Samsung Galaxy S20 optical zoom could be capped at 5x instead on 10x - Android Authority

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Just a couple of days ago, we got wind of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra with its mad zoom capabilities. It was rumored that the phone will feature 10x optical zoom. However, a new report now has us second guessing the previous leak.

According to The Elec (via Sammobile), Samsung is sourcing prisms for 5x optical zoom camera modules. Optrontech — a South Korean manufacturer of optical parts — has apparently confirmed that it has supplied the said prisms to Samsung for the Galaxy S20 series.

Contradictory to previous rumors, The Elec does not mention 10x optical zoom at all. One reason for this could be that Samsung has reserved 10x optical zoom only for the S20 Ultra. There’s also a chance that the 5x optical zoom module is meant for the regular Galaxy S20 and S20 Plus.

Then again, It’s entirely possible that Samsung will cap optical zoom to 5x in all three phones. If so, Huawei’s rumored P40 series could be the first to feature 10x optical zoom. However, we highly doubt Samsung will miss an opportunity to best Huawei in the camera department.

What the rumors say so far

Based on what we know so far, the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra will have varying camera configurations. Samsung’s ultra high-res 108MP camera is also said to be confined to the S20 Ultra. So it’s possible Samsung is sourcing prisms for the 10x optical zoom module from somewhere else and we just don’t know about it yet.

All we can do for now is speculate on the rumors that are out there. Even if the Galaxy S20 phones get 5x optical zoom, it’s still a significant jump over the current 2x zoom module used in the Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones.

We’ll update you as and when we know more about the new Samsung flagships.

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Google partners with British ISP to offer free Stadia Premiere - 9to5Google

Stadia yesterday laid out its initial 2020 roadmap by noting how many games are in the works and what features are coming in the next three months. BT in the United Kingdom has just announced a partnership with Google to offer subscribers free access to Stadia.

BT is the “first European distribution partner for Stadia,” with the ISP angling its broadband network as allowing for “high-quality, fast gameplay.” There’s also a rather good “Next level fibre. Next level gaming” tagline in use.

The partnership will see BT and Google deliver cloud gaming via this new-generation platform to more UK consumers as well as see the two companies work together on initiatives designed to build awareness, access and availability of it in the UK.

As part of this promotion (via Tech Reviews), select packages will come with Stadia Premiere Edition. The £119 kit includes a Clearly White Stadia Controller, Chromecast Ultra for playing on TVs, and three-months of Stadia Pro, which currently includes five free games to redeem.

There are currently three plans ranging from £39.99 to £49.99 that come with a Premiere Edition: Superfast Fibre 2 (average speed 67Mbps), Ultrafast Fibre 100 (145Mbps), and Ultrafast Fibre 250 (300Mb). These initial offerings are available until January 30th, with new ones starting on February 7th. Stadia at 720p requires at least a 10Mbps connection, while 25Mbps is needed for 4K.

From how this deal is described, it seems that Google could strike more partnerships with ISPs to offer Stadia for subscribers. It’s an interesting arrangement that allows internet providers to demonstrate why subscribers might want faster plans.

On Google’s end, this provides another retail channel for Stadia. So far, it’s only available through the online Google Store. BT is liberally advertising Stadia on its homepage, and even directly links to the first-party store for those that “don’t want broadband.” There will be print, TV, and digital advertising campaigns to highlight these new Stadia plans.

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Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer won't arrive until after 2021 - Engadget

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CD Projekt Red never intended to release Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer mode with the main game at launch. But if you were hoping to play with your friends in the game's futuristic setting within the year or the next, then we've got bad news for you. According to Polygon, the developer's SVP of development Michał Nowakowski told investors in a call that the mode won't be coming out until after 2021. Not entirely surprising, seeing as the company has just announced that the game's release date has been pushed back to September 17th.

Cyberpunk 2077, was supposed to be part of the pretty long list of much-awaited games dropping in April, along with the Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII remakes. (Square Enix also move back FFVII's release for a month.) However, CD Projekt Red had to delay the RPG's release by five months to give it enough time to polish and test the game, as well as to fix any issues it may have.

In the call, Nowakowski said:

"Given the expected release of Cyberpunk 2077 in September, and frankly speaking of the series of events we expect to occur after that date, 2021 appears unlikely as a release date for the Cyberpunk multiplayer."

Unfortunately, the exec didn't give a more specific timeframe for multiplayer's availability. We'd just have to wait for more updates to come out over the next two years.

