The Oppo Find X8 debuted in late 2024, and the Find X9 will adopt an identical release schedule. (Image Source: Oppo)
Oppo has now confirmed the release schedule for its next-gen flagship lineup. The Oppo Find X9 series will debut later this year as direct successors to the Find X8 generation but new models will launch in 2026 as well.
Oppo already has its next-gen premium smartphone lineup in the works, with the Find X9 series expected to debut as a rival to Vivo’s X300 series and the Xiaomi 16 lineup. While that may still be months away, the company has now provided clarity on when exactly the Find X9 series will be released.
As shared by Zhou Yibao, Oppo’s Find series Product Manager, on Weibo, the Find X9 series will have an identical release schedule to the current-gen Find X8 lineup. The company executive confirms that the Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro can be expected to debut later this year, while the Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra are scheduled to launch in the first half of 2026. Additionally, future generations of the series are currently planned to follow the same release schedule.
As with previous Find series generations, the Find X9 lineup can be expected to adopt flagship chipsets from both MediaTek and Qualcomm—in this case, the Dimensity 9500 and Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 respectively. All four phones will feature straight screens, and both the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro could be set to get overhauled rear camera housing designs. The Find X9s, a direct rival to the vanilla Xiaomi 16, is also tipped to be a compact phone featuring a triple 50 MP rear camera setup and an ultrasonic fingerprint reader.
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After completing his move, our new midfielder Martin Zubimendi revealed he cannot wait to get down to business in our red and white.
The Euro 2024 winner joins from Real Sociedad where he spent 15 years, coming through their famed academy to become a leading light in the middle of the park.
While leaving his hometown of San Sebastian wasn’t an easy decision, Martin was left in no doubt that his future was set for north London.
“Once I made the decision to leave, I set my sights on Arsenal because I think their style of play is a good fit for me,” our new midfielder said in his first interview.
“It’s a young, highly motivated and ambitious team. They have shown their potential recently, and I believe the best is yet to come. As soon as you set foot here, you realise how big this club and this team are. Andrea [Berta] and Mikel [Arteta] took excellent care of me, leaving me with no doubts whatsoever.
“This is a huge moment in my career. It’s the move I was looking for; one I wanted to make. Of course, it’s a big change, but I’m ready to get started.”
Zubimendi’s path to success follows similarities to Arteta. The pair turned out for the same youth team, Antiguoko, before both representing Real Sociedad.
He said: “We have a lot in common. We come from the same city and played for the same teams. We’ll have something to talk about off the pitch, I’m happy about that.”
When Martin heads to the Sobha Realty Training Centre, he will be greeted by a few familiar faces. One of whom is Martin Odegaard, and while they only played together for three months, our captain made a lasting impression on our new number 36.
He said: “Apart from how hard Martin works on the pitch, I was surprised by how much he works off the pitch at the gym.
“He is 100% focused on his fitness. As for Real, it’s difficult when you’re on loan, but Martin experienced all that.”
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Zubimendi also featured alongside Mikel Merino during his time at the Reale Arena, making 169 appearances together. As well as also knowing David Raya from the Spanish national team, Martin hopes this will help him hit the ground running in N5.
“I’m happy to be here with them. I’ve played many games alongside Merino over the years.
“It’s important because it will make the transition much easier for me, and I’m sure they’ll be a great help.”
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Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America; Aerospace manufacturer plans $120M expansion in Texas; and Third-party logistics provider plans warehouse near Houston.
Ports and logistics operator DP World recently opened a freight forwarding hub in Mexico City to support rising demand for cross-border logistics services between Mexico and the U.S.
DP World’s investment in Mexico is a response to accelerating nearshoring trends in the country and shifting global trade dynamics, Terry Donohoe, senior vice president of freight forwarding at DP World Americas, said.
“As more companies relocate manufacturing closer to North American end markets, Mexico has emerged as a vital logistics hub, particularly for industries like automotive, electronics, and consumer goods,” Donohoe told FreightWaves in an email. “Mexico represents both a high-growth market and a natural extension of our end-to-end logistics strategy in the Americas”
Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, DP World is one of the world’s largest container terminal operators, with 108,100 employees in 74 countries on six continents. The company also provides logistics solutions, maritime services and free trade zones.
DP World currently has a workforce of nearly 800 logistics and freight forwarding professionals in Mexico.
Donohoe said they are seeing demand for logistics services for both northbound and southbound freight between Mexico and the U.S.
“We’re seeing strong and sustained demand from shippers for logistics services between Mexico and the U.S. — in both directions,” Donohoe said. “Cross-border freight volumes hit record highs in early 2025, with Mexico exports to the U.S. fueling a significant portion of that growth.”
