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This week 2 US lawmakers started investigating OnePlus, which might lead to a ban, it might be the year of the Linux Desktop, passing 5% in the US as Windows 10 comes to end-of-life, and Samsung's tri-fold got leaked.

Episode 257

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Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

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0:00 Intro 0:21 US OnePlus ban? 1:50 Year of the Linux Desktop 3:50 Samsung tri-fold leak 5:24 Release Monitor 6:12 The Brief