The main thing about technology for the week: Samsung and Xiaomi presentations, interstellar meteor and more

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Scientists are going to raise the first interstellar meteor from the ocean

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Employees of Harvard University, who previously talked about the interstellar meteorite CNEOS 2014-01-08, shared plans to search for its fragments. To do this, scientists will team up with an ocean technology company.

Samsung showed the Galaxy Watch 5 and foldable devices Fold and Flip

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At the Unpacked presentation, Samsung showed the fourth generation of its Galaxy Z foldable smartphones, the new Buds 2 Pro headphones with active noise cancellation, as well as the Galaxy Watch 5 smart watch in two sizes and the enhanced Watch 5 Pro.

Xiaomi introduced the foldable Mix Fold 2 and a number of other devices

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As part of another big presentation, Xiaomi announced a new folding smartphone Mix Fold 2, a large Pad 5 Pro tablet with a 12.4-inch screen and a pair of original accessories — Watch S1 Pro smart watch and Buds 4 Pro headphones.

Telegram has released an update with the function of blocking voice and video messages

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Telegram at the end of the week talked about the next update of the messenger, which added the much-desired opportunity to prohibit sending voice and video messages (“circles”). True, not everyone can do this.

New Moto Razr 2022 clamshell unveiled

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Also this week, Motorola showed its new devices. We are talking about the flagship Moto X30 Pro with a 200 MP camera and 125 W charging, as well as the new generation of the Razr clamshell — now it is an even more powerful and sophisticated device.