Donohoe said manufacturers in Mexico across sectors such as automotive, electronics, and industrial goods have been ramping up exports to the U.S. in recent months
“This has led to a surge in need for cross-border freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and multimodal transport solutions,” Donohoe said. “This corridor … is experiencing long-term, structural growth as companies reconfigure supply chains around resilience, regionalization, and speed to market.”
As of Thursday, the SONAR Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index shows that import container bookings from China to Mexico (IOTI.CHNMEX) are up 26% since May 12, but down 16% compared to the same period in 2024.
SONAR’s Inbound Ocean TEUs Indices (IOTI) measure bookings of twenty-foot equivalent units on a 14-day rolling average based on departure date from the port of lading. They are representative of maritime shipping container demand and a leading indicator of surface transportation demand.
While it is nearly impossible to say definitively what is driving the container growth from China to Mexico, nearshoring trends can be seen across the Americas, Donohoe said.
“The Americas is one of our fastest-growing and high-priority regions,” Donohoe said.
SONAR’s Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index from China to Mexico (IOTI.CHNMEX) shows container freight has been surging since May 12. To learn more about SONAR, click here.
In September, The Wall Street Journal reported that DP World was in talks with the Mexican government about establishing a large industrial complex in the country, including combining a port and industrial park to streamline cargo bound for the U.S.
While DP World does not operate any U.S. ports currently, the company has been investing in Canadian terminals and U.S. inland logistics businesses.
Donohoe declined to specifically address whether DP World plans to invest in or operate a port in Mexico.
“Right now, we are very focused on strengthening our inland logistics capabilities in Mexico,” Donohoe said. “Our priorities include freight forwarding, contract logistics, warehousing, and multimodal transport solutions that serve the vital Mexico-U.S. trade corridor.”
In addition to opening a freight hub in Mexico City, DP World has been expanding its presence across Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in the freight forwarding sector.
Over the past two years, DP World has opened more than 35 freight forwarding offices across the Americas, with recent additions in Curitiba, Brazil, as well as Toronto.
In May, DP World announced plans for $760 million expansion of the Dominican Republic’s Port of Caucedo and its free trade zone.
“We recently signed a multi-million-dollar MOU with the Dominican Republic to expand cargo capacity and manufacturing operations at the Port of Caucedo and its adjacent special economic zone,” Donohoe said. “This investment will fill a critical demand from global businesses for alternative trade and manufacturing hubs to serve their major American markets.”
Aerospace manufacturer plans $120M expansion in Texas
Germany-based MTU Maintenance plans to invest $120 million to upgrade its 462,847-square-feet facility at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
The expansion will create 1,200 direct jobs to the region and up to 2,000 indirect jobs in services, logistics and infrastructure, according to a news release.
MTU will be adding engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services for its clients CFM International and GE Aerospace at the facility.
“These agreements will see MTU’s site in Fort Worth develop from an on-site service center to full disassembly, assembly and test facility,” the company stated.
The facility will be renamed MTU Maintenance Fort Worth. Officials did not provide a timeline for the facility’s expansion.
MTU Maintenance operates a global network of service centers, including locations in Germany, Canada, Serbia, China, Brazil, Australia and the U.S. The company is a subsidiary of Munich-based MTU Aero Engines AG.
Third-party logistics provider plans warehouse near Houston
Houston-based Texas Logistic and Fulfillment Services LLC said it is taking over a former Amazon logistics warehouse in Sugar Land, Texas.
The 300,000-square-foot facility is being converted into one of the largest HVAC-enabled third-party logistics hubs in the Houston area, according to a news release.
“This expansion will unlock major service bottlenecks and support the fast-growing demand for climate-controlled logistics — especially for electronics and temperature-sensitive goods arriving through Port Houston. It also enables us to handle the increasing volume of lithium battery containers flowing into Texas,” Omri Shafran, CEO of Texas Logistic and Fulfillment, said in a statement.
Texas Logistic and Fulfillment Services provides warehousing, logistics and fulfillment services to customers such as Best Buy, CVS, Academy and Costco.
For Arsenal, the beginning of the end of Zubimendi’s signing began in the scorching heat of Spain’s south coast as long ago as last June.
In truth, though, the journey culminating in the midfielder’s arrival at Emirates Stadium was spawned well in advance of that covert visit to Andalusia last summer.
Mikel Arteta had watched Zubimendi extensively. He was taken by his ability to execute the full passing repertoire with precision and timing.
A controller of matches, Zubimendi became an obsession for the Arsenal head coach.
With that in mind, a delegation from the Emirates, including then sporting director Edu and his number two Jason Ayto, flew to Marbella for a meeting with counterparts from Real Sociedad.
