Google moves Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 production from China to Vietnam due to coronavirus
Google is speeding up efforts to shift its product manufacturing process away from China, something that got kicked up a notch last year thanks to the US-China trade war and is now an even higher priority as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that originated in China. This led to Google’s Pixel 4 phone being manufactured partly in Vietnam, with the company planning to repeat that again this year with its new low-cost Pixel 4a as well as its next flagship model.
That’s according to anonymous industry sources who confirm that Google is moving farther away from its default posture of making almost all of its smartphones in China, where the latest data shows more than 78,000 cases of the coronavirus having been reported in mainland China to-date. Per Nikkei Asian Review, Google has even gone as far as asking suppliers to look at the feasibility and potential cost of uninstalling some production equipment in China and shipping it to Vietnam.
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Google moves Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 production from China to Vietnam due to coronavirus originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 22:11:07 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Another company claims to have a coronavirus vaccine in the works
It was only a few days ago that a US company announced it had developed a coronavirus vaccine candidate and was rapidly approaching the human testing phase. That company, Moderna, says it has already provided the US government with samples of the vaccine for further evaluation and could move to human testing soon with results coming by July.
Now, with the entire world scrambling to come up with solutions to stop the spread of the virus, another company is throwing its hat into the vaccine ring. Novavax, a small biotech company based out of Maryland, says it is making significant progress on its own version of a COVID-19 vaccine and plans to begin human testing within months.
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Another company claims to have a coronavirus vaccine in the works originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 21:09:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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One of Apple’s biggest events of 2020 is coming up – will coronavirus ruin it?
We’re only two months into 2020, and already a growing handful of major tech industry events have been completely scuttled thanks to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, which the latest data shows is responsible for more than 82,000 cases worldwide and more than 2,800 deaths at the time of this writing. Earlier this month, for example, Mobile World Congress organizers announced the cancellation of this year’s event, which is the largest mobile trade show in the world and where some of the biggest names in tech traditionally show off their latest and greatest products.
Meantime, major attendees like Microsoft have started to pull out of the Game Developers Conference that, as of right now, is still set to kick off March 16, though that’s still subject to change. Along those same lines, organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say they’re looking at the possibility of canceling the games outright, should the virus not be contained by the time they’re set to begin in July. And today, Facebook said it’s nixing its F8 conference and, instead, is planning to host a series of virtual gatherings and events that will be announced at a later date. All of which now brings us to Apple.
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One of Apple’s biggest events of 2020 is coming up – will coronavirus ruin it? originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 20:07:53 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Uber’s latest update makes it easier than ever to find your driver
Uber never waits long between updates, and on Thursday, the company announced two new features that should make life easier for both riders and drivers alike. I was actually surprised that the first wasn’t already part of the app, but Uber is preparing a translation tool that will allow you and your driver to instantly translate either a pre-generated phrase or a custom message from one another with a single tap in the chat.
Previously, if a driver sent a message to a rider, it would appear in the driver’s preferred language, no matter what the rider’s preferred language on the app happened to be. Once the update rolls out, both parties will have the option to hit the “Translate” button to see the message in their language of choice.
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Uber’s latest update makes it easier than ever to find your driver originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 19:05:23 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Galaxy S20 isn’t out yet, but Samsung already has to fix one of its signature features
The Galaxy S20 is Samsung’s best phone ever, but you can’t have it just yet. You can preorder it, and it’ll ship to your door next week. But when you take it out of the box, it’ll come with a few preloaded bugs that will ruin its signature feature. Samsung has confirmed it’ll fix that feature, but failed to admit it did anything wrong.
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The Galaxy S20 isn’t out yet, but Samsung already has to fix one of its signature features originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 18:34:47 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Spotify’s redesigned app is much easier to use
Spotify is one of many peoples’ most-used daily apps on their mobile device, so anytime it makes even a modest change to the app (related to its design or otherwise) it will be noticed and engaged with by a huge global audience. The music streamer recently pushed through an update that made podcasts easier to surface for their growing audience on the platform — and today, the streamer has announced a refreshed look for the app that both free and premium subscribers can enjoy on iOS (with an Android update coming soon).
The update includes “a more streamlined, easy-to-use interface,” the company said today, “with fresh designs to actionable icons that will make playing your favorite song or playlist as simple as the tap of a button.” Read on for a look at what’s changed.
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Spotify’s redesigned app is much easier to use originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 18:03:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile will pay a massive fine for violating your privacy
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to recommend that a fine of at least $200 million be levied against four major US wireless carriers — AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile — in the wake of a serious consumer privacy violation that came to light back in 2018. It involved the disclosure of some real-time location data connected to the carriers’ customers, and anonymous sources have told reporters that the fine will be announced by Friday — though the companies will have a chance to oppose that financial penalty before it becomes official, at which point the exact amount could also be adjusted and possibly increased.
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AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile will pay a massive fine for violating your privacy originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 17:32:20 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Japan just closed all of its schools to contain coronavirus outbreak
The new coronavirus, also called COVID-19, already has the world on edge. Even as health officials around the globe fight to contain the spread, nobody is sure exactly how long this whole scare will last, or how much damage it will do before it finally subsides.
Now, in a major move from one of the hardest-hit countries, Japan has made the difficult decision to shut down all schools for a full month in the hopes that it can curb the spread of the virus. This makes Japan the second country to take the drastic step of halting schools, with China being the first to issue a lockdown as the virus ravaged the country over the past two months.
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Japan just closed all of its schools to contain coronavirus outbreak originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 17:01:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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GameStop confirms several PS5 features – but how does it stack up against the Xbox Series X?
For months, gamers the world over have been anticipating news about the PlayStation 5 from Sony. With just hours left to go in February, it seems unlikely that this will be the month we learn more about the next-gen console, which is why even a page on GameStop’s website to sign up for notifications about the PS5 has made some waves online. To be clear, you can’t even preorder the console — GameStop will just email you when you can.
Snark aside, GameStop does run down a few of the key features and specifications we learned about last year, so we thought it might be interesting to compare everything we know about the PlayStation 5 with the detailed blog post that Microsoft shared earlier this week about the ridiculously powerful Xbox Series X.
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GameStop confirms several PS5 features – but how does it stack up against the Xbox Series X? originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 16:32:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Coronavirus cases are literally popping up out of nowhere, which is terrifying
The coronavirus outbreak has sent the world’s health groups into overdrive as they work to prevent the future spread of the virus and manage the cases that have already been confirmed. Tracking each new case as it pops up is important since it helps officials track how the virus spread from its original location.
Now, adding a frightening new wrinkle to the saga, a confirmed coronavirus case out of Northern California is leaving the Centers for Disease Control puzzled, as the individual has no connection to any other infected patients and has not traveled to any regions where they would likely have caught the virus.
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Coronavirus cases are literally popping up out of nowhere, which is terrifying originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 16:03:30 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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