"We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules.”
The renaming garnered a lot of ridicule, particularly from Hebrew speakers pointing out that it can easily be misread and translated as “she died” in Hebrew. How ironic. And in more mockery, Berlin-based migraine app M-sense Migräne, pointed out how similar their logo is to Meta’s new one. In a series of tweets, they ripped Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, posting, “We are very honoured that @facebook felt inspired by the logo of our migraine app — maybe they’ll get inspired by our data privacy procedures as well.” Burn.
And maybe Facebook is feeling a little repentant as they recently announced that they are shutting down their facial recognition program with the intention to delete the data. Artificial intelligence vice president Jerome Pesenti said, “We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules.” How mature of them.
You may have noticed a green button on the top right-hand corner of your Chrome browser reading “update.” If you haven’t yet, click it now and update your browser pronto. Google has issued a zero-day threat for two bugs. Zero-day is the most urgent warning level and refers to the number of days a developer has to fix the problem. Updating to Chrome version 95.0.4638.69 patches the bugs and secures your browser from hackers and cyber threats. To double-check that you’re running the latest browser version, click on the menu, or the three vertical dots on the right-hand corner, hover over Help, and then select “About Google Chrome.” It’ll open a page letting you know if you’re up to date and what version of chrome you are running.
LinkedIn is trying, it really is. Alas, the platform is playing a copycat game, and its users aren’t buying it. Last year it introduced a “stories” feature, similar to those popular on Instagram and Snapchat, but barely anyone used it. Most people couldn’t figure out how to create stories and still “be professional.” The point of stories in other platforms is the in-the-moment, authentic feel. And while the business thought leader may preach authenticity, no one really wants to see it on a “professional” platform where people will comment on a personal post with, “This is not Facebook, this doesn’t belong here.” In September, LinkedIn announced they were removing the feature. Phew, resisted temptation long enough. Thank you, LinkedIn, for saving me from myself (not).
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