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HMD Global hasn’t said anything about when we can expect its next flagship to arrive. However, there have been more than a few leaks about the Nokia 9 PureView. A promotional video for the handset popped online just a couple of weeks ago. While it was expected that HMD would unveil this device in January 2019, it seems that the launch has again been rolled back to MWC 2019.

It was initially said that the Nokia 9 PureView would be launched before the end of 2018. That didn’t happen. Reports at that time said that due to certain issues, it had been decided to postpone the launch to MWC 2019 in February.

However, reports started suggesting just a few weeks ago that HMD had decided to push the launch forward and announce the device in January 2019. The decision had apparently been made after recognizing the anticipation among fans.

HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has teased potential new product announcements at MWC 2019 on Twitter this weekend. Additional information has surfaced since then from unofficial sources that the company has decided to not launch the Nokia 9 PureView in January and do it at MWC 2019 in Barcelona next month instead.

If HMD Global doesn’t send invites to a launch event in the next couple of days, it can reasonably be assumed that the launch won’t be taking place in January at least. As for the device, it’s believed to have a 5.99 inch display, Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM, 128GB storage, and an in-display fingerprint sensor. It’s marquee feature will be the PureView-branded five camera system at the back.

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Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer e-commerce rules in Germany.

The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015 in an attempt by the e-commerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed — from washing powder to toilet roll to cat food.

Germany was among the first international markets where Amazon launched Dash, in 2016, along with the U.K. and Austria. But yesterday a higher state court in Munich ruled the system does not provide consumers with sufficient information about a purchase.

The judgement follows a legal challenge by a regional consumer watchdog, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, which objects to the terms Amazon operates with Dash.

It complains that Amazon’s terms allow the company to substitute a product of a higher price or even a different product in place of what the consumer originally selected for a Dash push purchase.

It argues consumers are also not provided with enough information on the purchase triggered when the button is pressed — which might be months after an original selection was made.

Dash buttons should carry a label stating that a paid purchase is triggered by a press, it believes.

The Munich court has now sided with the group’s view that Amazon does not provide sufficient information to Dash consumers, per Reuters.

In a press release following the ruling, Verbraucherzentrale NRW said the judges agreed Amazon should inform consumers about price and product before taking the order, rather than after the purchase as is currently the case.

It also expressed confidence the judgement leaves no room for Amazon to appeal — though the company has said it intends to do so.

Commenting on the ruling in a statement, Verbraucherzentrale NRW consumer bureau chief, Wolfgang Schuldzinski, said: “We are always open to innovation. But if innovation is to put consumers at a disadvantage and to make price comparisons more difficult, then we use all means against them, as in this case.”

Amazon did not reply to questions about how it intends to respond to the court ruling in the short term, such as whether it will withdraw the devices or change how Dash works in Germany.

Instead it emailed us the following statement, attributed to a spokesperson: “The decision is not only against innovation, it also prevents customers from making an informed choice for themselves about whether a service like Dash Button is a convenient way for them to shop. We are convinced the Dash Button and the corresponding app are in line with German legislation. Therefore, we’re going to appeal.”

A six-hour standoff between police and a 40-year-old man who allegedly splashed gasoline on the floor of a Novato, California, convenience store “while threatening to burn it down” and later fled to a nearby Safeway ended when police defused the situation with a robot carrying a vape pen, the Sacramento Bee reported…

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HMD Global hasn’t said anything about when we can expect its next flagship to arrive. However, there have been more than a few leaks about the Nokia 9 PureView. A promotional video for the handset popped online just a couple of weeks ago. While it was expected that HMD would unveil this device in January 2019, it seems that the launch has again been rolled back to MWC 2019.

It was initially said that the Nokia 9 PureView would be launched before the end of 2018. That didn’t happen. Reports at that time said that due to certain issues, it had been decided to postpone the launch to MWC 2019 in February.

However, reports started suggesting just a few weeks ago that HMD had decided to push the launch forward and announce the device in January 2019. The decision had apparently been made after recognizing the anticipation among fans.

HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has teased potential new product announcements at MWC 2019 on Twitter this weekend. Additional information has surfaced since then from unofficial sources that the company has decided to not launch the Nokia 9 PureView in January and do it at MWC 2019 in Barcelona next month instead.

If HMD Global doesn’t send invites to a launch event in the next couple of days, it can reasonably be assumed that the launch won’t be taking place in January at least. As for the device, it’s believed to have a 5.99 inch display, Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM, 128GB storage, and an in-display fingerprint sensor. It’s marquee feature will be the PureView-branded five camera system at the back.

Nokia 9 PureView Launch May Have Been Moved Back To MWC 2019 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Shut the internet down! I have finally seen everything. If you have ever wondered how robots stay in shape, we have the answer. Apparently, it all goes back to the 1980s. This video shows us that robots keep fit by doing aerobics Jane Fonda style, complete with 1980s aerobics studio film set. Who knew? THIS is the reason they will be hard to kill when they come for us in the apocalypse. These bots are fit!

Check out this video of a 3D printed Z6 hexapod robot by Robugtix performing a 1980’s style aerobics show routine. It’s pretty badass. It’s just too bad the robot isn’t wearing one of those silly leotard things that people wore back then. This ‘bot has all the moves, if not the clothes. It works out to a classic ’80s jam that be at home in almost any ’80s action or drama movie, and basically shakes its servos all over the place.

At the beginning of the video, the six-legged robot unfolds itself and starts the routine. It moves surprisingly smoothly. So at least now we know that our future will be filled with agile robots who will dance over our graves.

[via Laughing Squid via Geekologie]