LG is reportedly stopping production of its phones in Korea

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While there is a lot of pride invested in LG being able to put the “Made in Korea” label on its best mobile devices, it seems the company’s financial troubles might put a stop to this practice. A new report from Korea’s Yonhap News Agency claims the company is discontinuing its smartphone manufacturing at home. The report suggests LG will reallocate its current Korean production to a plant in Vietnam. LG’s manufacturing in Korea usually focuses on the flagship devices, which Reuters says accounts for a tenth and a fifth of LG’s total phone output. But with LG Mobile failing to turn a profit, they might be looking for ways to cut costs. It doesn’t seem likely for LG to raise its prices as they seem to be falling behind its rivals in the Android space.

Source: The Verge

Google Pixel 3a’s design gets leaked

Google is expected to launch the Pixel 3a and 3a XL on May 7. While the company won’t confirm the news just yet, Evan Blass (@evleaks) showed off a leaked render of the Pixel 3a. The design doesn’t seem to stray too far from Google’s past designs for the Pixel line. While you don’t get a notch, you do get sizable bezels. The render also shows a rear fingerprint reader and a single rear camera.

The phone is rumoured to be getting a display with a 2,160 x 1,080 resolution, Snapdragon 670 processor, 4GB of RAM, and the same Pixel Visual Core system seen in the existing Pixel 3 devices. Price is rumoured to be around the US$400-$500 range.

Source: Engadget

Build the zoo of your dreams with ‘Planet Zoo’

Simulation games can be a lot of fun. And if you’ve been dreaming of making the zoo of your dreams like in Zoo Tycoon, well, you’re getting a modern day equivalent of it. Game developer Frontier just announced Planet Zoo for the PC. It lets you build great habitats and sights, develop specialist exhibitions, and research new technologies, while creating a zoo both your animals and visitors enjoy. What makes Planet Zoo different is your focus isn’t on making money but in taking care of your animals. Each creature has its own complex environmental and social need that you need to nurture, while trying to earn from the game.

"This is the zoo management game we've wanted to make for many years," said Jonny Watts, chief creative officer of Frontier. "We've challenged ourselves to build on the games we've made before and to carry the great legacy of classics like the Zoo Tycoon series forward. We're taking everything we've learned from our past work and focusing on modern values—incredible authenticity, rich management, limitless creativity and community sharing—to make our best-ever simulation game."

Source: Engadget

Twitter doubles down on fake election news with easier way to report misleading tweets

High profile elections are taking place around the world in the coming months so social media networks need to prepare themselves for the inevitable arrival of misleading information and fake news. Twitter, for its part, is adding a new feature that will let its users report this problem directly. Starting off in India on April 25 and then Europe from April 29, Twitter users will see a new “It’s misleading about voting” in the “Report Tweet” section. You can then flag the content and expound on it as you wish. The feature will roll out globally afterwards.

The kind of content this feature could flag can be anything from misleading information about how to vote and the requirements needed for voting to misleading information about those involved in the elections. It might be a small change, but getting feedback from their users will help Twitter determine how its platform is being used during elections. And that in turn will hopefully help them tackle any abuse effectively.

Source: Engadget