To greet them in Spain was Roberto Alabe, the La Liga club’s then sporting director, and president Jokin Aperribay.
For Edu and Ayto, the primary aim of their deployment was to strike a deal for Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino, who was an immediate target for Arsenal.
But then arrived the curveball.
Arsenal’s recruitment heads explained that, while they wanted to sign Merino before the 2024-25 season, they also had designs on midfield partner Zubimendi.
But here was the catch – they wanted to sign Zubimendi in the summer of 2025. Their finances last summer would not allow them to do both.
There was the added complication of Liverpool’s interest in the 26-year-old.
Recently appointed Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes had entered into negotiations with Sociedad over a move Zubimendi to the point where the Anfield club believed they were close to tying up the deal.
However, sources have since indicated that, while the midfielder was attracted by a move to Merseyside last summer, he was apprehensive that the decision was too rushed, particularly in the middle of a European Championship summer.
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Sofia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette, covering the nineteen years that fabulous and tragic woman spent at Versailles, created a sensation when it opened earlier this year in France. It was filmed largely on location in the palace, with unswerving support from the directors of the museum. For the two leading actors—Kirsten Dunst as the young queen and Coppola’s cousin Jason Schwartzman as King Louis XVI—it was a transformative experience to walk in rustling silk and tapping heels through halls filled with ghosts. For Dunst, exquisitely but unstuffily costumed by Milena Canonero (who deserves an Oscar for this work), it was a very sensual role. “You breathe differently in those dresses; you move in a special way,” Dunst says. To prepare herself, on the night a scaled-down crew was filming her in the emotionally charged balcony scene, she walked alone through the palace in the dark. “I could look in those mirrors,” she says. “Be still in myself. Feel my place in that house.”
It is Coppola’s third full-length film, after The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. With a $40 million budget, it is by far her most ambitious project. She was aware that her subject is controversial—that people, especially in France, either see the queen as a saint and martyr or really, really hate her. But Coppola forgot about all that and brought her own Marie Antoinette to life. In her film, history is seen from a very feminine young woman’s point of view. In the director’s mind it forms a trilogy with the previous two films, exploring the theme of young women discovering who they are. The queen’s love of fashion particularly interested her. “You’re considered superficial and silly if you’re interested in fashion,” Coppola says. “But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity. The girl in Lost in Translation is just about to figure out a way of finding herself, but she hasn’t yet. In this film she makes the next step. I feel that Marie Antoinette is a very creative person.”
In 1770, the fourteen-year-old Archduchess Marie Antoinette left her home in Austria and traveled to meet her fifteen-year-old fiancé, the dauphin, heir to the throne of France. She was an attractive little thing, with blonde hair, blue eyes, a fine pale skin, and the pouting Hapsburg-family lower lip. She was the fifteenth child of a formidable mother, the Empress Maria Theresa, who led her huge empire so efficiently that she went on reading state papers while she was giving birth. At the last minute it had been discovered that the future bride (who liked dancing and playing with children and dolls) could barely read and write. Her mother arranged for a crash education and a makeover, including cosmetic dentistry, a less provincial hairdo, and a complete new wardrobe of French-style clothes. Then the girl rolled through the forest in a special gilded coach with gold roses (symbol of the Hapsburgs) and lilies (symbol of the Bourbons) nodding in a topknot on the roof. Behind the huge glass windows she was like a jewel in a padded case. From now on, her mother had warned her, all eyes would be upon her, and she should do what she was told. Maria Theresa had anxious premonitions; her girl was lively and affectionate in nature but had the attention span of a flea.
Amazon Prime Day can be a good time to upgrade your home theater setup thanks to all the tech deals we usually see. As was to be expected, Amazon has discounted nearly all of its own streaming devices, including the Fire TV Stick 4K Max, which is on sale for only $35 right now. That’s nearly a record-low price and it represents a 42-percent discount.
While we still prefer Amazon’s Fire TV Stick HD as a budget streaming option, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max could be worth the upgrade for you. Amazon’s device supports 4K video, Dolby Atmos, HDR10+ and if you have a newer router, Wi-Fi 6E. It’s the best option if you’re committed to the dongle-lifestyle — the even-more-powerful Fire TV Cube needs a TV stand to rest on — and a surprisingly great choice if you’re looking for a capable retro game console.
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Amazon’s premium streaming stick is available for $25 off this Prime Day.
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Amazon’s also added in several features to the Fire TV Stick 4K Max that take it beyond a basic streamer. The built-in Ambient Experience lets the dongle display art and widgets when you’re not using your TV, not unlike Samsung’s The Frame and The Frame Pro. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max can also stream games from Xbox Game Pass using the Xbox app or Amazon Luna.
