stitched faux leather finish.

    Last year’s Razr phones launched in June, but apparently this year’s models could arrive much sooner.

    <em>The full-screen cover display is back.</em>
    <em>Last time the cameras were a main and a telephoto.</em>
    <em>Even the vegan leather isn’t new, but this green is.</em>
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    The full-screen cover display is back.
    Image: Android Headlines
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    The world’s thinnest foldable launches next week.

    Oppo has confirmed a February 20th global launch for its Find N5. The company already teased the phone’s thinness, waterproofing, and nearly invisible display crease, and we only have ten days to wait for the rest. A new trailer shows the phone off in full, but sadly this global ad doesn’t include the purple version China is getting.

    It may launch in the US as the OnePlus Open 2.

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    Evleaks finds the Find N5.

    Oppo hasn’t exactly kept its new foldable a secret, but the leaker has done one better, sharing renders in three colors and a variety of angles. It’s our best look yet at the Hasselblad rear camera, rumored to include three 50 megapixel shooters.

    The Find N5 is reportedly the world’s thinnest foldable, and has a remarkably subtle display crease. It launches globally this month, and may reach the US as the OnePlus Open 2.

    Renders of the Oppo Find N5 in three colors, leaked by Evleaks
    Image: Evleaks
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    Crease? What crease?

    Oppo can’t stop teasing its Find N5 foldable. Chief product officer Pete Lau took to X to show off the phone’s almost invisible display crease — especially compared with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 beside it — and demonstrate its water-resistance.

    The Find N5 is apparently the thinnest foldable phone yet, barely thicker than its USB-C port. It launches globally in two weeks’ time, and we hope eventually reaches the US under the OnePlus banner.

    <em>The Find N5’s crease is less noticeable than Samsung’s.</em>
    <em>It’s also confirmed to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite.</em>
    <em>And boasts IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 water-resistance ratings.</em>
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    The Find N5’s crease is less noticeable than Samsung’s.
    Image: Oppo
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    DeepSeek gets the TikTok treatment.

    A new bipartisan bill seeks to ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US government-owned devices to “prevent our enemy from getting information from our government.” A similar ban on TikTok was proposed in 2020, one of the first steps on the path to its recent brief shutdown and forced sale.

    Australia, Italy, and South Korea have already enacted similar bans, as has Texas, while the US Navy and NASA have blocked the app internally.