Google has announced the launch of the Memories function in its Photos app, reminding the user of past moments.

The Google Photos app automatically provides thumbnail albums, which are displayed by algorithms in the wizard tab, and under the slogan "Show what I did a year ago", Google's AI function displays the best images of the day in question.

Instead of sporadic memories, the current update creates a more organized version of the memory function, and Google will not create albums on the top edge of the screen under the Photos tab, which will be replaced by the Memories tab.

The memories function works similar to the Stories function in Instagram. When you click on the Memories tab, the thumbnail albums open in a Story-like presentation in Instagram.

Google's choice of images relies on machine learning. Algorithms always display the best images, such as when a user laughs or the sun shines. Because the user may not want to remember certain situations or people, they can create instructions or turn off the memory function completely.

The company extends the sharing function within the app in order to share memories with friends, so a kind of chat history is set up with the people to whom the photos are sent.

US President Donald Trump faces more challenge in his decisions on Huawei, but this time the challenge did not come from the Chinese city of Shenzhen, where Huawei is based, but from a place much closer to the White House .. from Microsoft.

 

Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, has accused his government of being non-American in its dealings with the Chinese technology giant and that it should be allowed to buy US technology. He has sought support for Huawei's restoration of its US supply chain.


In an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Smith suggested that action against Huawei should be reconsidered to ensure that anything done has a "sound basis in reality, logic and the rule of law," explaining that the rationale for US restrictions is fragile and discouraging. In inference. "


"What we get in return is that they (the US administration) tell us if you know what we know, you will agree with us, and our answer is," Great, show us what you know so we can decide for ourselves, "he said. This is how this country works. "


Smith directly criticized Trump himself about the situation with Huawei, and linked what is happening in the technology industry with what could happen in the hotel sector, which Trump has more knowledge. Chips, like telling a hotel company that they can open their doors but cannot put beds in hotel rooms or food in their restaurant, either way you endanger the survival of that company. "


According to the Forbes news site, September will be an important month for Huawei, which is preparing to start a life without the US technology that built its business around. As David Phelan noted in a Forbes article a few days ago, all eyes are on the imminent launch of the Mate 30 series to see how Huawei plans to launch new products despite US restrictions.


It is hard to imagine an Android smartphone targeting the international market but lacks Gmail, Google Maps and access to the Google Play Store, but that is where Huawei found itself.


Smith's warning, which will be welcomed in Shenzhen, is that there will be material consequences for the global technology sector as a result of the US confrontation with Huawei and the consequent resource constraints, which will hit American companies severely. He argues that before any action is taken, the effects should be carefully evaluated.


Of course, Huawei will take the biggest blow with the loss of American technology from Google, but Google is also rallying, as has been reported, toward a softer US position


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Google announced the launch of the new version of the operating system Android, and explained that the new Android 10 is already installed on the new Google Pixel phones, and will be available on other mobile devices this year.

The US company confirmed that the new Android 10 supports smart phones and tablets folding, and it also supports the technology of 5G mobile phone communications.
 

Here's a quick look at the most important new functions of Android 10, which for the first time will not carry a symbolic name represented by one of the candy names.

Privacy

In the new system settings, there is a new scope of privacy that allows the user to place restrictions on ads, app activities, and the web; for example, you can block apps, create a profile, or show personalized ads.

If a user allows applications to use location data, they can precisely specify these permissions. For example, they can allow access to location data only when the application is being used, and the user will be notified that inactive applications have access to their location data. 

Dark mode

The new Android 10 user can dim the backlight. For specific applications or for the entire device.This mode helps conserve battery charge and protect the eyes.

Security updates

The user can install security updates directly on the smartphone via the Google Play security updates function, similar to the way the apps are updated. The user does not have to wait until the operating system is updated.

Notifications

Notifications will not disturb the new Android 10 system if it is set to "silent" mode. As no sound will sound and no data will appear on the lock screen.

Focus mode

Videos, chats, and social media distract the user, and the user can get rid of it all at the touch of a button.The new Android 10 allows the user to pause the annoying apps when this function is activated in the settings, but this function is still in beta. If the user wishes to try it, he / she will have to sign in to the new Android 10 beta.

Listening devices

The new Android 10 supports audio streaming technology for listening devices, using Bluetooth Low Energy technology to conserve battery charge.

In addition, there are dozens of other features, such as canceling the back button and replacing the screen gestures in place, and the possibility of previewing live images - with the background of the device - before applying, and the addition of a button to quickly switch between Google accounts, and many others, where the number of changes brought by the new version over Sixty.

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