Razer unveiled a concept gaming chair, the Razer Cthulhu, for April Fools‘ Day. This outlandish, yet definitely hilarious design features eight robotic arms powered by AI to supposedly cater to a gamer’s every need and eliminate the need to ever leave the chair. Perfectly non-dystopian, right?

The arms of the chair are powered by the fictional “Skynapse Chip”

The Razer Cthulhu boasts features that address common gaming interruptions. Feeling tired? Built-in massage functionality is included for on-demand relaxation. Need a snack? The chair supposedly can order and deliver food directly to you, controlled by your thoughts! Even personal hygiene is addressed, with the chair offering a built-in shaving function.

The actual humor lies in the extreme nature of these features. The robotic arms are said to be powered by Razer’s fictional “Skynapse Chip” trained on a massive dataset, ensuring near-perfect success in understanding user needs. However, the user has no control over the AI’s actions. The chair itself learns and adapts to best serve the user, even if it means taking unsolicited grooming measures. Think about that for a second.

A semi-nonsensical FAQ section further tries to commit to the joke. Razer suggests users unhappy with the chair’s behavior improve their “gaming skills” to influence its actions. Concerns about the chair’s origins or attempts to deactivate it are dismissed as scams or user error. Very funny Razer.

The Razer Cthulhu is a pretty lighthearted prank for April Fools’ Day. While this AI-powered chair with eight arms won’t be a real product, it offers a humorous look at a future where gaming chairs become a bit too helpful. Too helpful for our very own good.

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In early March, Meizu launched its 2021 flagship smartphones – Meizu 18 and Meizu 18 Pro. Apart from new hardware, these devices also come with the new version of the company’s mobile software – Flyme 9 based on Android 11. Today, as part of its April Fool’s day prank, Meizu trolled competitors by implying the strong points of the latest version of its Android skin.

These days, phones from all OEMs have identical hardware. They only differ in terms of their design and software. Each Android handset maker has its own UI to differentiate itself from the competition. In fact, software plays a key role in purchase decisions.

But unfortunately, despite improving their UIs, some companies have been lately ruining the UX (user experience) by introducing ads, bloatware, push notifications, and whatnot. The most popular OEMs known for this are Xiaomi (MIUI) and Samsung (One UI).

Taking a dig at such companies, Meizu posted an April Fool’s day prank on Weibo. In this post, the Chinese smartphone maker trolled companies with ads in their UI by announcing a new version of its latest flagship phones called Meizu 18 Ad Edition and Meizu 18 Pro Ad Edition respectively.

The company goes on to say that this new variant of the Meizu 18 series will prompt users throughout the day by pushing notifications. Further, it will ship with 999 apps pre-installed.

The last and best feature of the new Meizu 18 series is that the full-page ad on these phones can be closed after 999 seconds. The company claims that this can help youngsters who are addicted to smartphones.

One might be wondering why Meizu is focussing on these three points specifically. Because with Flyme 9, the company has cut down ads, push notifications, and pre-installed applications to offer a ‘pure OS experience’.

That said, if you are interested in the Meizu 18 series, you can now buy it from the company’s official global store on AliExpress.

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Countries all over the world are battling the Coronavirus pandemic, so April Fool’s Day is the last thing on the minds of several people. However, it is also important we take a break from the gloomy news flooding the internet and read posts that help improve our moods and take our minds off worrying. So go on and read our compilation of April Fool’s Day jokes from your favorite tech companies.

While it should be obvious, we still want to remind our readers that these are jokes and should not be taken as real products.

DJI MAMO Flying Gimbal

DJI is known for its drones as well as gimbals. For this year’s April Fool’s Day joke, the manufacturer has announced the MAMO Flying Gimbal for mobile phones. MAMO is said to be a portmanteau of DJI’s Mavic and Osmo line of drones and gimbals respectively.

The gimbal is a case that you slap on to your phone to turn it into a drone. The gimbal supports voice control and gesture control. It also has Smart Follow 3.0 and 3-way environmental awareness.

Huawei Animal Language Translation Collar

Tech giant, Huawei, has announced an animal language translation collar for its April Fool’s Day prank. The collar uses AI to translate an animal’s speech to words that are then transmitted to the companion app on your phone. Huawei says the collar records, translates and transmits the animal’s language in real-time.

OPPO FreeVOOC Air Charging Technology (OPPO Ace Infinity)

OPPO’s April Fool’s Day prank is a phone called the OPPO Ace Infinity. The Ace Infinity is a phone with support for a charging technology called FreeVOOC which charges the phone over the air.

The charger is a spherical glossy black ball that uses a laser system to detect the position of the device. When the device is located, it then transmits a beam to the phone which then charges the built-in battery.