Source: Polygon

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Lyft’s autonomous vehicle partner Magna is done with self-driving tech - Engadget

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Two years after teaming up with Lyft to collaborate on self-driving technology, Magna said that partnership's coming to an end. The auto parts maker plans to focus on assisted driving products, instead of fully autonomous tech.

Magna isn't fully severing ties with Lyft, in which it invested $200 million in 2018, but the self-driving partnership seems to have been impacting its bottom line. They'll keep working together on other autonomy-related software and hardware. Lyft has also collaborated with Waymo on autonomous cars.

Ultimately, Magna doesn't think there's big enough potential in autonomous vehicles in the medium term. It sees more opportunities for growth in the assisted driving market (up to Level 3 autonomy) over the next five years.

CEO Don Walker told reporters that the industry is getting "more realistic" about how long it'll take before autonomous driving really takes off. As such, Magna plans to invest "where we're going to get a higher volume," CFO Vince Galifi said.

Via: Reuters

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Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer won't arrive until after 2021 - Engadget

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CD Projekt Red never intended to release Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer mode with the main game at launch. But if you were hoping to play with your friends in the game's futuristic setting within the year or the next, then we've got bad news for you. According to Polygon, the developer's SVP of development Michał Nowakowski told investors in a call that the mode won't be coming out until after 2021. Not entirely surprising, seeing as the company has just announced that the game's release date has been pushed back to September 17th.

Cyberpunk 2077, was supposed to be part of the pretty long list of much-awaited games dropping in April, along with the Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII remakes. (Square Enix also move back FFVII's release for a month.) However, CD Projekt Red had to delay the RPG's release by five months to give it enough time to polish and test the game, as well as to fix any issues it may have.

In the call, Nowakowski said:

"Given the expected release of Cyberpunk 2077 in September, and frankly speaking of the series of events we expect to occur after that date, 2021 appears unlikely as a release date for the Cyberpunk multiplayer."

Unfortunately, the exec didn't give a more specific timeframe for multiplayer's availability. We'd just have to wait for more updates to come out over the next two years.

Source: Polygon

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Two years after teaming up with Lyft to collaborate on self-driving technology, Magna said that partnership's coming to an end. The auto parts maker plans to focus on assisted driving products, instead of fully autonomous tech.

Magna isn't fully severing ties with Lyft, in which it invested $200 million in 2018, but the self-driving partnership seems to have been impacting its bottom line. They'll keep working together on other autonomy-related software and hardware. Lyft has also collaborated with Waymo on autonomous cars.

Ultimately, Magna doesn't think there's big enough potential in autonomous vehicles in the medium term. It sees more opportunities for growth in the assisted driving market (up to Level 3 autonomy) over the next five years.

CEO Don Walker told reporters that the industry is getting "more realistic" about how long it'll take before autonomous driving really takes off. As such, Magna plans to invest "where we're going to get a higher volume," CFO Vince Galifi said.

Via: Reuters

Source: Magna (Press Release)

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2020-01-17 04:24:49Z
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Facebook has reportedly shelved its plans to show ads on WhatsApp - The Next Web

Good news! Facebook is dropping its plans to show ads on its popular messaging service WhatsApp. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, WhatsApp disbanded the team working on integrating ads on to the platform recently; even the code related to the project was deleted from the app.

When Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, Mark Zuckerberg said the company won’t push to introduce ads in the chat app. In 2016, the social media giant began sharing some user data from WhatsApp to Facebook for better ad targeting. It also planned to introduce ads in the platform — one of the major reasons why WhatsApp‘s co-founder, Jan Koum, left the company in 2018.

[Read: This WhatsApp script texts your parents every morning so you don’t have to ]

The chat app’s founders always disliked ads; the other co-founder, Brian Action, told Forbes in 2014, “You don’t make anyone’s life better by making advertisements work better.”

The Journal’s report noted while Facebook won’t introduce ads in the core WhatsApp experience, it still plans to show some in the app’s Status feature.

In 2016, WhatsApp dropped its annual fee of 99 cents and made the app free. Since then, the company has been trying to explore new ways to earn moolah. It has been experimenting with a payments platform in India — a market where it has more than 400 million users.

It also has the WhatsApp Business platform, which allows businesses to connect with their customers more efficiently. It charges a small fee per message to facilitate this conversation.

There’s no figure available on how much WhatsApp earns in revenues worldwide. But a filing with Indian authorities shows that the company earned Rs. 6.84 crores (~$1 million) in revenues for FY2019.

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2020-01-17 04:05:22Z
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