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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

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Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. Meta is also keeping DeepFace, the sophisticated algorithm that powers its photo-tagging facial recognition feature. “We That facial recognition for photo-tagging is leaving Facebook, also known as the “ big blue app ,” is certainly significant.

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Developers can now try on Google’s Jacquard smart fabric tech

The Verge

Swiping into new ideas | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Google’s Project Jacquard touch-sensitive fabric technology, first revealed at Google I/O in 2015, now has a way for interested third-party developers to integrate the tech with their own software via the new Jacquard SDK. Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge.

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Facebook says its AI mislabeling a video of Black men as “primates” was “unacceptable”

The Verge

In 2015, Google apologized after its Photos app tagged photos of Black people as “gorillas.” The incident is just the latest example of artificial intelligence tools showing gender or racial bias, with facial recognition tools shown to have a particular problem of misidentifying people of color.

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Google rubs it in with new Photos collection of all the pints you once enjoyed

The Verge

Photo by Patrick Pleul / picture alliance via Getty Images. Google, though, hasn’t forgotten and has apparently decided to taunt me with a new tag in its Photo app dedicated to the stuff. Google, though, hasn’t forgotten and has apparently decided to taunt me with a new tag in its Photo app dedicated to the stuff.

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Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby

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GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Glowforge , the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a new lower-priced machine called Aura. Aura relies on the same software infrastructure and Google Cloud capabilities that are used to power the bigger Glowforge machines.

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Google has already discontinued the Pixel 5

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Amidst the news of a new Pixel phone this week, Google quietly indicated that it’s the end of the road for two other Pixel devices: the Pixel 4A 5G and the Pixel 5. Both are currently listed on Google’s online store as sold out, and remaining stock at other retailers likely won’t last long.

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New and existing Google Fi subscribers can get $400 off the new Galaxy Z Flip 3

The Verge

The new Samsung Galaxy z Flip 3 | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Google Fi new and existing customers can get the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 for $400 off, a significant discount on its $999 price tag. But if you’re an existing Fi subscriber and had your eye on the Flip 3 anyway, this deal makes a lot of sense.

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