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Why IBM abandoned facial recognition, and more tech news you need to know today
August 04, 2025
1. IBM abandons facial recognition tech, and more
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology, and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance.
What happened:
2.Samsung is reportedly teaming up with Corning for ultra-thin glass: tech could be ready for Samsung’s 2021 foldable devices (Android Authority).
3.The new OnePlus Z rumors make this old OnePlus fan happy(Android Authority).
Coming soon to Google Meet is machine learning-based noise cancellation, aiming to drown out background clinks and bumps, and non-speaker chatter.Here’s how it works, with training data coming from thousands of Google’s own meetings, and YouTube videos of large groups of people talking (VentureBeat).
Review:Logitech’s iPad keyboardis the Magic Keyboard for Everyone Else (Gizmodo).
6.Twitter clumsily fact-checks ‘5G corona’tweets (Engadget).
7.Here’s how Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri answerthe question, ‘Do black lives matter?’ (The Verge).
- Tesla battery supplier Catl saysnew design has one million-mile lifespan(BBC).
9.Itch.io offers 700 indie gamesin a pay-what-you-want racial justice bundle (itch.io).
- Good space pharmacy required:If humans want to live longterm in space, they’ll need medicines, but research is scarce for now (Ars Technica).
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