Facebook’s scandals in recent memory have included reckless sharing of user data with third parties like the now-defunct Cambridge Analytica political firm, several high-profile security breaches, and continued abuse of its platforms to spread misinformation and propaganda during elections. Other even worse stuff has…
Facebook’s scandals in recent memory have included reckless sharing of user data with third parties like the now-defunct Cambridge Analytica political firm, several high-profile security breaches, and continued abuse of its platforms to spread misinformation and propaganda during elections. Other even worse stuff has…
If you’re living in the EU and you use Google News quite frequently to gain access to the latest articles and news topics, then maybe it’s time to start searching for alternatives because according to Google’s top news exec, he has hinted that Google News could be forced to shut down in the EU over “link tax”.
For those unfamiliar with “link tax”, basically it is where some government officials believe that aggregation sites, such as Google News, should pay for news links. This was a law that was passed in Spain several years ago in an attempt to help print businesses that might be losing customers to digital alternatives.
Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news pointed out that as a result of this “link tax”, Google ultimately decided to shut down Google News in the country, and noted that this could be happening again in the EU if plans for a “link tax” were to become a reality. Gingras noted that “it’s not desirable to shut down services”, but also stated that a decision would be made once the final language of the legislation that was proposed in Brussels has been settled.
He also noted that Google News was not created for-profit reasons. “There’s no advertising in Google News. It is not a revenue-generating product to Google. We think it’s valuable as a service to society. We are proud to have it as part of the stable of properties that people have.”
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According to a leaked photo from the other day, it seems that Google could have a new Pixel 3 phone in the works in the form of the Pixel 3 Lite which has been referred to by its codename “Sargo” which was spotted in the ARCore APK teardown. Now thanks to more photos shared by Rozetked, sample photos taken by the phone’s camera have been revealed.
Now one of the reasons why the handset has been dubbed “Lite” is because it is expected to be a cheaper version of the Pixel 3, which means that in terms of specs, Google will have to give up certain high-end features to keep its costs down. The rumors are claiming a lower-powered chipset and less RAM, but there was no mention of camera.
However based on what we can see, it appears that the camera will not be compromised. The rumors claim that the camera might be of the 12MP variety and like we said, based on what we can see and assuming they are taken by the phone, it actually looks pretty good and seems to be capable of capturing the details well.
The photos seem to be pretty sharp and crisp, although they do seem a little “dull” in terms of colors, but that could possibly be due to lighting which can be fixed to a certain extent using editing apps. No word on when the phone will be launched, but apparently it is being targeted at Asian markets where it could be priced at $400-500.
Alleged Photos Taken By Pixel 3 Lite Shows Off Its Quality , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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