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According to Gartner, 100 million customers will shop in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) both online and in-store, as the technology has the potential to radically shake up the customer experience.

“Retailers are under increasing pressure to explain the purpose of physical stores, and take control of the fulfillment and return process for cross-channel execution,” the analyst says. “At the same time, consumers are progressively defining the value provided by the experiences they receive from retailers. As a result of these pressures, retailers are turning to AR and VR to offer customers a unified retail experience inside and outside retail stores.”

The long awaited AirPower wireless charger is no more, as Apple admits to TechCruch it failed to meet internal "high standards" for the product, not to mention what appear to be difficulties brought about its design.

“After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project," an Apple statement reads. "We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward."

Xiaomi announces a 2019 version of the MacBook-style Mi Notebook Air, with an update featuring a choice of 8th generation Intel processors within a metal body all of 5.71mm thick.

The Mi Notebook Air is a 12.5-inch notebook with a 1920 x 1080 display surrounded by 5.71mm bezels. It comes in a number of configurations, with either an 8th gen Intel m3-8100Y or Core i5-8250U processor. The m3 model comes with 4GB of memory and 128/258GB storage, while the i5 model includes 4GB of memory and 256GB storage.

An event in Paris brings all the details on the P30, a series of flagship smartphones Huawei claims will do nothing less than "rewrite the rules of photography" through the addition of a four-camera setup.

The P30 comes in 2 variants, regular and Pro. The Pro is the model with the most photography chops, since it features a 40MP Super Spectrum sensor, an ultra-wide 20MP sensor, a "Periscope zoom" allowing for 5x optical zoom and a flight depth-sensing camera. The 40MP sensor swaps the regular RGB colour filter for RYYB (red, blue, yellow), an arrangement the company says absorbs 40% more light to allow for cleaner photos. In addition, the company says a combination of the 5x periscope zoom with data from the other sensors produces a 10x lossless zoom.