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Last year it was reported that Google was working on a special/customized version of its search engine designed specifically for the Chinese market. It would be a search engine that would censor certain topics in line with the Chinese government’s regulations. Given how big China’s market is, it wasn’t really a surprise to see Google want to make their way back in.

However Google later refuted those claims, stating that they had no plans to launch a search engine in China, but it looks like the previous denial didn’t seem to take. In a new report from The Intercept, apparently Google could be working on the search engine again. This is allegedly based on the investigation conducted by Google’s own employees who have alleged found some proof that development remains ongoing, despite Google’s previous claims.

However some have suggested that evidence of work still being done could simply be employees who are wrapping up what they were previously working on, and not necessarily indicate that work could still be ongoing. One anonymous source told The Intercept, “I still believe the project is dead, but we’re still waiting for a declaration from Google that censorship is unacceptable and that they will not collaborate with governments in the oppression of their people.”

That being said, on the public front Google has since issued a new statement refuting The Intercept’s report. “This speculation is inaccurate. As we’ve said for many months, we have no plans to launch Search in China and there is no work being undertaken on such a project. Team members have moved to new projects.”

Google Refutes Report That They Are Still Working On A Censored Search Engine

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If there is one aspect about Samsung phones that is hard to deny, it would be in their displays where Samsung admittedly makes one of the best displays in the smartphone game at the moment. So much so that according to a recent review by DisplayMate, they have given the phone’s display the highest grade possible with an A+.

According to the review, it seems that the phone has managed to set a new record in terms of color accuracy and high image contrast accuracy. It also has the highest peak display brightness of any phone, the largest native color gamut, and also the lowest screen reflectance amongst all the displays that they’ve tested to date.

Like we said, Samsung is known for their displays and based on the review by DisplayMate, it seems that the Galaxy S10 has managed to maintain Samsung’s display quality, even improving upon it. That being said, there are many other factors that plays a role in determining whether or not you should buy the phone, but given that the display is what we are looking at all the time, this should play a big factor in helping consumers decide if they should go for it.

DisplayMate Gives Samsung Galaxy S10’s Display An A+ Grade

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