The only real reasons to not consider Amazon’s platform is if you don’t like using Alexa, which acts as the main voice interface for all Fire TVs, don’t want to be pushed towards Amazon’s services or your subscriptions are tangled up in another platform. You can buy subscriptions to a variety of streaming services and live channels through Amazon Prime Video, but if you’ve already done that on Apple TV+ for example, you might want to wait out your subscription before jumping ship.
This is just one of a few Fire TV deals you can snag for Prime Day. Others include the Fire TV Cube for $90 and the Fire TV Stick HD for $18.
Voting recordConservative, but in the last election he protest-voted for Reform
Amuse bouche He’s a huge Metallica fan, and will be seeing them next year for the 25th time
Sam, 33, Oldham
Occupation Financial services technician
Voting record Always Labour until the last election, when he voted Green
Amuse bouche After dancing in seven consecutive national ballroom dancing finals, he’s just retired, because he is, in ballroom dancing terms, a senior
For starters
Sam We immediately started chatting about music, and got on really well.
Matt He was a really likable chap, very open and conversational, like myself.
Sam I’ve been to the restaurant before, and I’ve spent the last two years telling everyone about the beef dripping flatbread with massive salt crystals. We also had beetroot in a creamy foam and herb oil, a cuttlefish risotto and a very lemony skate on crushed potatoes. It was excellent.
Matt I had a grapefruit sorbet for dessert – amazing! Sam had red wine, which I’d have loved, but I’ve just come out of cancer treatment, so I had a Coke.
The big beef
Matt We talked about public spending. I think we need to shrink welfare – but in a controlled manner that benefits people and gets them back into work.
Sam I’d like to see more investment in the state, funded by a tax on absolutely everyone. If we had proper housing, social care and mental health structures in place, it would reduce demand on things like the NHS.
Matt We should strip all the bureaucracy out of the NHS and reinvest in medical practitioners. Sam said that’s already happening with Labour scrapping NHS England. But my understanding is that, while the organisation is being abolished, nobody’s being made redundant. They’re all being redeployed into other parts of government. So it won’t free up money for reinvestment.
Sam I don’t think Matt was too far from my perspective. He’s had a lot of contact with the NHS recently and felt there was a lot of bureaucracy that could be cut down. But when I said I’m in favour of nationalising natural monopolies like water, he largely seemed to agree.
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Matt I think big tech is a force for good. If you’re a researcher looking for cures for cancer and it gives you quicker access to information from a multitude of sources, surely we get better results quicker? AI worries people, because we hear it’s going to automate and take everybody’s jobs, but it’s just rules-based processing and straightforward algorithms piecing together information that’s already out there. People think it’s intelligent enough to self-learn. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
Sam I fully agree that technology can be a force for good. But I don’t think companies like Meta and Google have our best interests at heart. We’ve seen that with electioneering and the way they manipulate people’s data to target them. We agreed technology is neutral, but once you put it into humanity’s hands, it’s not necessarily going to have a positive outcome.
For afters
Sam He was a “Stop the boats” person. From a humane standpoint I agree: I don’t want people coming across the Channel. I know once upon a time if you were seeking asylum you could turn up at an embassy. Matt thought that was a good idea, but the problem is that embassies have been whittled down to very few. To me, safe routes are the answer.
Matt As one of the top countries in the world, we have a right and a duty to take care of people who are coming to the UK because they’re at risk of harm, but I think we’ve got to get quicker at identifying those who are at risk, and then dealing with those who aren’t by processing them quicker, and returning them to their rightful abode.
Takeaways
Sam The world would be a better place if we could all have a chat. On the internet we seem to have a desire to antagonise, but in person you generally find the points on which you agree rather than differ.
Matt At the end of dinner, our conclusion was that there wasn’t a river dividing us. It was more of a stream, a trickle. When you sit down and talk to someone from supposedly the opposite side of the fence, the division isn’t as big as you think.
Additional reporting: Kitty Drake
Matt and Sam ate at Erst in Manchester
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We’re delighted to announce that Spain international Martin Zubimendi has joined us on a long-term contract.
The 26-year-old arrives from Real Sociedad, for whom he made 236 appearances in all competitions at first-team level after graduating from the club’s academy. In April 2021, Martin helped Sociedad win the delayed 2019/20 Copa del Rey against intercity rivals Athletic Club, alongside current Gunner Mikel Merino.
He was then ever-present in 2022/23 as Real Sociedad secured their highest league finish in recent history, ending the season in fourth place to secure Champions League football for only the third time, and the first in 10 years.