Xiaomi Mi 6 Classic Edition

There are reports Xiaomi plans to launch a new version of its 2018 flagship, the Mi 6. Surprisingly, the rumored device is also what Xiaomi used for its April Fool’s Day prank.

Wang Teng Thomas, product manager of Xiaomi, posted the specs of the upcoming phone along with a price tag and launch date.

The new Mi 6 has a 5.99-inch punch-hole 2K display with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 545 PPI. It comes with a Snapdragon 865 processor with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There are three cameras on the back of the phone. It also packs a 4070mAh battery with support for 65W wired charging, 30W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.

The Mi 6 Classic Edition will sell for ¥3699 and will go on sale on April 28 according to the company executive.

Meizu 16T Daylight Orange with support for solar charging

Meizu released multiple jokes for April Fool’s Day and one of them is the Meizu 16T Daylight Orange version. The manufacturer says the device doesn’t need a wired charger as it recharges its battery by drawing power from the sun.

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Realme

Realme’s April Fool’s Day prank is a new technology that allows you to use your Realme phone in ways you can only dream of. Want to charge your phone? All you have to do is think of the percentage you want your phone’s battery level to be and voila, your phone is charged. Want to go on a trip, open your phone, choose a location and you will be transported there.

Nreal Light Toe-Tracking 

The April Fool’s Day prank for Nreal, a manufacturer known for its mixed reality products, is what it calls Toe Tracking for its Nreal Light Augmented Reality Glasses.

With toe-tracking, you can use your toes to control your virtual environment just in case your hands are not free or for a more relaxing experience.

According to the company’s product manager, toe-tracking was developed as an alternative to hand-tracking and eye-tracking and can be used when you are sitting or lying back on a chair.

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On April Fool’s Day, Meizu used its existing Meizu 16T and the upcoming Meizu 17 to prank its fans. For the first prank, the smartphone maker announced a new variant of the 16T, whereas, for the second prank it used its virtual voice assistant Aicy to tease the forthcoming 17.

Meizu’s official Weibo account announced a new variant of Meizu 16T earlier today. This version of the device comes in ‘Daylight Orange’ colour with support for solar charging. Thus, the company says the user need not to worry about the battery on this phone as long as there is sunlight.

As expected, this new version of Meizu 16T is merely an April Fool’s Day prank pulled out by the company. Although this one was a prank, solar-powered smartphones can be a reality. Last year, Xiaomi even patented a smartphone design with a solar panel. But we don’t think it will make it to the public soon as the solar charging tech on mobile phones is still not efficient.

Coming to the second prank, the Weibo account of Flyme OS teased its Aicy AI voice assistant to have evolved enough to leak devices itself and urges the users to ask ‘When Meizu 17 will be released?’ As it is another prank by the brand, the answers to this question by the virtual assistant are sarcastic and do not reveal anything about the company’s next flagship phone.

There have been multiple rumors and leaks of Meizu 17 over the past few weeks. It is expected to be the company’s first 5G smartphone featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.0 storage, 6.5-inches 90Hz OLED display, 64MP + 20MP + 12MP triple camera setup, 4,5000 mAh battery, 30W fast charging, and a 3999 Yuan ($564) starting price.

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On March 31, Xiaomi released a teaser saying it was going to announce the latest version of its OS, MIUI 9 today. Since the day after was the 1st of April which was April Fool’s Day, Xiaomi knew people would think of it as a prank. So they explicitly said that it wasn’t one.

Xiaomi fans have been waiting for the release of MIUI 9 since the announcement last year. But it seems their wait will continue as the launch was actually a prank. Leaves us wondering why they had to lie about it not being one in the first place?

The announcement revealed five new features that are said to be present in MIUI 9, four of which are camera modes while the last is a map feature.

The first is called Truth Mode. This is like the reverse of beauty mode which makes you appear better when you take a picture. So instead of removing blemishes and brightening up your face, it does the complete opposite.

The next is tagged Eccentric Beauty Mode. This is useful for group selfies. What it does is automatically recognize the owner and makes him/her look better than the other person(s) appearing in the photo.

There is also the Couple Match Mode. All you have to do is take a selfie and upload it to MIUI cloud. An algorithm probably automatically matches you with someone else who has also uploaded his/her picture.

Another feature that loosely translates into Positive Energy Mode provides compliments when it detects that the owner looks sad when taking a selfie.

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The last feature is a Beauty Map Mode that displays ratings indicating the level of attractiveness in different areas. Xiaomi says the ratings are generated from large data it has collected, possibly from pictures synced to the cloud from those locations.

Some sources say MIUI 9 will not be ready by May, so we shouldn’t even expect it to debut on the Xiaomi Mi 6.

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