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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

Google to disable face retouching features on Pixel phones and Camera app

Google is taking a big step against the use of beauty modes on smartphones. The company has talked about the impact of this feature on the user’s well-being. This is why Google has decided to act against the whole trend of face retouching features. The company is going to turn off the feature on Pixel phones and the Google camera app by default.

Obviously, Google has no right to ban the use of such features. Instead, it is giving people the choice to give their consent before using retouching features like these. These modes have become popular courtesy brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, who integrate them with their selfie camera software. Most phone makers point out that people like this feature, making it a hot selling point for the manufacturers. But Google clearly sees the other side of having such artificial features. Features like these work through AI technology.

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The changes are part of Google’s people-centered guidelines issued this week. The company wants people to understand their rights when it comes to technology, giving them the choice to use such features or not. “This means you should get to choose if and when your appearance is changed in pictures”, as mentioned in this post.

Google is bringing these changes to the camera app on Google Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and the Pixel 5. The camera interface will get a new update in the coming weeks, which will show options to turn off or tone down face retouching. We are not sure if other phone makers will follow the new guidelines.

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Google Pixel 5 launched: Specifications

Google has taken a new approach to the Pixel 5. Instead of going for the flagship Snapdragon 865 to make it extremely expensive, the company is using a midrange Snapdragon 765G chip with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The phone sports a 6-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. The top of the display only has a punch-hole cutout for the front camera. The bezels are quite thin and the rest of the body is made of aluminum. It supports wireless charging and comes with IP68 certification for water and dust resistance.



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