A Spnaish international, Martin started all five games in the 2020 Olympic Games as they claimed silver in Tokyo and has gone on to make 19 senior appearances for La Roja, winning the 2023 UEFA Nations League as well as helping his country defeat England 2-1 to win Euro 2024, coming on as a half-time substitute.
Martin said: “This is a huge moment in my career. It’s the move I was looking for and one I wanted to make. As soon as you set foot here, you realise how big this club and this team are.
“I set my sights on Arsenal because their style of play is a good fit for me. They have shown their potential recently and the best is yet to come.”
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Sporting Director, Andrea Berta, added: “We are so happy to bring Martin to Arsenal and have a lot of pride in finalising this transfer. Martin was a key target for us and we all know that he is a perfect fit for our squad with the high quality he has.
“We welcome Martin and his family to the club. We look forward to him settling in with his teammates and are very excited to see him playing in an Arsenal shirt.”
Mikel Arteta added: “Martin is a player who will bring a huge amount of quality and football intelligence to our team. He will fit in really well and he has all the attributes to be a key player for us.
“The standard he has consistently performed at over the last few seasons for both club and country is exactly why we are so excited to have him with us. We all welcome Martin and his family to the club.”
Martin will wear the number 36 shirt and will join up with his new teammates at the Sobha Realty Training Centre when the team report for pre-season.
Everyone at Arsenal welcomes Martin to the club.
The transfer is subject to the completion of regulatory processes.
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U.S. astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a “sprite” blazing to life above an intense thunderstorm — and she did this while orbiting 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
“Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below,” wrote Ayers in an X post showcasing the image. “We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.”
Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite.Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so… pic.twitter.com/dCqIrn3vrAJuly 3, 2025
Vivid, multicolored sprites are among the least understood and visually striking electrical phenomena known to manifest in Earth’s upper atmosphere during intense thunderstorm events. They typically occur roughly 50 miles (80 km) above the planet’s surface in the wake of powerful lightning strikes, taking on an array of otherworldly shapes composed of complex, tendril-like features and plumes of red light, according to NASA.
Even so, the gigantic sprite Ayers managed to witness is a particularly impressive specimen, seen rising high above lightning-lit clouds and treading into Earth’s upper atmosphere above Mexico and the U.S. All the while, the sprite appears to glow brightly alongside artificial light emanating from the cities below.
Over the past few years, NASA has been working on the “Spritacular” citizen science project, which asks members of the public to contribute images of TLE sightings in an attempt to provide the scientific community with data that can be used to decode the phenomenon.
A gigantic sprite caught leaping into the upper atmosphere above an intense thunderstorm by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers (Image credit: Nichole Ayers, NASA)
These efforts are now being bolstered by orbital footage of the spectacular events, including by multiple astronauts aboard the ISS, who — like Ayers — have embraced photography as a creative outlet during their time on the station.
Many questions certainly persist surrounding the nature of sprites, how and why they form and how they interact with the surrounding atmosphere — but maybe they’ll have some answers soon.
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In a delicious turn of events, scientists succeeded in taking the optics of olive oil to create the first-ever microlaser made entirely from edible materials. If commercialized, they could offer an easy and safe way to monitor food or medications from inside your body.
The technology, introduced earlier this month in the journal Advanced Optical Materials, exploits an interesting tendency for droplets of common cooking oils, which emit a photon of light when subjected to a certain amount of energy. Arrange multiple droplets in a room full of mirrors, and together they shine more brightly—like a concentrated beam of light.
The researchers tested more than a dozen different types of materials—sunflower oil, cooked butter, plain water, and more—to see which would generate the cleanest laser. And the winner was olive oil.
One prominent component of olive oil is chlorophyll, the molecule most commonly known to make plants green. In this case, the chlorophyll molecules, trapped in the sticky surface of olive oils, generated photons in a chain reaction of sorts, transforming the droplet of olive oil into a laser.
The brightness of the chlorophyll changes in accordance with the size and density of the oil droplets, making the laser highly sensitive to environmental conditions, according to the study. For example, adding it to different dishes of food and observing changes in the laser allowed the researchers to measure things such as sugar concentration or acidity
What’s more, the researchers were able to encode data within the droplets akin to the lines of a barcode, into a peach compote. Surprisingly, the data—the specific date of April 26, 2017, which happens to be the first international Stop Food Waste Date—remained intact for over a year, demonstrating the microlaser’s potential to safely carry information, such as the identity of a manufacturer or an expiration date.
“Since this is the first such study, there are many possibilities for developing various edible lasers and their applications, which could ultimately find their way to everyday use,” the study authors concluded.
